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50fps to smooth semi slow motion
Hi there.
Just shot a short scene on a canon dslr at 50fps 720p and I want to get a slight (music video) slow motion. Should I just convert this now to pro res and slow in final cut? Will that give me smooth enough slow-mo or should I conform this to 25fps (matching rest of time line) and then adjust speed in fcp to get desired results?
Thanks, E
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Slowing it in FCP won’t make it smooth. You need to CONFORM with Cinema TOols:
https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/slow-motion_cinema-tools/1
Shane
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Ok, thanks for that, I will do that now after I convert them.
One other thing. Most of my time line is set to 1080 while the footage that will be slowed is at 720. When converting them should I scale them up of just do that myself in the edit?
Thanks, E
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If you are scaling then it might be better to use Compressor. It will create a new file (unlike Cinema Tools) where you change the speed and do the scaling with frame controls on and scaling set to best.
Scaling in FCP is not as good.
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720 to 1080 in FCP isn’t bad. Not that big of an increase. I mix it a lot. Should be fine.
Shane
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OK thanks guys.
I will try both to see if I notice any difference.
Cheers,
E
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