I have a pan which is stable but not perfectly smooth. It's not jerky but it accelerates and slows a bit (nothing major). Anyone know a good way to equalize the rate of my pan?

In the effect editor...Avid Pan & Zoom... twirl down "velocity" and you will find options of "linear, ease in and constant" for both in and out parameters.

Thanks for this, I'll check it out pronto! -J

Keep in mind pan and zoom only works with still image files.

Well, I'm back but Larry beat me to the punch: pan and zoom only works with still image files. Any other ideas? -J.

You can try with FluidMotion.

A technique I've used in AE may be adaptable to Avid using image stabilise.  I'll spell out the steps in general terms.  Note that in AE it's possible to have arbitrary frame sizes.  Obviously this can't be done in Avid, but the overall technique may suggest an approach to you.

So, firstly, you stabilise the image, and adjust the frame size so that the stabilised image sits inside a large frame at all times.  What you should see if you've done it correctly is a floating window inside a very large frame with a reasonably stable image seen through that window.  Now recreate your pan using the target parameter, not the position parameter.  Set your frame size back to its original value, and enlarge the image so that it stays within the frame at all times.  The end result is a smoothed out pan at the expense of some image softening due to the blowup.

This sounds a lot like steadyglide found in timewarp. I've had considerable success  with this for stabilizing handheld or wobbly crane shots. I think I will ship this shot out to AE if I can't correct it in timewarp keyframes.

Thanks for all your input. Cheers, -J.

3D warp and advanced keyframes that is. Works like a charm!

Try using SteadyGlide option found in the Stabilize effect.

See section 6 of this free tutorial:

http://learn.avid.com/content/tutorials/SNtracking/tutorial.html

- Rob