720p for Slowmo and 1080p for SmoothCam?

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720p for Slowmo and 1080p for SmoothCam?

Posted by Ramzi Dreessen on February 21, 2011 at 8:08 pm

Hey all,

I’m trying to mix two kinds of shots in my project, all shot on a Canon 7D:

1. Slo-Mo shots, done in 720p @ 60fps, conformed to 30fps in Cinema Tools before converting to ProRes for editing in FCP
and
2. SmoothCam shots, done in 1080p @ 30fps, shot with the extra resolution so I have some crop leniency when it comes to using the SmoothCam filter in FCP, also being edited in ProRes

I want my final project to be exported at 720p and 30fps, and I’d like to edit both kinds of clips in the same timeline, but I know FCP will force them to be in the same format. Logically, I should work in 1080p at 30fps in the timeline, but then I’d have to upscale the 720p footage… just so I could downscale it again on the final export. Or I could work in all 720p… but then I wouldn’t have the extra resolution I want for the SmoothCam effect.

I’m going to start shooting footage for this project soon, I’ve only done test shots so far just to confirm that the effects actually work individually, which they do.

Should I just edit the SmoothCam video first in FCP, export it, and then use it in a new sequence with the Slo-Mo? Help!

Ramzi Dreessen
Photo Editor – Buzz Magazine
Junior, News-Editorial Journalism – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.rkdphoto.wordpress.com
bu*******@******zz.com

Gregory De tennis replied 14 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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Todd Gillespie
February 22, 2011 at 6:59 pm

Hi Ramzi,

Unless I’m missing something, it would seem the easiest to work in 720. Treat you 1080 clips first (either in Motion or FCP), then bring them into your FCP 720 sequence and sale them down. Realize that you don’t need to ‘fix or create’ all of your clips on 1 single timeline.

Good Luck,

Todd at UCSB
Television Production
Ramzi Dreessen
February 23, 2011 at 7:28 pm

yeah, that’s what I ended up doing. Thanks!

Ramzi Dreessen
Photo Editor – Buzz Magazine
Junior, News-Editorial Journalism – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.rkdphoto.wordpress.com
buzzphoto@readbuzz.com
Gregory De tennis
June 20, 2011 at 7:27 pm

I’m having the same issue. When you say “fix” the 1080 clip first in FCP, what do you mean?

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