Dealing with slow motion footage in a 1920×1080 sequence

[Jason Brown]

I’m guessing u mean 1280×720, not 1280×1080?

I can’t help much with ur workflow, I just wanted to add in a tidbit of information. The 7d shoots at 720 60p not as “slow motion” but as a format. You can interpret it into slow mo, but 1280×720 at 60 fps is a broadcast format.

[Daniel Frome]

You’re correct. Just place the 720 60p (which you’ve now conformed to 29.97) into your 1920×1080 timeline and scale it up. That’s the correct move.

[Enrico Lappano]

Thanks for the tip and reminder Jason. Sorry, I meant to say 1280×720.

The 7D 60p footage happens to fit great as slo mo in this 30p sequence. Wondering if anyone has suggestions about a good workflow alongside 1920×1080 7D material?

[Enrico Lappano]

Thank you Daniel.

Could it make any appreciable difference in quality if I change the scale in Compressor or go up to 150% directly in FCP?

[Rafael Amador]

[Enrico Lappano] “Could it make any appreciable difference in quality if I change the scale in Compressor or go up to 150% directly in FCP?”
For an up-scaling I would rather go Compressor (Frame Control ON, Best Resize).
If you try in FC, set “Render Motion Effects: BEST”.
rafael

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[Enrico Lappano]

Thanks Rafael. I appreciate the feedback to this question.

[Enrico Lappano]

In general, to get a slow motion effect in FCP using a Canon 7D, is there any difference between filming in 60p 1280×720 and upscaling it to 1920×1080, or filming at 30p 1920×1080 and slowing the footage down?

Which, if either, would give the better final result in a 30p 1920×1080 ProRes sequence?

[Jason Brown]

[Enrico Lappano] “filming in 60p 1280×720”

This gives you more temporal information. Basic NLE software does a pretty good job of interpreting scale…but you it takes really good software (and good source material) to interpret the non-existent information between frames.

You should shoot at 60 frames and scale up…slowing 30p down will just simply play a frame less often…unless you’re using a plug-in like twixtor or something (which I’ve not used).

-Jason

[Rafael Amador]

[Enrico Lappano] “In general, to get a slow motion effect in FCP using a Canon 7D, is there any difference between filming in 60p 1280×720 and upscaling it to 1920×1080, or filming at 30p 1920×1080 and slowing the footage down? “
The more images per second you shoot, the best.
To get a good 1080 slow-mow, you go to 720p60 and upscale, or you shoot 1080i60, and you get the 1080p60 from there (FieldsKit).
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Enrico Lappano]

Thanks for the clarification Rafael.