Cineform neoscene and deshaker 2.5

[William Boehm]

I have been attempting to deshake difficult footage of sea otters, humpback whales etc taken either from a small boat or kayak in large waves with the camera (hdv canon xha1, and avchd canon xhs100). pass one and two settings have been varied. slow motion change is accomplished very well...as the cineform conversions apparently changed the original 60i footage to 29.? progressive. i must have converted camera footage not knowing i changed to progressive.

question...any particular settings might help with the sometimes jerky movements of the camera in tough waves..sometimes shot with mile telephoto amplitudes of movement. seals for example...steady footage then a wave crest comes under me and i sharply move the camera compensating my balance in the water. shakes cause some momentary blur in the footage. i used 'no borders' and the edges are filled but are blurred and do not replicate the water or rocks...i am using 1000 for horizontal panning, rotation etc, for motion smoothness, previous frames set at 30, and extra zoom factor set at one. this is difficult footage to adjust..but awesome footage of otter behavior etc. i am not sure if i have destination pixel aspect under pass 2 correctly marked.

any suggestions from those who are experienced with deshaker? i have attempted to glean the deshaker forum, not much there....the edge compensation is my delemna and muting sometimes sharp camera movement. thanks in advance. i of course tripod all other footage from the land. bill