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The five direction buttons let you perform the stabilization analysis.
 Track One Frame Reverse: Initiates tracking from the current frame backward by a
duration of one frame.
 Track Reverse: Initiates tracking from the current frame backward, ending at the first
frame of the clip.
 Pause: Stops tracking (if you’re fast enough to click this button before
tracking is finished).
 Track Forward: Initiates tracking from the current frame forward, ending at the last
frame of the clip.
 Track One Frame Forward: Initiates tracking from the current frame forward by a
duration of one frame.
Interactive Mode Controls
The Interactive controls let you make manual changes to the automatically generated tracking
point cloud that DaVinci Resolve creates, so you can try different ways of obtaining better
stabilization results in challenging situations.
 Interactive Mode checkbox: Turns the Interactive stabilization mode on and off. When
you enter Interactive mode, you can manually alter the point cloud that DaVinci Resolve
uses to stabilize the image. You’ll then make your analysis while in Interactive
mode. When you exit Interactive mode, your manual changes to the point cloud are
eliminated, and DaVinci Resolve again uses automatically placed point clouds to
do all stabilization.
 Insert: Lets you add tracking points to whatever analyzable features exist within
a bounding box that you’ve drawn in the Viewer. Inserted stabilization points are
automatically placed.
 Set Point: Lets you use the cursor (using the DaVinci Resolve control panel), to
manually place individual tracking points, one by one, with which to track a feature.
If there is no trackable pixel group at the coordinates where you placed the cursor,
atracking point will be placed at the nearest trackable pixel group. You must place
atleast two tracking points at different pixel groups to track rotation, and at least three
to track zoom.
 Delete: Eliminates all stabilization points within a bounding box that you’ve drawn
in the Viewer.
The procedures for using Interactive mode for stabilization are the same as for tracking.
For more information, see Chapter 121, “Motion Tracking Windows.”
Stabilization Parameters and Controls
There are five controls in the Stabilization group:
Stabilization selections
 Strong: Lets you choose how tightly you want to use the stabilization track to eliminate
motion from a shot. With a value of 100, stabilization is maximized in an effort to “lock”
the shot in place and eliminate all camera motion. This value is a multiplier. Since some
clips might look more natural with looser stabilization, choosing a number lower than
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