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Apple HQ / iMovie ‘09 Video Stabilization Test


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I recently visited Apple’s Headquarters in Cupertino, CA. I took my Creative Vado HD with me and shot this clip.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have any kind of stabilization mechanism, so it came out quite shaky. It made for a perfect sample to test against iMovie ’09’s new stabilization feature. I was quite impressed with the results.

If you don’t believe there’s much of a difference, keep an eye on the tip of the green 1 throughout the duration of each version. The panning is much more smooth after the effect is applied.

I uploaded this video directly through iMovie ‘09 and am not too pleased with how it looks here on YouTube. I decided to export the video with default Apple TV settings and upload the same test – since iMovie ‘09 does not support YouTube HD export options.

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4 Comments

pretty cool lol

Wow, very impressive. It’s incredible how much smoother that is… Very nice.

Andy Ihnatko also does a comparison test on his site

http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2009/02/06/captain-video/

Wow, you can clearly see the improvement in the stabilization. This makes me want to get a Mac, just so I could use this handy feature in iMovie ‘09.

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