Operation Manual

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The Pan Shot Smoothing slider has the greatest visual effect on the video (smoothing of
movement in the footage).
Changes are also visible in the correction curve on the Pan Shot Compensation graph.
Avoid Border
The use of the Avoid Border slider is also dependent on the type of shake affecting the video and,
of course, differs from video to video.
In general, Mercalli proceeds according to certain automatic routines. But these routines, in
combination with settings such as Pan Shot Compensation, may not always yield the ideal
result you want for a specific video. So you may wish to seek a trade-off between degree of
stabilization and preservation of the video's original resolution.
To put it another way, the original resolution and the flavor of the scene are often more important
than a 100 % correction. In such cases, here is where you can intervene.
If you wish to remove almost all unwanted movements, which are indicated by a
in the Pan
Shot Compensation graph, then move the Avoid Border slider only as far as necessary to the right
(greater zoom-in) in order to retain approximately the original resolution in the stabilized footage.
The Avoid Border slider is located above the Mercalli Preview in the Adjustments area. When
the Avoid Border option is enabled, the Best Border option is selected in the Extras/Border
Handling menu. No border is shown in the video.