Have you ever wondered how they successfully achieve that perfect slow motion movement in most movies? Well as I was searching on the Web to find the answer I ended up to an effect / plugin called ‘Twixtor’. Twixtor is a plug-in for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut, Vegas, Avid, and many more non linear editors and compositors. When you usually try to adjust the speed duration of a clip in your composition you don’t get the same results as the 2 videos below. This happens because when you change the speed from the software you are using, it will only accomplish the following:
1) cut some frames when increase the speed and
2) repeat frames when you slow down.
The Twixtor effect will blend the next frames with a smart way by analysing your footage so you can get that smooth movement. I tried using this effect for the first time (see video 1 and 2) and it works pretty well. There are still some mistakes in the videos but from them you can view them as examples and hopefully learn from them.
I hope I have shed some light behind fast motion and slow motion, and also hope Twixtor will help you with your future projects.
Video 1:
Music: Tom Staar & Hardwell, W&W ft. In Atlanta – Jumper Staars ( PWNED Mashup )
Video 2:
(Special thanks Marios Vassiliou Mediazone Tv & Avid Lab Assistant and Julia Antoniou Mediazone TV & Audio Lab Assistant.)Music: Kalimba – Mr. Scruff
Video 3:
Andreas Papatheodoulou – Mediazone TV / Audio & Avid Lab Assistant
