On 07 Jul 2001 13:50:40 GMT, smacdow490@aol.com (SMacdow490) wrote:

>In post production using Premier I sometimes would like to change the speed of
>some video clips for a slow motion effect. The problem is that the video gets
>very pixelized and un usable. Is there a trick to getting slo mo in post
>production that looks good? I use the Sony VX 2000 DV Cam, can i some how
>record in higher FPS rates? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...

A couple of ways...
- use only even multiples (1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2, 3. 4)
for speed changes.
- apply "flicker removal".
- import the video with the camera playing in
slow-motion (import sound at normal speed,
adjust its speed to match in a good sound editor).
- use After Effects, or similar.
- use the free Raptor speed control program, if you
use Raptor.
- place a copy of the slowed track on top of itself,
ofset one frame, with transparency at 50%.
The frame rate of the VX-2000 cannot be changed...

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On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:11:30 -0700, "Donald Todd" wrote:

>In my first experience with Premiere, I've fortunately had no trouble
>exporting my timeline to DV tape. But the slow-motion-rendered portions of
>the project -- the ones rendered as slo-mo by Premiere, not in shooring --
>are extremely jumpy. Just those.
>
>Are there any fixes for this, or programs to do it better? Thanks so much
>for any help.

Change speed only in even amounts, like 50%, 200%; try
"frame-blending" and especially "flicker removal", but these
may not help; export the clip, reimport it, put it on V2 or
above offset by one frame, with the "rubber band" set for
50% transparency; if using Raptor, go to the Canopus site
and download "Canopus DV Speed Control", and use it
without sound track; import the clip into the computer
with the camera playing in slow motion (import the track
again at normal speed to get the sound, then change its
speed without changing its pitch in a program like Cool
Edit, if desired).
Have fun...! ;-)