Smooth Shaky Footage with ProDad Mercalli

I use Mercalli often with great results. However, this program will cause focus to go soft and is tricky to get the right results. It takes a lot of practice. Biggest problem is in tight shots, as it zooms in to compensate for the borders, so composition is critical. Focus issues are the result of this zoom which can be as much as 135% which means fat pixels.

Overall, a good product for short, non-critical clips. Know it's limitations though...

Posted by Tom on Friday, March 21, 2008 @ 08:50 AM