Slow Motion

[trueindie]

What is the best way to achieve good slow motion with a DSLR. I got a T2i.

Anything I should be thinking about in pre-production? Anything I should be thinking about for settings?

Let's not talk about twixtor yet. That'll only work if everything goes well in the shoot. And it looks expensive.

Thanks.
Aveek

 

[Nate North]

You can get an infinite amount of slomo from a 30fps source, or none , it dependes on the physical travel of your subject from frame to frame.

Interpolators are your only chance with a DSLR so I wouldn't cross out twixtor, because that methodology is all you've got with a low source frame rate.

If you don't want to pay though, the method would be to tick the frame blend icon above your timeline in AE, then click the blend type next to your layer twice, until it shows a forward slash instead of a backslash. That will do what you want, as long as your slow motion object is not moving too fast in the original footage.

In this clip I'm using the exact technique described, in addition to time remapping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgdH_-XwcIw

 

[SinEater]

With the T2i I'd shoot 60 fps at 720p, and then conform to 24p. If you need slower, then do what Nate suggests.

 

[wheatgrinder]

there is a 60i version that gets you a bit higher res0lotion than 720p, but is not full res 1080p (frames size is the same though)

check.. http://www.vimeo.com/619595

I use this on occasion and it works fine.

 

[SinEater]

there is a 60i version that gets you a bit higher res0lotion than 720p, but is not full res 1080p (frames size is the same though)

check.. http://www.vimeo.com/619595

I use this on occasion and it works fine.

Wouldn't the 1080i really be giving 540 lines of resolution, while 720p gives the full 720 lines? I haven't actually had a need to use slow motion in a long while, so I'm not too sure which would give the best quality, but I thought it would be 720p. Either way, I've seen both done and the difference is pretty negligible.

 

[brianluce]

Beware though, Canon's implementation of 60p in DSLR's is notoriously crummy. I vote Twixtor.

 

[Flicker Pictures]

That's a cool clip, Nate!

Anytime someone brings up slo-mo I add this link to the mix

http://vimeo.com/13557939

Any word on embedding Vimeo clips yet?

 

[Murdock]

Nate, that clip looks great, but advertising is misspelled. Or am I missing something??

 

[Ernest Worthing]

Like some said, shoot 60fps and conform to 24fps. If you want ultra slow mo, use twixtor. It produces some pretty cool results. Type it into youtube or vimeo and check them out.

 

[Flicker Pictures]

good catch Murdock. I did not see that.

Where's Mr. T when you need him?

 

[Murdock]

What can I say? I work in printing.

 

[Nate North]

Yeah this came from an unpolished section of work I did that was later corrected. I was having a hard time finding the finished one (I have something like 720 videos across 6 networks), so I just linked to this earlier version. It's just a typo in a beta.

 

[trueindie]

awesome!! Thanks guys

 

[Modern Day Myth Prod. LLC]

Isn't it best to do slow motion in post?

 

[Ernest Worthing]

The best way to do it is to have a camera which can film at high rates and then conform it to ur viewing fps.

A lot of ppl do it in post bc they dont have access to such cameras. Thats why programs like twixtor help.

Use google and check out the Phantoms.