Limiting the amount of zooming After Effects is doing during stabilization?

[kingmustard123]

At the moment, I am using the following settings (the default settings, I believe) to stabilize a sweeping crowd 1080p shot I made at a recent festival:

Stabilization
- Result: Smooth Motion
- Smoothness: 50%
- Method: Position, Scale, Rotation

Borders
- Framing: Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale
- Auto-scale: 150%
- Action-safe Margin: 0%
- Additional Scale: 150%

However the resultant video, although very smooth, is very 'zoomed in' in order to get to that level of stabilization. I don't need it that stabilized.

Is there a half-way mark between the original and the video I am currently rendering using the settings above? If so, what settings should I use?

Many thanks!

[poisondeathray]

set the maximum scale, this will limit how much it "zooms in"

[kingmustard123]

set the maximum scale, this will limit how much it "zooms in"

I don't see a 'Maximum Scale' option.

[poisondeathray]

twirl down the auto scale menu

(there will be a triangle pointing to the right, click on the triangle, it will reveal a submenu)

another approach is to reduce the smoothness; the smoother you select, the more black borders will appear, the more it will have to crop & zoom in