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  Posted by Stephen Hoyal on July 11, 2008 at 6:29 pm

  Hi all,

  I have shot some stuff in the 24 frame mode of the hvx 200 at 1080i. I have slowed some of the footage down to about 70%. It seems the footage is not smooth slow motion but rather kind of rough slow motion. Is it possible to get smooth slow motion when you slow the footage down in final cut or do you have film it that way to get that nice slow moving effect.

  Thanks,

  Steve

  David Roth weiss replied 17 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  Chris Poisson

  July 11, 2008 at 9:29 pm

  If you do your slomo work in Motion using optical flow, you will be amazed.

  Have a wonderful day.
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  David Mcgiffert

  July 12, 2008 at 4:13 am

  A big YES on optical flow in Motion Chris.
  I have had some plesent surprises using optical flow.
  It has to be judicious of course, but it’s about as
  good as it gets for slowing down footage with FCS in post.

  All the best,

  David
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  David Bogie

  July 14, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  Yes, optical flow is cool.
  However, let’s go back to the OP which illustrates a huge problem with today’s filmmakers: “We’ll fix it in post.” (Not that this a new idea, not at all. When were were shooting 16mm we said, “We’ll fix it in the lab.”)
  A look at the script early in the production path should have suggested the scene be shot for slow motion. That would have clearly indicated the photographer open the manual and learn how to set up his camera to capture as many discrete slices of time as it was capable of shooting.

  bogiesan

  This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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  David Mcgiffert

  July 14, 2008 at 5:55 pm

  Yeah David, that’s agreed if it is a scripted story.
  I shoot documentarys and in that realm, I don’t think that axiom
  applies.
  As you well know, the story isn’t found until the editing in many cases.

  All the best,

  David (too)
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  David Roth weiss

  July 14, 2008 at 6:17 pm

  [david bogie] “A look at the script early in the production path should have suggested…”

  Oh wouldn’t it be great if docos came in a box with an instruction manual or a blueprint?

  I agree with Mr. McGiffert, documentaries rarely come with the luxury of a script or a solid plan that would allow for the early suggestion of anything. Sometimes you get lucky, but most often you’re left to create something out of what you’re given.

  Thankfully there are good tools, even great tools like optical flow, for creating slomo after the fact.

  David Roth Weiss
  Director/Editor
  David Weiss Productions, Inc.
  Los Angeles

  POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

  A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.

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