Mercalli will improve any shaky original. It can produce amazing – and even perfect – results.
However, you shouldn’t expect miracles! A video sequence that has been filmed from a vehicle wildly lurching over rough terrain cannot be transformed into one that looks as though it was shot using a tripod. But Mercalli can further enhance footage that was smoothed during filming using mechanical tools such as a dolly or steadicam – by “simply” balancing out tilt movements or smoothing even the slightest interference, e.g. by harmonising the effect of large camera zoom steps.
But although Mercalli is an all-rounder, its most important area of application is definitely the smoothing of footage taken with a handheld camera or even a tripod. Here, you will always notice an improvement.