Reject Dominant Motion Outliers While Tracking
Rejects track points that disagree with the dominant spherical motion model.
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SphericalStabilizer
360° spherical stabilization
Stabilizes equirectangular and 360° footage by analyzing rotational camera motion on the sphere rather than treating the panorama as a flat frame.
SphericalStabilizer
DaVinci Resolve · Fusion
SphericalStabilizer compensates unwanted yaw, pitch and roll while respecting panoramic projection. This avoids many seam and horizon problems that occur when ordinary 2D stabilization is applied to equirectangular footage.
Overview
What SphericalStabilizer does
SphericalStabilizer compensates unwanted yaw, pitch and roll while respecting panoramic projection. This avoids many seam and horizon problems that occur when ordinary 2D stabilization is applied to equirectangular footage.
Mental model
Think of the camera as rotating inside a sphere: stabilization rotates the sphere back rather than sliding a flat rectangle around.
Common uses
Stabilize 360° camera shake
Level a drifting horizon
Reduce unwanted yaw/pitch/roll
Prepare VR footage for reframing
Smooth handheld panoramic capture
Flow anatomy
Inputs & outputs
The port structure shows how this node fits into a Fusion graph.
Image Input
Source image for the operation.
SphericalStabilizer
Fusion node
Image Output
The processed result from this node.
Inspector
Important parameters
Start with these controls before reaching for more complicated workarounds.
Tracking Buttons / Direction
Selects the direction used by SphericalStabilizer.
Append to track
Extends an existing stabilization analysis.
Stabilize Strength
Controls how strongly camera rotation is compensated.
Smoothing
Removes high-frequency rotational jitter while preserving broader movement.
Offset Rotation X
Adds a manual X-axis rotation offset after spherical stabilization.
Offset Rotation Y
Adds a manual Y-axis rotation offset after spherical stabilization.
Offset Rotation Z
Adds a manual Z-axis rotation offset after spherical stabilization.
Practical setup
A reliable workflow
- 1
Use correctly projected equirectangular footage.
- 2
Track across a representative shot range.
- 3
Reject moving foreground outliers when necessary.
- 4
Increase stabilization strength gradually.
- 5
Add smoothing only after the main motion is correct.
- 6
Use rotation offsets to restore the desired viewing direction.
Typical node chain
360° footage→
SphericalStabilizer→
Stable sphere
Examples
Where this node fits in real work
360 horizon cleanup
Stabilize a drifting panoramic camera before reframing.
360 MediaSphericalStabilizerMediaOut
VR smoothing
Remove small rotational jitter while retaining the intentional pan.
VR SourceSphericalStabilizerSphericalCamera
Troubleshooting
Common mistakes
Using ordinary 2D stabilizer on a full equirectangular panorama
Tracking moving subjects as if they were camera motion
Over-smoothing intentional pans
Ignoring seam behavior at the panorama boundary
Production notes
Practical tips
Judge the result in a proper 360 viewer.
Preserve intentional camera movement whenever possible.
Track longer ranges when the horizon slowly drifts.
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