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Slow Mo in FCP
Hi, I swear I just cut an entire 2 hour video with most of it slowed down. But now when I use slow mo it flickers like crazy. does anyone know of a funky update that has occured recently that prevents me from doing slow mo? I’m using FCP5.0.2 QT7.0.3 and a Kona LS Card. I’ve tried slowing down DV, AJA DV and 8bit. Even with motion blur now I just can’t get a good slow mo!!!
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I’ve found that if you slo-mo to 55 or 60% or faster, you slo-mo is smooth. Any slower than that 50% or less, then you get a flicker, as at 24fps or 30fps you are just duplicating the same frames which gives a stuttery look.
To get true smooth slo-mo at lower percentages 30/40/45%, etc, you would need to shoot with a camera with a “Variable Frame Rate” via capturing a faster frame rate, e.g. 60fps, then slow down to 40%, then you have more frames to work with to create the slo-mo, with a lower rate of duplicating the same frames.
G5 D2, 1.5ram, FCP5, 10.4.2, 23″, Sony GV-D1000 deck, Sony 20″ L2, 250gb FW400 Ext Drives
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Compressor is supposed to be MUCH better with slomows. Check out
https://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?13@953.qbe0aAMTWAB.9@.68b3d36f/0
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I ordered re:timer and Twixtor to deal with this, because I wanted to some day do really complicated speed-ramping stuff thru FCP or FCP>Combustion. Either one of those frame-syhnthesizing apps seems to give awesome results, check out the demos.
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