Apply Camera Shake to images and videos online
Add realistic handheld camera shake to images and videos with pan, tilt, rotation, zoom, pauses, and motion blur. Shape everything from subtle handheld drift to aggressive impact shake directly in your browser. Also known as: handheld camera effect, shake effect, cinematic shake, action camera shake
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Ideas for using the effect
Handheld footage
Give static shots a natural handheld feel with controlled pan, tilt, and rotation.
Action impacts
Use stronger motion scale and blur for hits, drops, transitions, and high-energy edits.
Cinematic instability
Add uneven movement, pauses, and randomization for documentary, music video, or found-footage looks.
Zoom shake
Mix translation with outward zoom motion for pulsing, impact-driven camera moves.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Camera Shake effect?
Camera Shake simulates animated camera movement using pan, tilt, rotation, zoom, pauses, randomness, and integrated motion blur.
Does Camera Shake work on videos?
Yes. Camera Shake is built for video and animated previews, and it also works on still images when you want a moving camera feel.
What does Motion Scale control?
Motion Scale controls the overall strength of the shake. Higher values increase translation, rotation, and zoom movement together.
What does Motion Blur do?
Motion Blur samples the camera movement across a virtual shutter window, so blur follows the same pan, tilt, rotation, and zoom path as the shake.
Can I make the shake pause?
Yes. Pause Length, Pause Interval, and Pause Randomness control when the shake holds still and how regular those pauses feel.