Written by Philip Bloom Written by Philip Bloom 29 responses 29 responses Posted in: Posted in: Editing Editing, , Guest blog Guest blog, , Post tutorials Post tutorials How to best use twixtor for extreme slow motion How to best use twixtor for extreme slow motion 13 13 SEP SEP 2011 2011 I have used twixtor myself for a few projects but I have never had terrific success with it. 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. 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. They do that job incredibly well. 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. Gravity – Director’s Cut from Salomon on Vimeo . 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 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: Shooting Workflow: 1. Shoot at a fast shutter: anything 1/2000 - 1/4000s. [so your lighting needs to be good] search for... Search Search Top Posts Top Posts 1. The elusive work/ life balance....can you achieve success AND have a life? 2. 10+ steps to becoming mega successful in video production and probably winning many awards whilst becoming super rich!! 3. The camera conundrum: which one to buy? 4. Video review of the BlackMagic Cinema Camera!! 5. Review of the Canon 5DmkIII now with full video review and footage 6. Review of Sony FS700! Both parts now live!! 7. Final short film for Sony using the FS100 "Portrait of a boxer" 8. Full Frame Shootout: Review of Nikon D800, D4 and Canon 5DmkIII 9. The tale of Lucasfilm, Skywalker Ranch, Star Wars and Canon DSLRs on a 40 foot screen! 10. Part 1 and 2 now live!! The Christmas mini shootout with the C300 (pre- production), F3, FS100, hacked GH2 and more!! 11. Which...lenses to buy? 12. Canon DSLRs: some of the best picture profiles out there 13. Lucasfilm's "RED TAILS" that I helped shoot on Canon DSLRS open's 20th January in the US! Go see it! 14. NAB 4: New Zacuto products including innovative follow focus on hand grip the
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Written by Philip BloomWritten by Philip Bloom 29 responses29 responses Posted in: Posted in: EditingEditing, , Guest blogGuest blog, , Post tutorialsPost tutorials
How to best use twixtor for extreme slow motionHow to best use twixtor for extreme slow motion 1313S E PS E P2 0 1 12 0 1 1
I have used twixtor myself for a few projects but I have never had terrific success with it. 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. 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. They do that job
incredibly well. 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.
Gravity – Director’s Cut from Salomon on Vimeo.
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
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:
Shooting Workflow:
1. Shoot at a fast shutter: anything 1/2000 - 1/4000s. [so your lighting needs to be good]
