

SoFast-forward a decade from my winter adventure, and consumer-friendly dollies and sliders have become almost obsolete with the introduction of consumer-friendly gimbals and handheld stabilizers.

Whether or not the story is good, it will at least feel like a good film. When you first start making films, from a technical standpoint, two things you’ll think will increase your production value are shallow depth of field and smooth motion.

But what if you need to stabilize a shot in Premiere, After Effects, or Resolve? It got the job done it produced a smooth tracking shot. It was cumbersome, and it couldn’t collapse, so we had to carry around a 9-foot track, and the skateboard wheels often fell off. Need to stabilize some footage? Here’s how to do it in Premiere, After Effects, and Resolve - and which program you should use.įor a few nights in the cold winter of 2008, I spent many hours building the prototype of my DIY dolly and track.
