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# Stabilizing

There are several methods you can use to stabilize a clip.

Use: | To stabilize a clip where:
--- | ---
Simple Stabilization from the EditDesk | There is no pan.
Jitter from the EditDesk | There is pan or tilt.
Fixed X and Fixed Y from Action | There is a strictly vertical tilt or strictly horizontal pan.

A border appears at the edge of the clip you stabilize. There is a direct correlation between how much jitter you remove and the size of the border.

When you access the Stabilizer from the EditDesk, you have rendering options in the Setup menu that are not available when you access the Stabilizer from Action. In particular, you can use the Crop Edges option to automatically remove the border that results from stabilizing. If you are using the Shift or Roll options, you can enable Oversampling to obtain high quality rendering. See Rendering Options.

TipWhen stabilizing clips longer than 500 frames, close the Channel Editor and disable Path in the Setup menu to significantly increase speed.

#### Topics in this section

- Simple Stabilization
- Stabilizing a Clip from Action
- Removing Jitter with Fixed X and Fixed Y