How can i get a GREAT slo-mo???

[Logan LeBlanc]

I am gonna shoot a video for a friend and would love a scene where it's just really smooth slow motion. What should I set the camera to? I have FCE. Is there any thing I can do in post to achieve a smooth look .thanks>

 

[moebius]

If you don't have After Effects or anything like that I would stick to 50% slomo in FCE, that'll give you the best results. And shoot 60i.

 

[Logan LeBlanc]

Greatly Appreciated! Thanx Again

 

[Jay Rodriguez]

there's alinkin the DVX clips section where the guy captured a REALLY nice slo mo...... look there, it's titled something with slow motion.

 

[PDX_DVX]

or you could bite the bullet and shoot it at 64fps with a 16mm camera.....that can be expensive tho

 

[Erik Olson]

I've had good results in 30p at 50% playback speed - this process gives very smooth filmlike motion. Please explain why you would shoot 60i?

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[moebius]

If you want smooth motion 60i is better since all the NLE has to do is seperate the fields and interpolate the images. You'll end up with 60fps motion on a half resolution image. If you shoot 30p the NLE has to interpolate whole frames to get to 60fps for 50% slomo.

 

[Erik Olson]

Gotcha.

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