How To Stabilize Motion In After Effects

In this tutorial we explore how to use the stabilize motion tracker in after effects. This effect is sometimes called the Sherlock Holmes effect as it was featured in the film "Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows" featuring Robert Downey Jr.. This effect creates the idea that the camera is in perfect sync with a particular object in your scene, potentially the most powerful way to use this effect would be to lock on to a character's eyes. This creates an effect that's also reminiscent of David Fincher styled camera work.

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[AndroSpud]

Great video as always. A tip when trying to achieve this effect is to have the footage as steady as possible before attempting to track the motion, by using a static camera or a gimbal. Background motion which you usually don't pay attention to when the subject is moving over the shot becomes twice as noticeable when the subject is then locked in place.

[haroldthompson]

The timing for when it went out was perfect. Like it was planned

[FineappleRyan]

For a full day I've been trying to do this exact effect with a motion tracked null object parented to a camera layer with annoying results. Thank you so much for this.

[rmjp]

Best tutorial, directly to the point!

[PlumpTiger]

ugh thanks i spent so long looking at so many useless videos before i found this one

[chrissre]

Its cool. Just have to remmember to do Extra Margins when shooting so that the face dsnt take too much of the frame.

[shahinshuvo]

Hey man, It works great and without any problems.

[MrTerryRay]

Thanks for this tutorial. I like how you explain this because you show how to easily achieve this effect.

[ky]

I came here after watching the movie UPGRADE i would highly recommend it has the effect in many fight scenes and it looks dope

[abieg.]

instead of scaling up to get rid of your black space, add motion tile and change output height and width to 400, then check reflect edges

[ParasTube]

I really wish premiere Pro had something like this

[breakinglabarrier]

Great tutorial! I still have a lot of movement going on in the background. Any recommendations on those very shallow depth of field shots? Unfortunately, I didn't have access to my stabilizer at this particular time :(

[hassanadnan]

+1
Absolutely easy to understand, thank you!

[timelapsebylkunl]

A great tutorial that i am looking for. Thank a lot.

[oaxaca-guides]

You helped me enormously, thank you very much!!!

[maratines]

Jordan!!! I love your tutorials, buddy. I just used this exact technique on a project featuring a jogger. Thank you so much. Subscribed.

[tomasistudios]

when I push stabilize tracker the marker does not appear this has stopped me in my tracks how do I get the marker to appear

[TheSenseiKai]

By the way, this motion stabilization could be more automated. It's actually pretty easy maths when you have to calculate the best placement so you won't get out of the frame. (Sorry if my English don't make sense)

[surzulu]

Great video and very useful. Hope you could monetize it!

[EarleSara]

Is this the tool that you would use to limit movements in footage (slow down camera movements)?