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60fps to 30fps slow motion
I shot some baptism footage in a river with a Panasonic HVX200P in 60fps high def. My final output is in standard definition 720×480 30fps. I would really like to use the 60 fps footage at 50% speed to give me a really smooth 30 fps slow motion footage. Is this possible? If so, how? Thanks!
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8 Replies
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Open up the clip in Cinema Tools and select Conform – 29.97. Then you’ll need to down convert it to SD in Compressor or on your timeline.
-Russ
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Unfortunately, I have edited for 4 years now in FCP but have never used Cinema Tools and really don’t know how to get started. Is that bad?
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Open the application. Select cancel when it asks you to open an database. Select File-Open Clip. Select the Conform button on the right. Select it using the left mouse click button (just teasing).
Be sure to duplicated your clip before you do it. Some times Cinema Tools is destructive when it deals with clips.
-Russ
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NO need to use Cinema Tools at all. There is a tool in FCP called the DVCPRO HD FRAME RATE CONVERTER. It is located in the EXTRAS folder on the FCP INSTALL disk.
CInema Tools CONFORM is destructive…meaning once it converts the clip to slow motion, that clip is now slow motion. Period. You cannot use it at normal speed. the Frame Rate Converter creates new slow motion media…and stays in the FCP application to do so.
DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter:
Shane
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I still prefer to use Cinema Tools. Never been a big fan of the FCP frame rate converter, but it can work as well.
-Russ
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I actually figured it out myself and wanted to post it for other trying to do the same.
My problem was I opened a sequence with 60fps as my setting. When I tried to slow it down to 50% speed, it was locking the footage as if it were a still image. The fix was that my sequence setting needed to be set to 59.94 fps. This way it properly interpreted my footage.
It was all in the really, really small details. Thanks everyone for your other tricks. Unfortunately, I did need to try them….. yet.
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JUST FYI,
Either the Frame Rate Converter or Cinema Tools will give you a better slow motion result than just changing the speed controls in FCP, especially if you are finishing to SD 29.97. Depending on what other footage you’re using will determine the best workflow.
I will say that even though the results aren’t as good, just changing the speed controls of the clip is probably the easiest way to do it.
-Russ
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thank you for the feedback
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