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1 year ago
A collection of some old footage I shot a while ago around the canals of Birmingham city centre. The shots themselves may not be the greatest I have ever done, but I needed to work on something for vimeo and to practice the time remap effect on, which I am guilty of overusing here :)
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Nice to see you here :)
Here is the question, I am kinda very lost in tech side of videography.
1) do u shoot at 60i and max shutter?
b/c slow motion effect needs these 2 factors
so it looks smooth.
is it that critical or not?
2) can I shoot at max frames (60i) always
for my serious videos? so I can do slow
motion for any part of the video as I need.
Then I export the video as 24fps to have
a cinematic feel. b/c I want always a film-like
result in my video.
3) How did u do the 300 effect? :P
I know how to control speed in FCX.
But it just makes the whole clip
in a certain speed, how do u
transit into a different speed within
the same clip.
I'll be waiting for your tips, Mo2ayad ;)
I'm really not an expert in slow motion, I'm still trying to learn the right way to do it. I can't remember the settings, but generally I usually shoot in 25p at a shutter speed of 50, it may not the best option for slow motion but it works for me most of the times.
I don't have the problem of 60i vs 24p since I'm using PAL :) . I can easily convert from 50i to 25p anytime if needed. Generally, when you shoot 60i or 50i you are not really shooting 60 or 50 frames per second, you are shooting 60 or 50 fields (half frames) per second. The question is, can the software use those faster "halves" to create a smoother slow motions? I really don't know, I have to look for the answer and try it myself. But with NTSC cams I guess 60i will definitely create smoother slow motions than 24p... or even 50i.
The 300 effect :)
It's called Time Remap. It is really hard to do, and even harder to explain. But if you google it you will find many tutorials for it. It basically deals with manipulating the variable speed curves under the Motion tab in FCP. You have the option of having a constant or variable speed change.
This may not be the greatest tutorial, but it gives you an idea about the effect:
expertvillage.com/video/15336_final-cut-pro-affecting-video-time-remap-two.htm
and good luck :)
web.mac.com/piero.fiorani/PieroF_FCE_Effect/Time_Remap.html