Video stabilization using VidStab and FFMPEG
Examples here use the default settings, see the VidStab readme on GitHub for more advanced instructions.
Here's an example video I made
Install ffmpeg with the vidstab plugin from homebrew
brew install ffmpeg --with-libvidstab
Analyze your video to create a .trf file
This won't modify your video or create a new video, but it should create a new file called transform.trf
ffmpeg -i clip.mov -vf vidstabdetect -f null -
Use the .trf file to create a stabilized video
ffmpeg -i clip.mov -vf vidstabtransform=smoothing=5:input="transforms.trf" clip-stabilized.mov
This should create a new stabilized video called clip-stabilized.mov
Bonus: create a side by side comparison video
Found on a forum here
ffmpeg -i Clip8.mov -i Clip8-vidstab.mov -filter_complex "[0:v:0]pad=iw*2:ih[bg]; [bg][1:v:0]overlay=w" merged.mov