The Color Stabilizer effect samples the color values of a single reference frame, or pivot frame, at one, two, or three points; it then adjusts the colors of other frames so that the color values of those points remain constant throughout the layer’s duration. This effect is useful for removing flicker from footage and equalizing the exposure of footage with color shifts caused by varying lighting situations.

Use this effect to remove the flicker common to time-lapse photography and stop-frame animation.

You can animate the effect control points that define the sample areas to track objects for which you want to stabilize colors. The greater the difference in color values between the sample points, the better the effect works.

This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.

Set Frame

Sets the pivot frame. Display the frame that has the area of brightness or color that you want to match, and click Set Frame.

Stabilize

What to stabilize:

Brightness

Brightness is stabilized using one sample point (Black Point).

Levels

Color is stabilized using two sample points (Black Point and White Point).

Curves

Color is stabilized using all three sample points (Black Point, White Point, and Mid Point).

Black Point

Place this point on a dark area to stabilize.

Mid Point

Place this point on a midtone area to stabilize.

White Point

Place this point on a bright area to stabilize.

Sample Size

Radius, in pixels, of sampled areas.