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Eleven Percent has introduced a new Premiere Pro plugin called B-Roll Selectr, designed to automate one of the more repetitive parts of editing. Rather than stabilizing footage, it analyzes B-roll for camera shake and separates steadier portions from shakier ones, generating two sequences inside Premiere Pro. Let’s take a closer look.
For editors who regularly work with run-and-gun material, a surprising amount of time can be spent simply scrubbing through clips to determine which sections are usable. B-Roll Selectr focuses on that sorting stage. The result is a pre-sorted timeline that separates the steadier moments from the shakier ones, while keeping all footage available in the project so nothing is lost.
B-Roll Selectr automatically evaluates motion in your clips and separates steadier segments from footage it flags as unstable. It relies on AI motion detection to make that call, so the definition of “shaky” depends both on how the footage was shot and on the shake sensitivity setting inside the plugin. The output is organized into two sequences, with stable segments ready for editing and everything else preserved separately rather than deleted.
The entire process runs locally in Premiere Pro with no need for cloud processing. Editors import their B-roll into the plugin interface, set how aggressively motion should be filtered, and optionally adjust padding to keep a little extra lead-in or tail-out around selected moments. When the analysis finishes, the two sequences appear in the timeline, reflecting those settings.
Eleven Percent notes that results may not be 100 % accurate because the AI motion detection can vary based on shooting style and motion characteristics, and performance is tied to system hardware and the size of the clip batch.
The benefit really shows up during that first review pass. Long recordings with shifting camera movement often contain usable moments in between repositioning or brief instability. Instead of scrubbing through every clip in real time, the editor starts with a filtered timeline and refines it from there.
This approach is likely to be most relevant in high-volume workflows such as weddings, sports coverage, vlogs, or music videos, where extended stretches of B-roll can alternate between stable and unstable movement.
B-Roll Selectr is available through Eleven Percent at $9.99 per month, and if you want to give it a try, there’s a 7-day free trial. For more information, please check out the Eleven Percent website.
How often do you find yourself reviewing footage primarily to identify stable segments? Would a motion-based culling tool change the way you approach your first edit pass? Let us know in the comments below.
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A camera was put in my hands at 16, and I’ve been taking photographs ever since. Before moving to Vienna, I worked as a photographer on film sets, telling stories as they unfolded behind the scenes. Since then, I’ve focused on immersive theater, both as a photographer and an actor. I am the photographer for the award-winning Nesterval ensemble, documenting the energy and atmosphere of their performances. I’m a teller of stories. Stories hold my interest. I’ll take on any project with a story to tell.