Chris' Slow Mo Tutorial - Video

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Ever wonder how to make your footage slow motion without looking like trash? This video tutorial shows you how it's done!

Chris' Slow Mo Tutorial: http://www.perennialmedia.com/outgoing/tutorials/slowmo-tutorial.mov

Regular Speed Footage: http://www.perennialmedia.com/outgoing/tutorials/slowmo-normal.mov

Slow Mo Footage: http://www.perennialmedia.com/outgoing/tutorials/slowmo-after.mov

Super Slow Mo Footage: http://www.perennialmedia.com/outgoing/tutorials/slowmo-superslow.mov

The only key thing I forgot to discuss in this tutorial is shutter speed. It is imperative that you have a shutter speed somewhere around 120-190. If it's less than that it can sometimes look blurry and if it's more than that it could end up choppy.

In order to get the super slow motion footage, just add the "time warp" onto the footage you slowed down using the method in the tutorial above. There isn't really a need for a super slow mo tutorial when there is only one step added to the original one.
 
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nice, except when i get to the last minute or so its stops, right after you stretch the movie to 200% thanks though
 
that's all there is to it. there is nothing but me ranting after that point. However, it should play fine. I have tried it on 4 computers- 2 PC, 2 Mac. So I'm not sure what might be causing the issue.
 
Yes. And no. The file was exported out of After Effects (as AVI) and then compressed to MOV using QuickTime 7 Pro. Did you have a question about it?
 
Well it would be good to render it interlace so to see the differences. Anyway.
Prior to AE 7 speed wasn't that good. Now AE interpolates frames better like AVID does.
You should check on time-remapping curves, that's all the fun.
 
victororozcojr, I used a Sony HDR FX1. It's my handy dandy run and gun HD cam. I keep the good one under lock and key. The lens is, obviously, Carl Ziess. It's a fixed lens system so there's no escaping it. And no adapter. An adapter would serve no purpose for the use of the tutorial since I'm not trying to impress anyone with my actual footage. I didn't even take the time to color correct it.

oSKARSmhiP, I used only what comes standard with After Effects 7 Professional. You will see the process when I make "Out of Time" - the Slow Motion Tutorial Expansion Pack video. It will prolly be tomorrow afternoon.
 
ok, what about voices, this will certainly mess up voices, does it match the voices slower as well.
 
Lol. You are silly. Using the audio from a slowed down piece of footage is extremely inadvisable. Why would you want that? After Effects by default does not deal with audio. So therefore it is irrelevant. If you want audio slowed down, use an app like Adobe Audition.
 
That would be a matter of typing in a negative value in the time stretch window.

In Premiere that would be a right click on footage -> speed/duration -> reverse footage.
 
I assume you use Upper Fields on PAL footage and leave the fps at 25 if you are working in a 25fps project?

JP

PS thanks for the tutorial :-)
 
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