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HD Slow Motion Workflow in FCP
Hello people!
I hope all is fine with each and everyone of you.
Here is my BIG doubt. I just came in from shooting some footage with a Panasonic PAL HVX-200. The footage was recorded with the camera set in FILMCAM mode. at 720p 25 NOT 720pn 25 (this last one i dont even know what its for). All this at a 50fps frame rate.
Now i didi this to come back to my MBP and enjoy playing and learning with some slow motion footage. But huge surprise i had when after doing what i thought was right didnt turn out to be slow motion.
Yes i copied the p2 cards to my external harddrive. Yes i opened a new DVCPRO HD 720p 25 project. and set everything to be 25fps. Sequence settings as well.
Log & Transfer without removing pulldown or duplicate frames. but nothing happened, it plays regular speed!!! why??
Log and transfer my card footage using pr
So, Can anyone please enlighten me with a step by step workflow on how to shoot and then edit “high speed” footage? i thought just putting 50fps footage onto a 25p timeline would work, but no.
I Thank all in advance!!!
Cheers!!!
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Well, you import it as 50fps, then you highlight the clips and go to the TOOLS menu in FCP, and choose DVCPRO HD FRAMERATE CONVERTER. This takes the existing clip, and makes a NEW clip that is slow motion. Although I am not sure this works with PAL footage.
Another thing to do would be to duplicate the footage and then use Cinema Tools to convert the frame rate. Again, not sure if this works with PAL.
Shane
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Thanks Shane!
But if i right click and modify the speed, doesnt it force it? i mean digitally. And the purpose of shooting 50fps was not to do so.
Cinema Tools seems interesting if someone could guide me.
Framrate converter never used it.
I’m looking for the best, and most pro way to do it without compromising quality.
Thanx again for your time my friend!
Cheers!
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[Esteban Barriga Prado] “But if i right click and modify the speed, doesnt it force it? i mean digitally.”
Nope…it does not. You need to use some tool that will take ALL 50 frames of your footage, and convert it to a 25fps clip…frame for frame…to get a 50% reduction in speed. Using the speed change option in FCP does not do that.
[Esteban Barriga Prado] “Cinema Tools seems interesting if someone could guide me.”
Open cinema tools. Choose CREATE NEW DATABASE, but then hit CANCEL…we don’t want that. You will get a new menu but no window. FILE>OPEN, navigate to your clip. open it. Go to the CLIP menu and choose CONFORM. Choose 25fps. BUT DUPLICATE YOUR CLIP FIRST. This alters the clip permanently and is not undoable.
[Esteban Barriga Prado] “Framrate converter never used it.”
Tutorial…https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/dvpro_hd.php
[Esteban Barriga Prado] ”
I’m looking for the best, and most pro way to do it without compromising quality.”Both are ZERO quality loss. THey just take the original footage and spread the frames out.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def
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