Do you still need the Panasonic Slow Mo plugin

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Do you still need the Panasonic Slow Mo plugin

Posted by Eli Mavros on January 27, 2006 at 8:39 pm

I remember a while back there was a free download on the panasonic website for when you are working on a 24p project but shoot portions of it at 60p to get slow motion. I believe it allowed FCP to recognize this as slow motion footage. This download doesn’t seem to be on the support page anymore, so I was wondering if this is now built into FCP or do I have to find the plugin somewhere else? Any help on this would be helpful. Also, if anyone has any pointers or words of wisdom on working with DVCProHD footage shot at 720p24 and incorporating 60p slow mo footage would be appreciated as well.

Thanks,
Eli Mavros

Eli Mavros

Shane Ross replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
6 Replies

Eli Mavros
January 27, 2006 at 9:29 pm

If I work “offline” in the DVCProHD codec, and then want to online it capturing through HD-SDI using a Kona LH, will I run into problems capturing 24p footage? From what I understand, when capturing to tape using the varicam, it is always capturing at 60p but adding a pulldown on the fly and flagging the pulldown frames. FCP sees these flags and removes them on ingest. But, are these flags only caried through the firewire stream, or will I be able to conform to 24p easily when I capture with the Kona card?
Thanks in advance,
Eli Mavros

Eli Mavros
Shane Ross
January 27, 2006 at 10:03 pm

For info on downloading and using the framerate converter, read this:

https://homepage.mac.com/comeback/iblog/Work/B787268209/C836512295/E20060105203248/index.html

For insight on my working process with DVCPRO HD, go to http://www.lfhd.net and follow my blog.

Recapturing via SDI isn’t really necessary…you gain nothing. But with the Kona, you can upconvert on the fly and output to D5 or other format that you might need.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net
Eli Mavros
January 27, 2006 at 10:14 pm

This is all going to be green screen/motion gfx stuff…wouldn’t capturing it SDI be better for this?

Thanks,
Eli

Eli Mavros
Shane Ross
January 27, 2006 at 10:16 pm

Maybe. But I am doing a lot of green screen myself, and it keys rather well.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net
Eli Mavros
January 27, 2006 at 10:45 pm

Thanks for your quick responses. Do yo know, do I still have to download the frame rate converter or is it built into FCP now since the release of FCP5?

thanks,
Eli
Shane Ross
January 27, 2006 at 11:01 pm

You need to download the converter.

Hmmm…I thought I linked to it. Guess not.

Here:

https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/support/fcphd.asp

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

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