SONY VEGAS SLOW MOTION TWIXTOR HOW TO

One of the best filmmakers I know who uses Twixtor really well is my friend Salomon Ligthelm, whom I met when he lived in Dubai back in January last year.

SONY VEGAS SLOW MOTION TWIXTOR HOW TO

He put up a new video a couple of days ago, Gravity, and he was kind enough to write this guest blog post on how to get the best out of it.

Twixtor will not give you as good results as a dedicated high speed camera of course. You need to light a lot to make them work but as you will read below you need to do the same with twixtor to get the high shutter speeds needed. But for those whose budget means renting a Phantom Flex or something similar is out of the question Salomon guides you through the best ways to make the most out this powerful, but tricky plug-in. Let me quickly explain how Twixtor works: It takes your footage [generally your transcoded 50fps, or 60fps footage and “guesses/interpolates” your missing/in-between frames Gravity – Director’s Cut from Salomon on Vimeo. I guess with every project the approach is somewhat different.

When Twixtor becomes a part of my workflow I need to become increasingly more aware of the way I am shooting so that I have workable footage in post. I wanted to shoot something different to all the other Twixtor stuff I’ve been seeing – which have all been shot outside. I wanted to try shooting super slomo using the Canon 7D and Twixtor in interiors. Here are a few key things to consider when working with Twixtor:ġ. Shoot at a fast shutter: anything 1/2000 – 1/4000s. Shoot against a plain/solid colored background – sky/wall etc etc.ģ. The law of nature is that what must goes up, must come down. Its the movement at the top of an arc/trajectory that works best for Twixtor because that’s when things generally move the slowest, more frames of the relevant action for Twixtor to work with.Ĥ. When you shoot really close/tight, slow the action down manually ie – move slower and fake slow motion. Its easier to get good results with Twixtor when the action is shot from a distance, because of the fact that the action will happen across more frames – ie – Imagine moving your arms up and down – a distance 50 centimeters right in front of the camera – the camera will only catch SOME of that action as your arms pass by the front of the lens, for maybe 1-3 frames. However if you move away from the camera and shoot say 10-15 meters away from the lens, you would catch the ENTIRE action across say 7-10 frames – giving Twixtor more information to work withĥ. When you shoot high-speed you give Twixtor more info to work with – it is a shame that you have to forgo resolutionĦ. Shoot as much as you can – try to get the action from different angles – reshoot stuff if wasn’t working, or if your settings weren’t correct. Use Twixtor in After Effects – for some reason Twixtor works best in After Effects – for me at least. Probably because After Effects’ ability to manipulate time is so effective. If you can provide a proper description of what you are trying to do, possibly bolstered by screenshots, we may be able to provide soem rough guidance, but reading the online help is seriously advised, regardless.– Edit the entire piece in an NLE and then I’d So here’s what I do in a typical scenario. That's the first thing you need to get out of your head. And I guess that's the point: As fellow forum-honcho Gerard likes to keep saying: AE is not an editing tool. AE is way too complex to intuitively understand such a thing and since it is based on old concepts and paradigms from 25 years ago it simply hasn't timeline thumbnails or any of the common conveniences of most editing tools. I know this all sounds rude and a-hole-ish, but there's really no way around that. So with all respect, clear your mind of all your preconceptions and start by learning some fundamentals in AE. Yes, you need keyframes to create variable speed setups, but you can of course just as well just slap on an effect with constant settings though the whole point of even using AE and Twixtor is lost. There is really little point to even attempt an advanced workflow like retiming clips if you don't even have some basics down.

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