The trick with stabilizing footage in DaVinci Resolve is using trial and error to find the desired result.

This is the beauty of having different stabilization modes, if one doesn’t work, you can use another one to get the desired effect. You should see a pop-up window appear to show progress. This time go to the drop-down menu and select Similarity.On the bottom, you will see the same options as in the Edit tab (Cropping Ratio, Smooth, Strength, Camera, and Zoom).Go to the middle section and select the Tracker tool (the icon that looks like a target).We did not want to finish this tutorial without mentioning the option to stabilize your clips while you are also working in the Color tab. Drag the Smooth slider to the right to increase it.That’s probably not what you’re looking for, so try selecting a different mode. So how does the footage look? You might find that it’s zoomed in quite a bit and some artifacts have appeared on the image. If you make any changes to the settings you’ll need to hit Stabilize again.Begin with the Perspective mode with the default settings selected. To stabilize the clip you have selected, get ready for some trial and error.Finally, Strength just lets DaVinci know how strong you want your stabilization to be.The default is 0.250 but can be adjusted. If you’re not removing all of the movements from a handheld shot, the Smooth slider determines how smooth the camera moves are.The higher the number, the more the image can be cropped. Cropping Ratio lets DaVinci know how much it is able to crop the image to stabilize it.The Zoom function will push into the image to try and remove all the black bars on the edge that may appear when the footage is stabilized.Check the Camera Lock option to remove all of the other options. It will try to eliminate all of the movement in the footage. Camera Lock is a tripod stabilization mode.The other settings also provide additional functionality: Translation (applies pan and tilt analysis only usable for the X and Y axis to stabilize footage).Similarity (applies pan, tilt, zoom, and rotation analysis).Perspective (similar to the Warp Stabilizer in Adobe Premiere Pro).Click the drop-down menu beside modes to view them: There are 3 stabilization modes in DaVinci Resolve that are different algorithms used to stabilize your footage.Scroll down to the Stabilization section.Select the clip you want to stabilize in the Edit tab.How to Stabilize Footage in DaVinci Resolve Stabilize Video in the Edit tab How to Stabilize Footage in DaVinci Resolve.

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