iStabilize is a video stabilizer that removes unwanted shaky motion from movies with respect to translation, rotation, and zoom. It is a complete movie player with editing capabilities and can read and write many movie formats. iStabilize provides a preview mode, where stabilization parameters can be adjusted and their effects can be seen immediately without time consuming rendering. Stabilization can be applied to multiple temporal intervals of a movie.
What's New
Version 2.2.4:
- Improved display of some kind of anamorphic video.
- A few minor user interface corrections.
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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| Downloads:41,654 |
| Version Downloads:15,486 |
| Type:Multimedia Design : Video |
| License:Demo |
| Date:01 Oct 2008 |
| Platform:PPC 32 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price: $59.00 |
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iStabilize is a video stabilizer that removes unwanted shaky motion from movies with respect to translation, rotation, and zoom. It is a complete movie player with editing capabilities and can read and write many movie formats. iStabilize provides a preview mode, where stabilization parameters can be adjusted and their effects can be seen immediately without time consuming rendering. Stabilization can be applied to multiple temporal intervals of a movie.
Kiwibri reviewed on 21 Feb 2014
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Mrcheaps reviewed on 27 Nov 2009
Frankly, it doesn't matter how good a program is if you can't figure out how to use it, and if the developer refuses to respond to multiple requests (from multiple users) for clarification.
Plus, now that iMovie has stabilization, that seems a better option for Mac users. Of course, I can't compare the quality of the stabilization because I've never gotten successful results from iStabilize.
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1. Open Movie:
Choose "Open Movie" from the "File" menu and select a movie file.
2. Specify a temporal portion to stabilize:
Move the time slider to the time, where stabilization should begin, and press Cmd + Shift + 'i' to set the in point.
Then move the time slider to the clip time, where stabilization should end, and press Cmd + Shift + 'o'.
3. Track Motion:
Choose "Track Motion" from the "Stabilizer" menu to analyze motion within the specified period of time. After completion you should see a blue line over the selected clip portion.
4. Specify Parameters for Stabilization:
First, begin a new edit session by choosing "New Edit Session…" from the stabilizer menu.
Adjust stabilization parameters in the sheet. Only the most important parameters are mentioned here.
While changing parameters, you can play the clip and preview directly the effect of parameter changes.
Adjust the "Stabilize" parameter to find a good compromise between stabilization and width of black margins.
Then, choose an appropriate zoom level from the "Zoom" popup to cover the margins by zooming.
If you decide not to fully cover the margins by zooming, you can choose among several methods ("Margin" popup) to fill the remaining margins.
When stabilization quality and zoom level are ok, you can stop editing by using "Finish Edit Session" from the "Stabilizer" menu. You should now see a green track (Control) in the time line.
5. Preview stabilized Clip:
When not in editing mode (see 4.), you can still preview stabilization by clicking on the preview button in the top right corner of the movie window.
6. Export stabilized Clip:
To make the stabilization resident, you need to export the clip. Choose "Export…" from the "File", and iStabilize will render the stabilized clip to a new QuickTime movie.
You can zoom with iStabilize by applying one of the zoom options in the parameter panel. E.g. to get completely rid of the borders, you can choose "Full Size".
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Nate Houle reviewed on 01 Dec 2007
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It seems that the biggest problem people have is that they finish with a video that has black bars bouncing around the sides of the frame, meaning some essential crop or zoom function isn't being activated.
I've tried going through the manual again and again, but I can't make the magic happen...
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paul7 reviewed on 20 Nov 2007
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.
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Anonymous reviewed on 17 May 2005
The solution of the stabilization problem is not unique. This isn't an issue for many videos because all that really matters is to find a solution that appears smooth. One case in which it does matter is when you have an old video that has text on the screen (for example, the score of a football game). In this case, a stabilization algorithm will find a smooth solution, but the text may slowly meander around on the screen.
The new features in iStabilize take advantage of known aspects of the video to make the solution unique. One of these is to key in on the black strips on both sides of the video. These can be used to perfectly remove side-to-side shake. I have gotten amazing results using this feature. Another common problem in old videos is a small vertical vibration. This problem can also be eliminated very effectively. The other new feature allows manual adjustment of the position of an individual frame. This is useful when there are only a small number of frames out of place (sporadic jitter or bouncing).
These new features are a godsend if you are trying to restore old videos. They can turn an unwatchable video into something very nice. If you are interested in these new features, you will have to request them from the developer. They are not yet available in the regular version of iStabilize.
Anonymous reviewed on 13 Apr 2005
In a previous review, I posted a concern regarding problems in connection with iDVD. I have determined that the problem was system related. It went away after extensive system maintenance. It was merely a coincidence that the problem occurred when using videos processed with iStabilize.
Anonymous reviewed on 26 Jan 2005
The new tracker is very acurate and seems to be just as fast as v1.
If you need stabilization this is the easiest and cheapest solution you will find.
I am looking forward to being able to stabilize 24p 16:9 footage, but thats not my bread and butter work, 60i NTSC is, and Istab works like a charm.
I am so happy with the new user interface, it makes working in istab so much smoother.
Maybe someone at Apple ought to talk with this guy and make this built in to FCP, that would rock.
Anonymous reviewed on 26 Jan 2005
The new tracker is very acurate and seems to be just as fast as v1.
If you need stabilization this is the easiest and cheapest solution you will find.
I am looking forward to being able to stabilize 24p 16:9 footage, but thats not my bread and butter work, 60i NTSC is, and Istab works like a charm.
I am so happy with the new user interface, it makes working in istab so much smoother.
Maybe someone at Apple ought to talk with this guy and make this built in to FCP, that would rock.
Anonymous reviewed on 02 Oct 2004
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He is also a little bit too concerned with "size" ...if you know what I mean...!
s zzz rated on 13 Jul 2012