user-1: I own a Panasonic HC-V130. Recently I've read an article about image stabilisation in a computing magazine. Can this be achieved without a special camera? 
I am using too much zoom to hold the camera still - causing the image to bounce up and down. Can I correct some of this shaking using software after? If possible can anyone suggest a few pieces of software that can achieve this - if possible a free one. 
I use windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux).

user9105: FFMpeg's vid.stab filter works well.  You have to run it as a 2-pass process: detect, and then stabilize.  If you're going to do more with the video later, after stabilizing, output to a lossless format and then point your other tools at that.

-1: <p>I own a <a href="http://goo.gl/mCkbQA" rel="nofollow">Panasonic HC-V130</a>. Recently I've read an article about image stabilisation in a computing magazine. Can this be achieved without a special camera? </p>

<p>I am using too much zoom to hold the camera still - causing the image to bounce up and down. Can I correct some of this shaking using software after? If possible can anyone suggest a few pieces of software that can achieve this - if possible a free one. </p>

<p><em>I use windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux).</em></p>
 9105: <p>FFMpeg's <a href="http://public.hronopik.de/vid.stab/" rel="nofollow"><code>vid.stab</code> filter</a> works well.  You have to run it as a 2-pass process: detect, and then stabilize.  If you're going to do more with the video later, after stabilizing, output to a lossless format and then point your other tools at that.</p>
