The introduction of camcorders in the 1980s enabled people to easily shoot videos, and play them back almost immediately. Subsequent digitalization of circuitry and miniaturization of hardware made video cameras as easy to carry and use as conventional cameras. While smaller and lighter cameras made shooting easier, the problem of camera shaking remained, representing a new challenge to designers, and making motion stabilization an essential feature in advanced models.

Presently, there are two different approaches to motion stabilization in video cameras, optical-type approaches employing gyro sensors, and electronic approaches employing software operation to stabilize images. Among the two, the optical-type have the advantage of being configured just like motion stabilization solutions for still photography. However, they are expensive to configure and durability is less than optimum. Moreover, since they are physically large, electronic approaches are more suitable for use in small cameras and mobile phone handsets. Movie Solid provides ideal image stabilization in these applications.

Conventional motion stabilization approaches in video cameras, both optical and electronic alike, operate on only two axes of freedom when tracking camera movement. In optical approaches, the gyrosensor tracks only vertical and horizontal movement in order to apply movement compensation. Electronic approaches also have similar limitations in their tracking technology, and can only detect vertical and horizontal movement. "Movie Solid®", however, not only has the size and durability advantages of electronic systems, it also employs Morpho, Inc.'s original "SoftGyro®" image processing software that provides real-time tracking of movement independently in four vectors. In addition to vertical and horizontal vectors, it can also track rotation on the light axis, as well as depth in terms of forward and backward movement. The result is highly stable and accurate image stabilization that exceeds the performance of conventional optical and electronic approaches.