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iStabilize	Nov 20 2007	PAUL7 I was considering buying this program because it was featured by MacUpdate Promo and the videos on their website looked awesome. Thank goodness I tested this program before buying it. I can't comment on how good of a job it does, because after numerous attempts, I could not get the program to work! First off, the program is not easy to figure out. After playing with it for awhile, I gave up and turned to the quick start guide. Mistake. The quick start guide refers to menu items that do NOT exist! Furthermore, the help file is incorrect as carefully following its instructions does not lead you to the outcome stated in the help file. My file would initially process, but the output file could not be found anywhere, and the preview does not work. Because it takes 20 minutes to process a 2 minute clip on a Mac Pro, (which seems like a long time to me, esp. as it doesn't appear to fully utilize the CPU power) trying this software wasted a lot of my time. If you expect a software to be intuitive to use, (especially as a mac program) then you should avoid iStabilize! Note: This was tested on Leopard. (Version 2.2.2)		0
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iStabilize

Nov 20 2007

DRAW i have the same expiriences. that software sucks!
(Version 2.2.2)

iStabilize

Dec 10 2007

MRCHEAPS Actually, the software does seem to work - but the documentation is so confusing that I initially wasn't able to get it to work either. I eventually stumbled into some successful results, but wasn't sure how. I've continued playing with it, but still don't know how to reliably get results. Since others here have reported good things, I assume it can be done...but I'm reluctant to buy the software until I can prove it to myself. It's also frightening to read that this version of the software is "much more user friendly" than the previous version.
(Version 2.2.2)

iStabilize

Dec 12 2007

SCOTTISHWILDCAT Have to agree. I've been trying to get it to do something, anything useful all morning, and so far haven't got it to do anything. The documentation, especially the Quick Start guide, is awful.
(Version 2.2.3)

iStabilize

Dec 12 2007

MRCHEAPS In fiddling with iStabilize, I found that you need to let it analyze the footage first ("Track Motion"). AFTER that (and only after that) you can choose "New Edit Session" - which SOUNDS like you're starting something completely new, but really means you're now going to try to stabilize something. It is only at this step that some of the "Quick Start" menu options appear (like others, I couldn't find them). Fiddling around at this point has allowed me to do some stabilizing... but I still haven't figured out exactly what the controls do, how to fine tune the results, or how to adjust the picture to get rid of the resulting bars around the edges. I'm hoping that the developer - or one of the people who HAVE made the software work - can write some decent documentation for the rest of us!
(Version 2.2.3)

CosmoPod	Sep 28 2007	PAUL7 Awesome! Works beautifully with youtube and other flash based websites! It can actually figure out the appropriate files to download automatically. MUCH better than VideoDownloader for Firefox, and SWF (Version 1.9.1)		0
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