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(@thehitmaker667)
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ok, i'm sure most people have figured this out, but i just did so i figured i would share it. There is a way to do slow motion with a normal camera, and it looks great. All you need is after effects and for your video to be interlaced (which unless you deinterlaced it, it should be fine). Start a new composition and set the frame rate to 15fps. Then import your footage. Right click on the footage and select -->interpret footage. Choose "conform frame rate to" and set it to 15fps. Then choose "seperate fields: lower first" This seperates the interlaced fields, and will allow after effects to generate the missing fields. Then select ok. Then drag your footage into the timeline. Then right-click the footage and select-->time--> time stretch. Set it to 200%. Press ok. To preview your footage you will have to set your preview frame rate to 15fps. Now play back your footage. It should play in a fluid, slow motion. You can export the footage as standard 29.97fps or whatever your project fps is.

 
Posted : 10/10/2007 5:16 pm
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Thanks for the tip!

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Posted : 10/10/2007 6:01 pm
(@rizzo)
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ah nice, i'll give that a try. Another technique i picked up is to duplicate the video and place the duplicates on top of each other. Set the top clips opactiy to about 25% (or whatever looks good) and move it about a tenth of a second ahead of the clip on the bottom. Works pretty well.

A general tip for dv slomo is to record in interlaced video as this gives you more flames to play with (sort of)

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Posted : 10/10/2007 6:04 pm
(@calibelle82)
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Couldn't you just put the clip into after effects and slow it down/?

Jane 🙂

 
Posted : 10/10/2007 6:10 pm
(@henry701)
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No because it's not interlaced and it will skip.

This also works for lots of other programs, same basic outline.

 
Posted : 10/10/2007 11:33 pm
(@thehitmaker667)
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here's an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8IhemVpbY

 
Posted : 12/10/2007 6:10 am
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