Here's something I sent to GW offlist but perhaps others may have an opinion:
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:51 AM, johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:
I went back and got the multiple trackers to work without an error message but I see some flaws. I tried 2 and 3 tracking points and got slight errors like you mention. I've felt the trackers have been going down hill since about 3.5 when I try 4 point tracks for license blurs etc.... I've posted about more tracker inaccuracy than there use to be but never really found a consensus about it. I wonder if in fact it is the tracker performance that has gone down hill and that is causing the errors you are seeing in stabilize. Really hard to pin down where the problem is coming from. I can't see why they would have changed the tracker code but maybe this steadyglide stuff involved some different code. Hmmmmmmmm
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "GWBradley" <gary.bradley@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for checking this... SteadyGlide is off, has been off for quite a while.
> I think we've tried everything to get back to the the performance of 3.5/4.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Michel Rynderman" <michel.rynderman@> wrote:
> >
> > Gary,
> >
> >
> >
> > We are still checking to see if this is the case but you might want to
> > try turning off "SteadyGlide" which is on by default now. That might the
> > cause of the change in quality you see in v5 versus v4.
> >
> >
> >
> > Michel Rynderman
> >
> > Avid Technology, Inc.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> > Of GWBradley
> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 11:18 AM
> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: MC 5 Stabilize bad behavior
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Until MC 5 ruined the software, Stabilize--not Region Stabilize-- was
> > capable of referencing 2 points in the picture and eliminating ALL
> > camera movement. I have explored various settings with several very
> > experienced compositors. Our conclusion is that Avid has taken a big
> > step back.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The shot is a pull out so I was able to stabilize the hitch in the
> > zoom but it is still a pull out. This is using region stabilize with
> > both progressive and auto zoom checked. Perhaps I'm missing the obvious
> > but I wouldn't expect a zoom out to become a locked shot with no zoom at
> > all using the avid stabilize effects. You would need a stabilizer with
> > multiple points to lock down to keep the framing static. Perhaps someone
> > with more compositing experience can suggest such an effect. Also I was
> > just on my laptop so I didn't critically analyze the results for the
> > usual stabilize effect jitters I often see when the land of offline
> > figures it's easier to throw on a stabilize effect instead of finding a
> > steady shot. And they wonder why when it goes through me the effect is
> > removed. ;-)
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "GWBradley" <gary.bradley@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > After 10 years of watching Avid turn daydreamy camera shots into
> > lock-offs,
> > > > and now 8 months of struggle with Version 5, I ask-- What happened
> > to this software?
> > > > I don't care about the cute trick of invoking the effect when it's
> > dropped on the time-line;
> > > > or all the new buttons... I've tried them all, I think.
> > > > At the end of the day, the shot that should be rock-solid is
> > wavering unpredictably.
> > > >
> > > > Here are links for a bin with a 2-second sequence and the media.
> > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2464129/Stabilize%20test.avb
> > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2464129/DC23MV01.C97380F9_44D4E16C9.mxf
> > > >
> > > > The result I'm looking for here-- what I used to achieve easily-- is
> > a shot that doesn't budge.
> > > > Can this still be done?
> > > >
> > >
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> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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