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Old February 4th, 2008, 12:01 PM   #1
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XH-A1 slow motion test

here's a slow motion test we did the other day for a trailer we're making.
no audio on these clips, shot 60i, then slowed down in After Effects.

Let me know what you guys think.

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http://www.vimeo.com/658841
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Old February 4th, 2008, 04:19 PM   #2
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Pretty good! What shutter speed were you shooting?
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Old February 4th, 2008, 06:24 PM   #3
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Shutter was at 1/120.
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Old February 5th, 2008, 06:46 PM   #4
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Excellent! That's probably the best job I've seen of anyone slowing down XH-A1 footage... I might just have to switch my system to Adobe...
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Old February 5th, 2008, 11:01 PM   #5
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what rate of speed is it at in AE? CS3? Any other special settings to make it so smooth?
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Old February 6th, 2008, 01:15 AM   #6
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what rate of speed is it at in AE? CS3? Any other special settings to make it so smooth?
I used After Effects CS3, all I did was import the footage, click on Interpret, and tell it to play back at 23.976 fps. You create a new comp with it, and then you do a Time Stretch, at exactly 200%. Then you click the option for your footage to "frame blend" I think it's called.. the solid slash is what you want, interpolation.
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Old February 6th, 2008, 02:58 PM   #7
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That looked sweet... Nice job After effects... : )
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Old February 6th, 2008, 04:35 PM   #8
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Yeah, it's a cool trick. I do the same thing in Vegas. I used it for my last feature, THE BROKEN QUIET, for a few shots -- beautiful indeed.
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Old February 7th, 2008, 12:35 AM   #9
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That was really excellent! I have a new EX1 to go with my A1 and your work rivals some of the overcranking I am getting out of it.
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Does anyone have any advice for doing something like this in FCP? Am I going to need a pluggin?

Also what are the effect if you do this to your footage and speed it back up?
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Does anyone have any advice for doing something like this in FCP? Am I going to need a pluggin?

Also what are the effect if you do this to your footage and speed it back up?
If you wanted to do slow motion in final cut, and make it look good I would recommend buying a program called "Twixtor."

To speed it back up is easy, when the exported footage from after effects is brought back into final cut, it's all slowed down. So all I did was break the clip in two, and change the speed of the first half to make it go faster, so it looks like it is running at normal frame rate.

There are better ways, like within after effects for example using time remapping, but I didn't feel like getting fancy.
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Old February 8th, 2008, 12:25 PM   #12
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Thanks.

How long of a process is this?
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Old February 11th, 2008, 08:43 AM   #13
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so you madea 24fps comp, and exported 24 fps as well correct?
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Not a long process at all.

Yes, after interpreting the footage as 24fps, I created a new comp that was 24fps and exported it as such.
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Old February 19th, 2008, 08:03 PM   #15
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Looks good. I'd stay in 60i though - it would be more fluid. That is just my opinion. But, very well done.
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