Tool to fix shaky blurry videos

ashish

Disciple
I recently observed that videos captured on phone appear shaky and blurry when watched on a tv or pc. This is for daylight videos with ample of natural sun light. I dont shoot in night.
Shaky as in when we start to shoot a video and when we pan camera around, the turning around/panning transition appear shaky and blurry and not smooth.

I'm disappointed at this. And willing to correct or minimize it using any tool or software for windows platform.

Kindly suggest.
 
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kvn95ss

Disciple
IMO, it has to do with low light when the video was shot. If there was enough lighting, the smearing effect (also called oil painting effect in pictures) is pretty much permanent.

The most you can do, is run noise reduction to make it slightly sharper.
 

ashish

Disciple
ankushv said:
Buy a phone that has a camera that supports optical image stabilisation , (OIS) .
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Every phone has it. I'm using OP6. And that setting is ON by default.
kvn95ss said:
IMO, it has to do with low light when the video was shot. If there was enough lighting, the smearing effect (also called oil painting effect in pictures) is pretty much permanent.

The most you can do, is run noise reduction to make it slightly sharper.
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Nope. Videos were shot under bright sun and specifically mentioning that I'm referring to daylight videos only.
 

n1r0

Disciple
Shakiness - almost all video editors should have a way to "stabilize" shaky videos

Blurriness - whether this is due focus being off, or motion blur due to low light, you can't really do anything about it

If you have generally shaky hands, get a phone gimbal. Stabilizing in post is resource intensive
 

blr_p

Skilled
Which resolution were these videos shot in and the fps?

Higher resolutions are more taxing and could lead to frame drops and more jerky looking video
 

lockhrt999

Not a Fan.
Skilled
ankushv said:
Buy a phone that has a camera that supports optical image stabilisation , (OIS) .
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OIS on mobile can correct shake upto a few mm only. Essentially it can correct shake caused by a cautiously steady hand. It can't stabilize normal videos.

ashish said:
Every phone has it. I'm using OP6. And that setting is ON by default.
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You need a camera app with a great EIS support. Gcam does exceptional stabilization. Unfortunately most Gcam apks out there can't do it. You'll have to do a lot of digging for it. Ask in telegram group of gcam for your mobile. My mobile doesn't have OIS. But with a correct Gcam, I can shoot video while running and they come out gimbal like stabilized.

To stabilize your old videos you can use google photos. It won't remove blur but it'll make videos 10x more watchable.
 

blr_p

Skilled
lockhrt999 said:
OIS on mobile can correct shake upto a few mm only. Essentially it can correct shake caused by a cautiously steady hand. It can't stabilize normal videos.
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Yeah, OIS is mostly for photos @ankushv For videos digital stabilisation is required and that is done by cropping the video a little.

Older xperias did not have OIS for a long time but their video stabilisation was better than others.

If there is a setting for stabilise/steady video use it. It disables OIS during video and does some light shake processing.
 

ankushv

Adept
I stand corrected guys . My knowledge is surely outdated . Apologies for my incorrect stance with regards to OIS .
 

powervgx

Reseller
The panning can never be smooth unless it is done at high fps. To pan smoothly at 24-30fps at normal speed, there is a complex formula involving focal length of the lens, distance of the subject and background from the lens and speed of panning etc. Even Hollywood do not care for such details. If you must pan then use it painfully slow like very sloooooowww and it will feel smooth or do it very very fast. These are the only two ways to avoid jerky panning.
OIS is there to avoid blurry photos, it cannot do anything in videos, only EIS can make a difference.
For smooth panning
1) Do it painfully slow. Act like a statue and take 20-30 seconds for a 150 degree pan.
2) Go high fps. It will immediately look smooth. 60 fps