Post-Production Camera Shake?

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 4:16 am

Does anybody know how to create a realistic-looking camera shake in post-production?

I've tried using the motion mixer in Permiere 6.5; but, I could never get it to look right.

Any suggestions?

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:44 am

That's a toughie! I have no idea! I'd say shake the VCR around a bit, but if it don't work, then don't be blamin' me man!

HetH · Post by **HetH** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:51 am

In Premiere it might not be impossible, but I think it wouldnÃ‚Â´t look too good. IF you have After Effects too use that instead. Put your video into a composition and make it a bit bigger than the comp window so you have space to all four directions. Now activate Motion blurring for this composition and of course for your video. Set a position keyframe and then move the video every few frames, AE will then set keframes for each position change. When rendered out, the video will look like the camera has been shaken heavily during recording.

Hope this helps!

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 1:47 pm

When we were doing Shosk I used 3D Studio to add camera shake. You can assign a video plain to your mouse so you can shake the mouse and the movement will be transferred to the video. Then add the motion blur and people need never know that it was once a still shot

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 3:18 pm

call me old fashoned but couldn't you just shake the camera in production, get a real camera shake, do a take with and a take with out incase you screw it up. Don't do in post what you can do in cam.

grison · Post by **grison** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 8:54 pm

Thing is, if you want to add a cg explosion or muzzle flash or something it can get VERY anoying. You would have to track the material and that can be very annoying.

You really should shake the camera in post. You have the bigger control over everything, e.g. over Blur and so.

But generally I am with u, because what you can do in the real world you should do in the real world. You have to consider scene by scene.

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Post by **Matt** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:01 pm

There is a set of plugins for After Effects and Premiere called Aurorix (http://www.polar-graphics.com/digieffects_index.html). This set includes a plugin called Earthquake that adds good camera shake.

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:47 pm

I will download immediately!

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:51 pm

I'd go with skaking the camera, but I thought the question was about post-production because the scene had been filmed already?!:o

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 1:19 am

Yeah, why not do it live during the shoot?

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 3:18 am

It's for the Special FX's.

Adding CGI to a motionless shot, is much easier then adding them to a shot were the camera is bouncing up and down.

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