Help! On how to Create Slow Motion Effect Clips

[vega20]

Hi

I am creating a Music Video and I need some help...I have a few clips that I would like to slow down, meaning I have like 2 sec clips that I would like to slow down in order to get a really nice EFFECT out of them. So I was wondering if anybody new of some Software that I could use to do this. I like FreeWare Software but anything will do. If anybody does not understand what I mean by this please tell me so I can explain it better.

-Thanks In Advance-

P.S. I know the New VideoWave 5 has a TimeWarp Feature, but I don't have the money for that software at the Moment.

[BJ_M]

after effects, premiere, vegas video, in-sync blade, in-sync speedrazor, fusion, shake, RayZ, Avid media , Final Cut, Avid Xpress, sony es7, video toaster, trinity , silver or purple , and several others ..

[vega20]

Thanks! WoW there are lots of them,and they are REALLY expensive..do you know of anymore, that are like maybe FreeWare or something a long those lines

[EricB]

Vega20

I don't know about freeware, but the new Pinnacle Studio8 has motion speed control. It lists for $99 and sells for less on special.

[vitualis]

It depends on what you want to do...

You can do it reasonably well (with a section of video) with use VirtualDub and TMPGEnc...

With your AVI (preferably uncompressed or use a non-lossy codec), load it into VirtualDub and change the framerate to something slower (e.g., 30 --> 15). Make sure you use "direct stream" for video.

This will output your video as 15 fps but with the same number of frames.

Then, use TMPGEnc to load the AVI and save it as another but with a framerate of 30 fps. TMPGEnc will essentially double every frame.

The problem with this is that you end up with LESS discrete frames as you slow down so the motion doesn't look smooth.

However, you can load up this new AVI file with Virtualdub and add a filter like Temporal smoother (or motion blur, etc.) I suggest your experiment. You should be able to slow down the video AND have it look reasonably smooth...

Best of luck.

Regards.