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bad slo mos
posted this in Kona site
I have a Kona LS with a KL box. Using FCP 5 and os 10.4 Everytime I create a speed change, forward or reverse, the effect is terrible. The video jitters. Coming from Cinewave, the Kona product is not as good here. Should I be doing something different? I am using Beta SP from an 1800 capturing Kona 8 bit. All I do is select the clip and adjust the speed. Even a reverse without speed change is nasty
bob
Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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Bob,
Its not clear from your post, are you making speed changes on the timeline or somehow during capture?
DRW
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Talking about captured material. Load it to viewer from a bin or from the timeline, cmd J to bring up the speed change and go from there.
bob
Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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Bob,
I was just wondering why you included all that info about your Kona. I’m having difficulty at the moment slowing down one particular shot myself. All others are okay. Its a bit frustrating… I have yet to try every single control, but if I find magic I’ll let ya know.
DRW
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Riddle me this – Slow motion quality
There was this post just a short while ago, “riddle me this…”, which might help-
“I’ve been an editor for years, but I’m still relatively new to Final Cut. I’m puzzled by something, and I’m wondering if anyone has any insight into what’s happening.
FCP 5.0.4, Working with 29.97 DV NTSC interlaced footage (so 60i) in a DV timeline. If I slow the speed on a clip to 50%, it flickers all to hell – Even with frame blending checked, it’s playing each full frame, both lines, twice, but in an order that makes it stutter. ie: It plays frame 1 lower, then frame one upper, then frame 1 lower AGAIN, then frame 1 upper AGAIN. Horrible.
BUT: If I *nest* the original footage, then set the nested sequence to 50% speed (with frame blending), it’s smooth as glass. Perfect slow-mo.
What gives? Obviously it’s a useable work-around, but I’d love to know why it’s treating the nested footage differently than the original clip. What other strange things could it be doing to my footage when I nest it…?
-Mike Jackson
Steam Powered Films -
At this point the answer would be great, but I like the work around.
Thanks
bob
Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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I don’t have the answer. But I think it has to do with field order. Anyway, I use slo-mo quite a bit and have found that unchecking the frame blending give me much better slow motion. Now, if you’re having problems with the flickering, just throw the deinterlace filter on it and it cleans it right up.
-trevor ward
orlando, fl
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