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    Changing speed of clip in FCP

    Posted by Eric Holzapfel on August 5, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Hello Forum,
    I did not search for info on this post, so forgive me if there are
    several posts on this topic.

    I have some clips that I think I converted from 1080i/30 (Canon HV20 set using the 24p setting) to 1080i/24p using cinema tools workflow from alan Tepper. The quality of the converted clips is not that great. [the quality of the initial clips is shaky too] I decided I wanted to slow one of the clips down some in the timeline, using the “speed” option by control-clicking the clip. I reduced the speed for the given clip from 100% to about 80%. The quality of the slower clip looked like it was showing some artifacts in terms of interlacing.

    Is this a good method to use for slowing clips? The HV20, does not have the over-cranking capability that my HVX200 has!

    I am not sure that I did the cinema tools process correctly, but I attempted to follow the steps, etc. Has anyone tried the JES de-interlacer program?

    Thanks,

    Eric

    Eric Holzapfel replied 17 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Michael Sacci

    August 5, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    Motion 3 does a much better job of slowing footage down when you turn on the optical flow (this is/was Shake’s engine)

    For making 30 into 24P it takes special software to do a do job of that. Magic Bullet has a good program for this.

  • Eric Holzapfel

    August 5, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Hello Michael,

    Thanks for the info. It seems there are so many ways to do this kind of thing! I have seen many references to Magic Bullet, I will have to check that out.
    I have also seen a workflow posted capturing at the standard HDV from the HV20, and then using ProRes422 and Compressor. I will try an experiment. First shoot some footage properly exposed, etc (what a concept!). Capture it, and copy the clip three times, and try each of the methods for “converting” to 24p, and then slowing down the clip.

    I might even learn something!

    Thanks again,

    Eric

  • Eric Holzapfel

    August 6, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    Hello Michael and others,
    I have been checking around in terms of Magic Bullet Software.
    They have quite a line of software.
    Which product would I use to slow a clip’s speed?

    It seems there is no one Magic Bullet!

    And/or using the product (Magic Bullet Frames?) how would I decrease the speed of a given clip?

    Thanks,

    Eric

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