Quick Tip for Final Cut Pro
Quick Tip for Final Cut Pro
Video editing can often be synonymous with Apple products for the user-intuitive nature and functionality. Although every Apple computer is delivered equipped with video editing capabilities via iMovie, most video hobbyists and independent filmmakers require a more feature-rich video editing suite. Enter Final Cut Pro (FCP). First developed by Macromedia Inc., a now maintained by Apple Inc., FCP allows users to log and transfer video data onto a hardcore drive for editing, processing and producing video content inside a wide variety of formats. Which has a product packed with a lot of features, useful processes could be often overlooked while shifting through video editing options. Below I'd like to share a tip for a slow-motion effect using footage with assorted resolutions and frame rates. With so many formats out there currently, it can be hard to keep tabs on everything and produce the information you desire.
Slowing down video footage to get that slow-motion effect accustomed to take additional measures in previous versions of FCP. Now, in FCP X, the process is quite simple because there is no need to create a copy of the clip before you implement the consequence as FCP now allows nondestructive editing.
To get started on, let's assume you might be beginning with 720P video using 60 FPS, but would want to edit in a 23.98 timeline for your online blog. You need to make sure your project is setup with the desired frame rate and resolution and with this example you're aiming towards 720P and 23.98. Now apply your original video to the project that was recorded at 720P and 59.92. When playing it in the new desired frame rate, extra frames are taken off the video but the action remains in real-time.
The next task is to conform your original footage on the desired frame rate for many frames in the clip, effectively making a slow-motion clip. First, scrub your clip and then enter your "in and out" points into the timeline. Now choose the clip and then click on the Retime Menu.
The Retime Menu offers a number of options: slow, fast, normal, hold, conform speed, instant replay, rewind, speed ramp and an option to adjust video quality. Although the "Slow" option would effectively decrease the speed of the video's playback, optimum results will not be achieved. To achieve the the best results choose "Conform Speed." This choice adjusts the original video frame rate for the frame rate of the time line. In this case, this effect cuts down on speed of every frame with the original content by roughly 40% creating a very smooth and vivid slow motion playback.
