Prodad stabilization

[pepegota]

I tried the stand alone trial version from their site and it is very good. I had some shakey video and it made it tripod straight. The price of the stand alone is $119. I am thinking of getting it as it will be independent of VS. I can see why VS is charging what they are because this is not cheap software. With these new HD cams, this is a must, when a tripod is not feasable. The stand alone is 32 bit-no 64 bit for it now. I played around with it-split screen and all. It crashed a few times but, nothing that would impede the correcting of video. It is easy to use and very powerful.

[Ken Berry]

Thanks for the useful assessment. I guess that I am one who lucks out in the hand-held stability stakes, aided of course by a good stabiliser in the camcorder itself. I also use a floating head tripod where feasible. But on the hand-held front, I wonder if the camera manufacturers are doing the public a disservice in making their camcorders so increasingly small. Personally, I find many of these very small AVCHD models too small to hold with any stability, regardless of what they may have under the hood by way of stabilisers...

[teknisyan]

Thanks for the feedback !

I personally have not use the plugin nor the whole VS X4 Ultimate version, so it's good to know from people who have used the plugin/program.

[pepegota]

More info: It works very well with panning video and small hand held vibration when using the cam. The difference is quite noticeable. I tried it while walking down the street and there it was not good-you need a dolly on rollers for that. However, it will improve you video quality in many situations and I find it worth while. What's good about Prodad is it's better the the cam stabilizers.
I agree with you Ken. The new cams are too small and light in weight.
I am using the stand alone version-not the one included in VS Ultimate. I hope they work the same.