Speed change
by Nick Ryan
on
Jul 12, 2006 at 3:09:29 pm
We've got some DVCPRO 50 footage captured @ Uncompressed 8-bit over SDI via AJA IO. The footage needs to be sped up by about 115%, however, doing this results in some really cruddy footage. It looks fine until we render, at which point there is a distinct strobing or pulsing affect in any highlight areas of motion. We discovered that we can get the problem to go away if we uncheck Frame Blending, but then we're left with jumpy footage (in spots).
I've searched the archives and I'm not coming up with a lot, but I'm getting the feeling that FCP simply can't do speed changes that are close to the original speed (not because of incapable software but simply because of the math) - is this true? Of course, this goes against the whole principle of Fit-to-Fill, doesn't it? Is there a secret I am missing somewhere, or do we have to resort to a third-party program (or are there any)?
Re: Speed change by walter biscardi on Jul 12, 2006 at 3:39:45 pm
If you engage the Motion Blur in the Viewer / Motion tab that can clean up your speed fx a lot. Set it to 25% with maximum steps and see if that helps.
You can also look at Shake which is now only $499 and slow / speed efx are something it does very well.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
http://www.biscardicreative.com
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