

Video stabilization can be done after-the-fact with editing software, but even this doesn’t entirely steady the staggering, and should be done as a last resort. However, even with optical stabilization, small movements make your picture fluctuate, and are exaggerated even more any time you zoom in. Today’s cameras (and smartphones) do their best to mitigate the rickety result with built-in optical image stabilization, which stabilizes the recorded image by adapting to the camera’s movements and making image adjustments accordingly. The more you zoom in, the more unstable your footage becomes, and the shakier your video. Most notably, it can subtly turn off viewers so they click away from your video before it’s over, or decline to watch at all.ĭespite our breath-holding attempts to stay perfectly still, hand-holding your camera will always result in some shakiness. More than just an annoyance, jerky video can trigger a motion-sickness response in some people an effect that just gets worse on larger screens.

Shaky videos look unprofessional, unpolished, and are difficult to watch. Do your videos look kind of wobbly? Watch as Kyle shares how you can record footage that is more clear and stable from the start, for a better finished product.Ĭan’t see the embedded video? Watch it on YouTube.
