Will Townsend

I have recently been messing around with my HV30, adding a new Rode Video mic, and gonna get a Raynox W/A lense + Lense hood. Some tests have led me to wanting to do slow motion video. After various youtube-ing sessions, I found a few tutorials, all complex require-ring several renders and other software I couldnt be botherd downloading.

So I tried using one piece of software: Adobe After Effects, and succeded!

For an example of whats possible with this technique, look at the video:

Guide (For Canon HV Camcorders, should be possible for other makes if they can record interlaced 50/60 fps (1080i))

1. Record your footage in 50i mode (60i  mode for NTSC HV’s)
2. Capture your footage via firewire using HDVSplit (Great freeware to capture HDV via Firewire)
3. Import your captured footage into After Effects
4. Right click on the imported footage and select ‘Interpret Footage’ -> ‘Main’
5. Find the framrate option and select ‘Conform to frame rate:’ and enter in either 12.5 for halfspeed or 6.25 for quarter speed (NTSC: enter either 15 for half speed or 7.5 for quarter speed)
6. Press OK
7. Create a new comp, exact same as your footage (Drag the footage to the comp button at the bottom)
8. Select the comp and right click -> Composition Settings
9. Change the frame rate to 25 frames per second (30 for NTSC)
10. Press ok
11. Make sure to enable frame blending on your comp (Right click -> Enable Frame Blending) and set the footage layer to use Pixel Motion (Right clik on the footage -> Frame Blending -> Pixel Motion)
12. This will then create the frames needed to provide smooth motion, not the jittery image that you would get if you slowed it down by stretching the video.
13. Enjoy! + Comment =)

Thanks, And im making a new video even slower than the trampoline one soon! so stay tuned!

Will,

Soooo, Heres a few up-to-date renders! Enjoy!

Just love the sky in the background...! Looks real!

Again, The Sky!

Action Shot!

Showing main base texture. Still WiP!

Hope Ya’ll Like it!

Will,

Just trying out my new HV30, Decided to try boujou also. I am happy with the track (Compositing was not the focus of this shot).
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