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Locking To A Frame

To completely remove camera motion from a sequence, do the following:

1.   Find a shot that has camera shake but where all frames share scene information and select Image > Read to load it.
2.   Select Furnace > F_Steadiness to apply F_Steadiness, and view its output.

You will see the following banner in the overlay:

No valid key framed analysis found, please press Analyse.

3.   In the Advanced F_Steadiness controls, set Mode to Incremental Lock.
4.   Choose a frame somewhere in the middle of the sequence that you want to lock to, and set the Lock Frame parameter to that frame.
5.   Scrub back and forth through the shot and look for a region of the shot that is shared by all frames and doesn’t change much (for example, avoid a region with people walking in front of it).
6.   Whilst looking at the lock frame, position the on-screen widget for the Analysis Region over that region.
7.   Hit Analyse.

The effect will start to analyze, working first forward from the lock frame, then backwards from it, until all frames to be analyzed are done.

The timeline will immediately update to give you feedback in the viewer.