Best frame rate for slow mo

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I have been trying to replicate that sort of liquid motion effect I see in commercials with slow mo, I tried 60i and it didnt give me the effect I was looking for. Is it hopless are these commercials I am seeing just shot in a higher frame rate?
 
Film is shot at a higher frame rate, which is what gives that silky glass-smooth slow-mo.

If you were to play back your footage at 50% speed, converting each field into its own frame, you'd end up with lower-resolution footage but you should get the supreme smoothness of motion that one would expect of having shot film at 60fps.
 
Hi Barry Green,
Can you tell us a little bit more about how thats actually done (in FCP5 maybe) Trying to do the same.. smooth slomo...

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Can't offer any advice about FCP, as I've never used it.

In Vegas it's a simple matter of right-clicking on the clip and entering a playback rate of 50%. Then you choose the "de-interlace" method of "interpolate" and BAM -- instant glass-smooth slow-motion.
 
It's a little harder to do in FCP. Try Graeme Nattress' free 50% plug-in on your footage for "bob de-interlaced slo-mo" on 60i footage. Please, let us know how this works out for you. Personally, I can't get it to work, but hey, it's free. Also, Eureka! offers a free "slow-mo" plug-in that appears to 'bob de-interlace' as well. When it doubt, head over to After Effects.

Arriflex makes several cameras capable of shooting up to 150Fps, but I couldn't say what exactly you're seeing on the commercials. All SD cameras can shoot 60Fps which can look quite good. But, you know that already...
 
thisiswells said:
It's a little harder to do in FCP. Try Graeme Nattress' free 50% plug-in on your footage for "bob de-interlaced slo-mo" on 60i footage. Please, let us know how this works out for you. Personally, I can't get it to work, but hey, it's free. Also, Eureka! offers a free "slow-mo" plug-in that appears to 'bob de-interlace' as well. When it doubt, head over to After Effects.

Arriflex makes several cameras capable of shooting up to 150Fps, but I couldn't say what exactly you're seeing on the commercials. All SD cameras can shoot 60Fps which can look quite good. But, you know that already...
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Ill try it out, Im just experimenting so a 150fps video camera would probably be overhaul, Im just going for a smooth liquid motion in my slow mo.
 
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