From the course: Motion Control 3D: Bringing Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CC (2019)

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Removing camera shake

Removing camera shake

The longer a camera shutter is open, the more likely you are to see unwanted movement. That's because the short shutter will freeze the action, but a slow shutter can result in small shake to the camera. Whether it's handheld or even if it's on a tripod but an unstable platform. Fortunately, Photoshop has a great Sharpen Tool to remove camera shake. Let's take a look at this historical photo here. It's in pretty good shape, but I want to really improve the details. I'll choose Filter, Sharpen, Shake Reduction. This'll analyze the image and attempt to fix it. Now until the exclamation mark goes away, it's a lower quality preview. I suggest you punch into 2X view here and drag to something where you can better judge. What we're looking for is the edges here. And I see that that's done a nice job of tightening up the details. Now, play to balance this out. By taking advantage of artifact suppression, you'll see less…

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