HVX Slow motion with 60i?

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airwalk331

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I heard there's a way to get slow motion by shooting 1080i 60i and separating the fields in either Final Cut or Adobe After Effects (with a codec or plugin or something)...

...Has any one heard about how to do this?
 
jade8472 said:
Why do that when the HVX is capable of shooting 60p in 720p?
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Yeah, it will look much better than messing with 1080i too. If you're worried about resolution, anything gained in shooting 1080i over 720p will be lost anyway if you mess around with the 1080i like that.
 
Interesting. Thanks for the advice.

Is there anywhere I can find an HVX200 manual online (like in .pdf format)??
 
Help me understand overcranking. If I shoot in 720p-60p film cam mode, what do I need to do to overcrank - to get slo-mo? I think I'm missing something. I tried changing the Frame Rate but didn't get the results I expected.
 
Shoot in 720/24pN mode instead of 720/60p mode. Set your frame rate to 36 or 48 or 60fps, and you'll have instant in-camera slow mo.
 
Barry, I just shot my golden retriever prancing around in the backyard in 720/24pN @ 48fps. Played it back on my Sony Bravia. Wow! Beautiful! Thanks.
 
Is slow motion possible with 1080i ? I can not change the frame rate in 1080i, I changed it to 60 fps in 720/24PN and then went back to 1080i/60i but when I watch it back it is not slow?

Thanks
 
La Sewer said:
Is slow motion possible with 1080i ? I can not change the frame rate in 1080i, I changed it to 60 fps in 720/24PN and then went back to 1080i/60i but when I watch it back it is not slow?

Thanks
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Unfortunately overcranking is not available in 1080.
Just use 720pn. It still looks absolutely amazing. I shoot overcranked 720pn30or24 overcranked to 60 all the time, and im shooting skiing and snowboarding so there is a lot of motion and it just awes me everytime i use it.
Overcranking was a HUGE factor why i bought this camera too.
 
Thanks for the response. I am a bit confused about 720 is it SD or HD? just got my camera a day ago so bare with me.
 
720p is a form of HD i believe. 1080 is just a resolution of 1920x1080 (16x9), where as 720 is 1280x720. Thats the only difference.

on a side note, i hope your enjoying the snow in the PNW this year. Im actually coming up thursday to film some at mt bachelor in oregon.
Keep it comin :)
 
Thanks, Ya I was having the year of a lifetime up there and then got a side job that allowed me to get the HVX200 so I had to leave the snow but got my dream toy in return. Enjoy Bachelor filming, have a blast and be safe.
 
Ok I am a bit confused. If you are shooting at 720p/24pn isnt the 24pn=24 per second? So how are you slowing it down if you bring the frame rate back up to 48? I am a little lost...Can someone please help me out? Thanks
 
La Sewer said:
Thanks, Ya I was having the year of a lifetime up there and then got a side job that allowed me to get the HVX200 so I had to leave the snow but got my dream toy in return. Enjoy Bachelor filming, have a blast and be safe.
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Ah dang thats a bummer. Well now that you got the HVX now its time to get back on the snow!
Ha yup got a private sunset shoot at Bachelor on friday evening in their park. Should look epic on my hvx at 720pn30 overcranked to 60.
:)
Ha ill try to be safe, just gotta do my job and injuries happen.
 
Ok I am a bit confused. If you are shooting at 720p/24pn isnt the 24pn=24 per second? So how are you slowing it down if you bring the frame rate back up to 48? I am a little lost...Can someone please help me out? Thanks
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Get Barry Greens book, invaluable for the HVX or Choose 720/24pn in recording setup, then under scene file select film cam mode under operation type then the frame rate you want to shoot at under frame rate options (you should notice the frame rate option is blue when in video cam mode but goes to white when film cam mode is selected) . When you play back the footage shot in 720p/24pn it will conform the framerate you shot at to the chosen recording mode speed (overcranked or undercranked)
JP
 
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Ok, so I've been screwing the pooch... I shot (and have been shooting) 1080-60i to try to achieve slow motion, did not know I was supposed to stay at 24p and change the frame rate in Scene File settings.... *angry face* So anyhow, now that I've royally screwed that up...

How, in AECS5, do I take my 1080-60i footage and slow it down to my 24fps timeline? (was counting on the 2.5 times slower speed of overcranking at 60)

Please help an idiot! Thanks all!

**** I do realize that the variable frame rates are for 720P modes, but thought, wrongly that since there was a 60i mode for 1080, I could do the same (wrong) thing!****
 
Yeah 40% playback speed/2.5x time stretch and assuming you want progressive frames as an output, choose upper field first for the interpolation. AE will do a pretty good job of it.

I actually do this intentionally sometimes when I know I'm going to need to use stabilization software and the final output is 720 to cut down on cropping/upres.
 
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