Premiere Pro · Framing, motion and effects
How to add a camera shake effect in Premiere Pro
Short answer
Apply the Transform effect to the clip, raise its Scale slightly so the edges never show, then add a few quick Position keyframes that jump back and forth. Untick Use Composition's Shutter Angle and raise Shutter Angle for motion blur.
In Premiere Pro
01
Apply Transform
Drag Video Effects > Distort > Transform onto the clip.
02
Scale up a little
Set Transform's Scale to about 110 so moving the picture never reveals the edge.
03
Keyframe the shake
Add Position keyframes every two or three frames, each a few pixels in a different direction, then return to center.
04
Add motion blur
Untick Use Composition's Shutter Angle and set Shutter Angle to around 180 to 360 for blur on the movement.
05
Save it
Right-click the effect and choose Save Preset to reuse the shake.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Ask Eddie for a shake zoom on a line; the punch-in carries to Premiere, the shake doesn't.
Say "Add a shake zoom on the punchline." It shows in Eddie and in MP4 renders. In the Premiere export the punch-in is kept without the shake, so add the Transform shake in Premiere if you need it there.
Back to Premiere
Open the edit, click Export and choose Premiere. You get a Premiere project (.prproj) or the older Premiere XML. In the desktop app, Send to Premiere Pro builds the edit inside Premiere through Eddie's panel, which the app installs for you.
If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files, so Premiere relinks to them. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media; relink to those, not to the camera originals.
From the help center
Questions
- Why use Transform instead of Motion?
- Transform has its own shutter angle, so it can add motion blur. Motion can't.
- Does Premiere have a wiggle expression?
- No. Premiere has no expressions; use keyframes or an After Effects comp.