Yes, 4K. But since it's a full screen shot, I can sacrifice some zoom and will probably end up running it through Upscale or Sharpen, if needed. Thanks, John. I was thinking that someone might have a script to create keyframes to move it up and down the opposite direction of the movements. Or some other techniques. Since it was telephoto, the movements are bigger than ideal, but still very subtle. It wouldn't take very much zoom to make them perfect.

I was thinking that someone might have a script to create keyframes to move it up and down the opposite direction of the movements. Or some other techniques. Since it was telephoto, the movements are bigger than ideal, but still very subtle. It wouldn't take very much zoom to make them perfect.

@RonB_USA - Understood. I don’t know of a script, but I’m thinking some form of Rotoscoping-Tracking? Perhaps MOCHA Pro?

If I don't get any solutions, I will do it manually JUST for the bigger up and down movements. It's easy to scan across the timeline to see where the big ones are. Then drop Markers. But very labor intensive. When I greatly magnify vertically, I can actually see when the graphics tech was breathing as he leaned on the media shelf where the tripod was sitting.

As far as I know, the movements are 0-degrees straight up and 180-degrees straight down. So the motion tracking should be simple. How to transfer that data to move the zoom-pan-crop or motion tracking up and down might be a solution. Any more ideas? So I DON'T want to change anything or stabilize any movements within the frames. I just want to move the ENTIRE frames up and down as they were shot. It will require a very small zoom to keep the edges looking the same in either of the three positions: up, down, and normal.

Vegas Stabilization isn't working well enough? Upload your video (or a short sample) to Drive or Dropbox. I'm sure you will get plenty of takers . . . ;?)

Trying video stabilization, after running the stabilizing survey, chose the "freeze motion" mode in stabilization options? Also in "expert mode" you can try choosing a grid that covers an area with the least program motion around the stage.

I tightly zoomed into a very small part of the video frame that has a level line (almost like cross-hairs) in the video as a vertical reference point for the entire 40 minutes. The goal is to set every single frame of this video so that the small part shows the same vertical level on ALL frames. Using the very fastest Rate of Timeline Speed (which is 20X), I can go across the timeline quickly and see each and every vertical movement. Then put in M markers. I can drop in Pan/Crop Position Keyframes by using the Insert key on my keyboard and then move the Pan/Crop up and down to that correct vertical reference point line. (I lock the Pan/Crop X so that only the Y can move up and down.) Eventually, the full 40 minutes will be perfectly movement-free (or close enough for when I zoom back out to see the normal view). Then I will render that corrected video file and put it in my edited project as a SWAP VIDEO. Hope this works! Give me a day or so to mark a Solution. I'm still open to other ideas that are more automated. I know a good script would do this in seconds! But I have good patience and like good results. I also have a couple of other videos like this one, so that is why I am spending time on this solution. Thanks for your thoughts on this.

Thinking outside the box: use the Stereoscopic 3D Adjust to align to a reference frame.

Use a frame grab to create a reference image from the video.

If the movement happens at known times, split it up into separate clips where the vertical shift is steady throughout. (Or do it frame by frame?)

Create a 3D project, put the reference image on the first timeline and one of the clips on the second, then combine them as a stereo clip. Use the Stereoscopic 3D Adjust fx to line up the "right" video to the "left" reference image---either automatically or manually. Repeat for each clip where the vertical alignment has changed. You can do your full edit using the stereo clips then finally render only the "right" view.

If you click on video preview preferences and select Stereographic 3D Mode to Difference it is very easy to see whether the left and right images are aligned.

Just a thought...

I tightly zoomed into a very small part of the video frame that has a level line (almost like cross-hairs) in the video as a vertical reference point for the entire 40 minutes. The goal is to set every single frame of this video so that the small part shows the same vertical level on ALL frames. Using the very fastest Rate of Timeline Speed (which is 20X), I can go across the timeline quickly and see each and every vertical movement. Then put in M markers. I can drop in Pan/Crop Position Keyframes by using the Insert key on my keyboard and then move the Pan/Crop up and down to that correct vertical reference point line. (I lock the Pan/Crop X so that only the Y can move up and down.) Eventually, the full 40 minutes will be perfectly movement-free (or close enough for when I zoom back out to see the normal view). Then I will render that corrected video file and put it in my edited project as a SWAP VIDEO. Hope this works! Give me a day or so to mark a Solution. I'm still open to other ideas that are more automated. I know a good script would do this in seconds! But I have good patience and like good results. I also have a couple of other videos like this one, so that is why I am spending time on this solution. Thanks for your thoughts on this.

I've actually used that method, even to the extent of putting a Post-it note on the screen to give me a reference point. I didn't do forty minutes, though.

Consider using a whole integer true 16:9 crop box between 3712x2088 and 3840x2160 or just large enough to account for the full vertical deviation.