Preferred Video Render Settings

There are many settings for rendering video.  So far, the one that brings me the most consistent results with videos coming in with varying FPS and resolution, is shown below.  This was suggested on a forum I came across and so far it works the best for me.  Note that the Maximum Rate is set to 0, so that Blender ignores it.

Video Stabilization

This entry will cover the ever popular desire to stabilize captured video.  Having reviewed several avenues for doing this (even with dedicated video editing software), this method seems to be the best and provides the most control.

To get started, when first launching Blender switch to the Motion Tracking view.

The first step is to select a track point.  This is simply done by holding [Ctrl] and [Right-Click] a point on the scene.  Some things to consider when selecting a point.  First find a point of good contrast that will not change between frames.  This is the anchor for the scene.

Loading Video

This entry covers loading video into the Video Editor in Blender.  This operation can be quite simple, but there is a catch if your video was not rendered at 24fps.

The first image is the Video Editing View, which is where all the video editing work will be done.