Video Studio 10 - Video Filter Question

[ss_lbs]

In VS9 I was never able to get the Stobe Motion filter to work properly, so I hoped things would be better in 10. I just tried the Anti-Shake filter and it was awfull. Please tell me I am using it wrong.

I took a piece of footage that had a little shake on it and applied the anti-shake filter, using the default settings. This actually made the footage much much worse, shaking the image around the screen and blurring the edges. Is this because I was just previewing, does it sort itself out in the final render? What are the best settings? Am I using it wrong?

Thanks

[Ron P.]

Hi,

To give you an idea, try setting your Playback to High Quality (Preferences>Playback Mode). Then select a small clip that you have applied the anti-shake filter to, and in Project mode, play it. It will render it before playing it back.

Also did you try customizing the filter? Bewarned that the keyframes in several of the filters, including the anti-shake, do not stick. Meaning that if you alter the setting on Frame 1, then move to a later time, add a keyframe, change the settings, the settings in Frame1 will be changed also. Ulead was made aware of this during the beta test, however neglected/failed to correct it.

Ron P.

[daniel]

I would not call this "do not stick"
That would be if they reset to last after adding a key frame, but that you could then change them back, it's not the case.

In fact it means there is no keyframing for some filters, including anti-shake. The setting applies to the whole clip.
If you want to change it over the time (from low in the begin to strong in the middle then back to zero when you stabilized), you have to cut your video in bits and pieces and apply the filter differently to each.
That makes it about useless.
Please prove me wrong again.

[Ron P.]

Daniel,

No sorry, I can't prove you wrong, and that's what I mean. The problem with the filters was / is a concern of mine. I was upset that they released it without fixing them.

Ron P.