AddMercalli Automation – Vp17 Auto-Stabilization

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Peter_P wrote on 1/15/2019, 2:50 AM

During daily work with this tool I felt the need to add some practical features.

Added features :

1. You can now remove all Mercalli V4  FX and get the number of changes shown. This can also be used to quickly count the number of Mercalli FX in the project – do not save, if you only want the count !

2. An optional Autosave will save your project before adding or changing Mercalli FXs.

3. On interlaced project this project setting is temporarily changed to progressive before  Mercalli Analysis is started and switched back when done.

4. You may now also change the parameters of a number of already applied Mercalli FXs with a separate selectable preset.

 So I can comfortably work with as little mouse clicks as possible.

Former user wrote on 1/30/2019, 3:42 AM

@Peter_P

Thank you for your great work. I've always used your custom command for batch rendering on Mercalli V4. Everything is working correctly here in Vegas Pro 14, 15 and 16. I also have the Mercalli V4 installed in Vegas Pro 13. Is there a version of this custom command for Vegas Pro 13 as well?

I found awesome your idea of ​​making the interlaced project momentarily progressive so Mercalli works properly on interlaced media. Before I had to go into the project properties and change this manually. Now this is no longer necessary.

I noticed that the option Remove Mercalli 2 FX exists. Is it possible to use the Mercalli 2 in Vegas pro 14 or higher? Here Mercalli 2 only works until version 13.

Peter_P wrote on 1/30/2019, 3:49 AM

Is there a version of this custom command for Vegas Pro 13 as well?

@Former user

Yes, see first post of this thread.

 

I noticed that the option Remove Mercalli 2 FX exists. Is it possible to use the Mercalli 2 in Vegas pro 14 or higher? Here Mercalli 2 only works until version 13.

Mercalli 2 FX only works up to Vp13. I added this Remove option to ease migration of older projects with Mercalli 2 FXs to Vp14+.

 

Former user wrote on 1/30/2019, 4:00 AM

Thanks @Peter_P

Actually, I wanted to know if there is the Update 15.Jan2019 AddMercalli_V4_2.1.4.zip for Vegas Pro 13.

Here I already current use the Update 04.Nov2016 AddMercalli_V4_Vp13_2.02.zip in the Vegas Pro 13

Peter_P wrote on 1/30/2019, 4:41 AM

No, sorry I do not plan to further update the Vp13 version.

Former user wrote on 1/30/2019, 5:21 AM

Yes. It's understandable.

Thanks again for updating the custom command AddMercalli in Vegas Pro 14 or higher.

Peter_P wrote on 8/5/2019, 2:52 AM

Now the new version 3.01 of AddMercalli (see first post) also support the new Vegas pro 17 event based stabilization. I have kept the name of the tool and just added the Vegas pro internal stabilization.

Enjoy !

Former user wrote on 8/6/2019, 10:11 AM

Thanks for the update AddMercalli_V4_3.0.1

Peter_P wrote on 2/9/2020, 4:37 AM

I have added two functions to AddMercalli_V4 ( & VEGAS Video Stabilization). Please see the release notes in the first post of this thread.

Enjoy !

Peter_P wrote on 3/24/2020, 7:21 AM

Now the new version 4.01 of AddMercalli (see first post) provides Auto-Stabilization selecting the static(freeze) or dynamic(pan) parameter according to the contend of the scene of the events. On my i7-8700k system it handles 60 UHDp30 clips within ~13 minutes with a very high hit rate.

Hint: If you want an event to be skipped from automation, apply a VEGAS Video Stabilization without analysis and switch it off in the FX-chain.

Let it work for you and enjoy !

Peter_P wrote on 6/9/2020, 1:44 AM

The new version 4.02 will save the user setting to be restored on next start.

Peter_P wrote on 10/2/2022, 10:58 AM

The link and password (see first post) are now changed and an updated version has been released.

Peter_P wrote on 12/18/2022, 3:28 AM

Thanks to the hints and help from Harold-Linke and further advice from Edward Troxel (jetdv) I have updated some of my tools to reflect the user selectable display Interface Types and uploaded them for your use.

Peter_P wrote on 12/20/2022, 5:20 AM

Please note that even with the name ’AddMercalli’ this tool may very well use the Vegas pro internal Video Stabilization – as  indicated in the above screen shot.

joelsonforte.br wrote on 5/25/2023, 12:39 PM

Hi @Peter_P

If possible, in future updates add an option to "Apply Stabilization as Media FX". I know Mercalli doesn't work as Media FX, but native VEGAS Video Stabilization does. When the option is unchecked, it will continue to apply stabilization as Event FX. This option is very useful as it allows you to apply changes to the event after it has stabilized without losing analysis data. Think about it.

Thanks!

Peter_P wrote on 5/26/2023, 12:44 AM
This option is very useful as it allows you to apply changes to the event after it has stabilized without losing analysis data.

@joelsonforte.br

This seems to be an advantage but on the other hand clips often have a larger shake at the end and this should be trimmed before stabilization to reduce the amount of zooming. I would not go this way.

joelsonforte.br wrote on 5/26/2023, 6:10 AM
This seems to be an advantage but on the other hand clips often have a larger shake at the end and this should be trimmed before stabilization to reduce the amount of zooming. I would not go this way.

@Peter_P

To resolve this, I create a subclip of the trimmed event and apply stabilization as a Media FX in this subclip. The advantage of this is that it is not necessary to analyze the entire clip, but only the part that will be used and, as a bonus, it is still possible to edit the stabilized event without losing the analysis data, since the stabilization is in Media FX and not Event Fx.

See my screen recording to understand better.

Peter_P wrote on 5/26/2023, 7:48 AM
it is still possible to edit the stabilized event without losing the analysis data, since the stabilization is in Media FX and not Event Fx.

Yes in this case you may shorten the used part but not freely edit. Since I do stabilization as the very last step and let AddMercalli run over all events in the timeline, there is very little need to change the length of the events at this stage.

However, when I get time, I will have a look for this option.

Dexcon wrote on 5/26/2023, 8:19 AM

To overcome all those Vegas Pro timeline stabilisation issues, I've long used Merc 3/4/5 SAL to in/out the wanted areas of the video images and stabilise those targeted sections of the video event and export to an .mp4 render Then import the Merc mp4 stabs to Vegas Pro's timeline - no more problems with editing the timeline to re-stabilise etc. Yes, that increases folder sizes on the hard drive, but has been said many times on the forum over the years - storage is cheap these days.

To put this in context, most of my video recordings are handheld and thus needs stabilisation either via Mercalli or occasionally via Resolve Studio or Mocha Pro, but understandably if it is only a few video events that need stabilisation in a project, then doing it on Video Pro's timeline would be a realistic option.

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Peter_P wrote on 5/26/2023, 10:30 AM

Using the SAL hat a big disadvantage for me. In this case I do not use the original footage with the higher quality and all the recording data I want to be exported as subtitles with ShowRecDat. In addition I would have to stabilize on the first step, not knowing if the clips will be used in the project.