Speed Ramp…how is it done?

[Steve Roberts]

Check the AE help under “time remapping”.

If you want a smoother slowdown, you might need the Twixtor plugin.

Steve

[Steve Roberts]

… and shoot with the film camera running at a high rate of speed, so you have more frames to work with. Essentially you shoot for slo-mo, then speed it up (in post) to look normal.

Steve

[Spockedit]

Since you didn’t mention exactly what kind of speed ramp you want I might as well point out you can go to layer:enable time remap and create a speed ramp from normal speed to high speed.

[Jeffrey Gould]

Thanks guys, Was interested to see if I had to do something while shooting. I plan to purchase twixtor. I’m shooting dvcam…not film. Shooting a surgery next week (mock) and wanted to do some ramp shots as I’ll be using a dolly/tracks, thought it would look cool to start fast motion, then slow down or vice versa, also with Dr’s walking down the hall with scrubs on. Thanks for the replies.

Jeffrey S. Gould
Action Media Productions

[Steve Roberts]

If there’s any way you can dolly slower and ask the talent to move normally but slowly (test the motion to see if it looks weird), you’ll appreciate the extra frames.

Steve

[Jeffrey Gould]

Interesting…I’ll try it and let you know how it looks. Appreciate the input.

Jeffrey S. Gould
Action Media Productions