special effects in fcp

[Todd Beabout]

You could just reverse the clip on the timeline (Right-click the clip, select “Speed” and check the “Reverse” box).

But if you want a more “analog” look to it, you could just put the section you want to rewind to beta tape, then manually record the output of that beta deck as you rewind your clip.

There are probably some plug-ins that would do this (I think Digital Anarchy may have one, or Delerium), but sometimes the simplest way to do things is also the best.

Hope this helps.

-Todd Beabout
Vazda Studios

[Enge]

[Todd Beabout] “You could just reverse the clip on the timeline (Right-click the clip, select “Speed” and check the “Reverse” box).”

You could do this, but if you are working with interlaced footage, FCP plays it back with the wrong field order, I think Nattress has a ‘proper’ reverse plug-in for that.

[Rafael Amador]

Hi,
You mean when a tape is rewinded in a video-desk? When you do that (using the shuttle of a BetacamSP for example in RW or FFW) the video-heads start to pass partialy on top of few video-tracks (in B-Cam every video track is a field) instead of one at the time. As more you push the shuttle, more tracks are scanned and you get the image replicated in vertical in your screen normally separeted by black-gray semy-horizontal. That toguether with a certain skew and the loos of color. You can try inverting the clip and applying in different chops different speeds (to simulate the changes in the shuttle) and the REPLICATE filter (In the STYLIZE folder). Apply some distort (like a trapezoyd) and some black borders to the image to imitate the “vertical syncs’ appearing in the screen). And B&W, and some noise..and imagination. You can get it.
Cheers,
Rafael