Stabilizer Menu Settings

Miscellaneous Buttons

Return button

Returns to the previous tool.

Load button

Loads a setup.

Save button

Saves a setup.

Setup Name field

Displays the name of the last saved setup.

Revert button

Reverts to the last saved setup.

Colour pot

Displays the colour to fill the area where the image has been shifted after stabilization (available if Shift or Letterbox is chosen in the Scale and Shift Option box). Editable.

Context button

Enable to use the Action scene as the tracking reference.

Setup button

Opens the Setup menu, where you can specify user interface and tracking preferences.

Animation button

Opens the channel editor, where you can animate the various Stabilizer settings.

Expand/Collapse box

Select whether to expand or collapse selected animation channels.

View box

Select an option to set the view in the image window.

Auto Key button

Enable to set a keyframe automatically each time you change a value at any frame.

Set Key button

Sets a keyframe at the selected frame.

Delete Key button

Deletes the selected keyframe.

Current Frame field

Enter a frame number to jump to the corresponding frame.

Duration field

Displays the duration of the clip in frames.

Reset box

Select an option to reset shift, tracking, reference, or all data.

Reset All button

Resets all parameters.

Grid button

Accesses the overlay menu.

View button

Accesses the viewing settings menu.

Undo button

Undoes the last action performed.

Main Stabilizer Menu

Tracker box

Select the Tracker to work with.

Add Tracker button

Click to add a new tracker.

Active button

Enable to activate the selected tracker.

Tracker colour pot

Displays the colour of the selected tracker. Editable.

When you add a new tracker, the system automatically assigns it a unique colour so that you can easily distinguish between multiple trackers. You can change the colour of an individual tracker or of all the trackers at once.

Tolerance field

Displays a value the Stabilizer uses to match reference points from frame to frame and to set keyframes. Editable.

Tracker Selection box

Select which trackers are affected when you change a parameter.

Analyze button

Click to generate stabilization or tracking data.

Step button

Click to analyze a single frame and advance to the next frame.

Direction box

Select to analyze forward or backward.

Snap button

Click to redefine the reference at the selected frame.

Lock Key button

Click to lock the selected keyframe as a point on the tracking path. Click again to unlock.

Delete Key button

Click to delete the selected point on the tracking path.

Source option box

Select whether to track in Progressive (frame mode) or Interlaced (field mode).

By default, the Stabilizer works in Progressive (frame mode). Select Interlaced from the Source Option box mode when working with interlaced images, or with images that display a lot of field jitter. In Interlaced (field) mode, the Stabilizer sets two keyframes for every frame: one for the even field and one for the odd field, and an asterisk appears in the image viewer's current frame display to indicate the second field for each frame.

Remove Vertical Jitter button

Enable to remove vertical jitter.

Remove Horizontal Jitter button

Enable to remove horizontal jitter.

Reference X field

Displays the position of the reference box along the X axis. Editable.

Reference Y field

Displays the position of the reference box along the Y axis. Editable.

Reference Width field

Displays the width of the reference box. Editable.

Reference Height field

Displays the height of the reference box. Editable.

Offset X field

Displays the offset X axis value. Editable.

Offset Y field

Displays the offset Y axis value. Editable.

Auto Update Reference button

Enable to update the reference point at each frame during tracking. Disable to track the movement of the reference point specified in the reference frame. You can set the default for this button in the Stabilizer Setup menu.

Enabling Auto Update Reference is useful when tracking a pattern that changes considerably from the first frame to the last frame in the clip. For example, the pattern may be rotating or may change size or shape. In this case, disable the Auto Update Reference button. The reference point is then updated in each frame. In each frame of the analysis, the Stabilizer looks for the reference point from the previous frame.

When Auto Update Reference is disabled, the tracker box follows the movement of the reference point that you specified in the reference frame throughout the analysis.

Note: Unless you are in Gang mode, you must set the Auto Update Reference button for each active tracker individually.

Tracker Y field

Displays the position of the tracker box along the Y axis. Editable.

Tracker Width field

Displays the width of the tracker box. Editable.

Tracker Height field

Displays the height of the tracker box. Editable.

Import Track button

Open the Import Stabilizer menu, where you to import a text file of saved tracking data.

Export Track button

Click to open the Export Stabilizer menu, where you to export a text file of saved tracking data.

Shift X field

Displays the difference between the position of the reference box (0,0) and the position of the tracker box in the current frame along the X axis. Editable.

Shift Y field

Displays the difference between the position of the reference box (0,0) and the position of the tracker box in the current frame along the Y axis. Editable.

Import Shift button

Click to open the Import Stabilizer menu to allow you to import a text file of saved shift data.

Shift Copy button

Click to copy the selected Shift channel (including the aspect ratio of the clip).

Export Shift button

Click to open the Export Stabilizer menu to allow you to export a text file of saved shift data.

Setup Menu

Pretracking button

Enable to preview the motion path for a specified number of frames. Active when Path is enabled.

Before analysing, you can use the Pretracking option to preview the motion path for a specified number of frames. You can then adjust the tracker position, if necessary, to find the best reference point. The Pretracking option applies only to the selected tracker, regardless of whether you selected Solo, Selected, or Gang in the Tracker Selection box. If you move or resize a tracker with Pretracking enabled, the next frames are analysed.

Pretracking field

Displays the number of frames to pretrack. Editable.

Auto Pan button

Enable to allow the part of the image that is selected to stay in the image window when zoomed in.

Opacity field

Displays the opacity of the reference image. Editable.

The reference image (the image where you placed the reference box) appears in transparency when you select a keyframe. Adjust the opacity of the image to make it more or less transparent. When the opacity is set to 0, the reference image does not appear. When the opacity is set to 100, the reference image is completely opaque.

Zoom field

Displays the magnification factor of the reference box when selected. Editable.

By default, the reference box turns into a magnifying glass when you select it. Increase or reduce the magnification factor in the Zoom box.

Zoom:	Result:
0	No zooming. The crosshair appears in the tracker box after you analyse the clip.
1	No zooming and no crosshair.
2, 3, 4, 5	A magnification factor of 2, 3, 4, and 5, and a crosshair in the tracker box.

Default Auto Update button

Select whether the Auto Update Reference button in the Stabilizer menu defaults to on or off.

Path button

Enable to display the tracking path.

The tracking path is the path that the reference point makes as it changes position from frame to frame. By default, the tracking path appears in the image window. You can turn it off by disabling the Path button.

Colour Corrector Input button

Enable to display any Colour Corrector settings on the clip.

Linetest button

Enable to display the context view at a lower resolution.