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time remapping techniques
Hi have you watched “A Haunting” TV show?
Does anyone know how they do that effect that looks like fast forward but only lasts maybe a few frames? is it “time remapping” or just “fast forward”? What’s the difference?
sometimes they add a frame or two of a previous scene (usually a horrific face or something) to add intensity or for use as a transition.
of course they also add a sound effect like scrubbing a record forward at the same time.
its a great effect. Any tips would be great thanks.
best, Phil
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This is a speed or time ramp, and it is best done in Motion or some other compositing app and very well with Twixtor or ReTimer.
It is also one of the most over used cliches on TV right now, watch the Tour de France on VS. any morning, but don’t eat first, you’ll want to throw up.
Have a wonderful day.
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Chris
I have Motion and Shake. I find Shake hard to use. I have toutorials on both but neither seem to show this effect.do you know of any toutorials on this effect in either Motion or Shake?
thanks,
best, Phil
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Phil,
It’s easy in Motion, I have a tutorial called “Motion 3 Jump Start” which is from DMTS. It’s a disc that’s about 89 bucks.
Basically though, you drag your clip into Motion and add a “retiming” behavior, there are several to pick from. Then you can set in and out points on the behavior and tweak it’s speed, easy ease etc. in the dashboard, although in M3 they call it something different now, I forget. You can add more than one behavior.
A tip is hit F6 to get a timeline under the viewer.
In the inspector tab (I think) you have to set frame blending to optical flow, and a little clock will start spinning, click on it and it will show you how much time it will take to analyze your clip. This works just like smoothcam, it analizes the whole clip and can take a loooong time. For this reason, it is sometimes wise to export the section you want to retime. You lose TC though.
Optical flow is amazing, although on my MacBookPro it won’t play the result in real time, so I have to guess using math and render, but I usually get what I want in 2 or 3 passes.
Don’t know Shake, sorry.
Have a wonderful day.
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