• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Shot in 60p – Edit in 24p, 30p, or 60p?

  Posted by Jake Gavin on July 9, 2013 at 10:22 pm

  I recently shot some video with the GoPro Hero3 Black. I shot in 60p because I wanted to have the flexibility to slow down some (not all) of the shots while still having good looking footage. I’ve run into a few basic workflow issues and am not quite sure what to do. I’ve read a ton of conflicting information on the internet and decided its time to ask for help.
  I am editing in premiere pro.

  Should I set my timeline to be in 24p, 30p, or 60p?
  If its in 24p or 30p, I get the red bars above my media in the timeline saying I need to render everything because its supposed to be at 60p. However, if its at 60p, I don’t have the extra frames available to slow it down to get the smooth slow motion. Additionally, if I set it to 24p, I end up having to drop frames so should I set it 30p?

  This seems like a really basic question but it’s thrown me off all day.

  Ivan Myles replied 13 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Tompkins

  July 10, 2013 at 2:38 pm

  As you’ve learned, you need to shoot higher frame rate then the editing frame rate.
  Edit in 24p or 30p.

  Chris
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  Ivan Myles

  July 16, 2013 at 6:51 pm

  I recommend using 30fps unless there is relatively little motion in the footage (or you plan to stabilize the shots in post production).

  There are a few options if you want to slow the video below half speed: repeat frames, enable frame blending, or use After Effects to interpolate new frames.

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