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Slow motion in fcpx for music video
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Well it’s always something isn’t it? What do Avid and Premiere users do without CT? I know Premiere can interpret footage just like AE and that’s appealing. I assume no render there. Does Avid have a tool?
I guess if Resolve didn’t want a slomo clip, then one could export the clip and reimport. Locking in the frame rate.
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[Bret Williams] “Does Avid have a tool?”
You would import the file into a separate project of that same frame rate (720p/59.94). Then open that bin into the editing project with your target frame rate (1080p/23.976). Then you have frame rate control. There’s also a console command Ignore Qt Rate, but I’m not sure what it does in this case.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Seriously? That sounds horrible.
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[Bret Williams] “Seriously? That sounds horrible.”
I don’t disagree, but this is only a recent phenomena brought about by consumer cameras shooting at high frame rates and then being used for slomo. That pretty much started with the introduction of the Canon 7D.
Nearly all professional video cameras (Varicam, Alexa, Epic, RED One, C300, etc.) have built-in file structures and metadata that tells the NLE to play the file at the timebase frame rate, instead of the recorded frame rate. So if I shot 60fps (over 24p) with an Alexa, Avid would simply import it normally as a native 24p clip with slomo playback. It would treat it just like “overcranked” film. Same as FCP 7 or FCP X.
I realize that HDSLRs and GoPros are used for professional applications, but neither is a “professional video camera” in terms of standard, professional video features. As such, any use in these situations requires some compromise in workflow or quality.
The procedure I described above for Avid isn’t just for this situation, but also how to deal with PAL/NTSC mixes, 24p into 60i and so forth.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com
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