How to Edit and Shoot Slow Motion Footage || Final Cut Pro X (FCPX)

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Is there technically a "right" way to edit your slow motion footage? e.g. How do you determine what speed to set your footage when slowing it down? Or, for cameras that perhaps don't record in high frame rates in 4K resolution, how can you achieve a slow motion look in 4K if your camera doesn't provide the ability to accomplish this?
Though a seemingly simple topic that can easily get overlooked, a few key concepts exist both when shooting for slow motion footage in camera, and - more importantly - when editing that footage to achieve a desired slow motion look. In this technical how-to video, and using a variety of sample clips from different projects, I'll go over the most important techniques to use when editing slow motion footage in Final Cut Pro X (FCPX), and when shooting it as well. This includes the process that is widely used to determine the speed at which to render your footage for slow motion, based on a few key variables, and is useful for many cameras like my Sony a7S III, which shoots in 4K 60fps and 4K 120fps. However, I'll also discuss some options that exist for cameras like my Sony a7 III, that only shoots up to 4K 30fps, and some tricks you can use (e.g. upscaling, optical flow) to achieve the same look while still delivering a 4K video project as an output. I'll additionally mention some caveats that exist with select methods for achieving slow motion footage.
Overall, this video is focused around how to apply these techniques within Final Cut Pro X, and is demonstrated using that software, though you'll find the same rules/principles can be applied in Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve as well to achieve the same look.
If you like tips and tricks videos like this one, and/or content centered around editing and Final Cut Pro X, let me know in the comments and I will definitely try to make more!
For those that are curious, the wedding film I referenced (4K 24 FPS example):
• Michelle + Nicholas ||...
0:00 - Intro, and what often gets missed with slow motion footage...
1:22 - Setting up a FCPX project, and a note on resolution/frame rate
2:31 - Overview of sample clips used to demonstrate slow motion
4:42 - Formula to use when slowing your footage down
5:12 - Shutter speed in relation to FPS when shooting for slow motion
6:09 - 4K 60 FPS slow motion example
6:55 - 4K 120 FPS slow motion example
7:51 - 1080p 60 FPS slow motion example (upscaling)
9:15 - Upscaling in consideration with your camera...
9:42 - 4K 24 FPS slow motion example (optical flow)
12:46 - Summary of all example scenarios and clips
13:21 - Shooting slow motion with S&Q mode
14:26 - Conclusion
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@ledbullstudios1932 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been researching this topic on KZfaq for two days, and your tutorial is by far the best, most useful thing I have found. Thanks!

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad to know this was helpful to you!

@GiSuBaWo 2 жыл бұрын

systematic, well prepared and clear - I wish all tutorial were like this !

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that!

@unorthodoxjukebox Жыл бұрын

Dude, thank you. I spent like an hour and about 10 videos just trying to find one that gave that simple formula for how much to slow down the footage in final cut based on the frame rate you shot at. I appreciate the chapters and getting to the point as far as that goes. Comment For the algorithm my guy.

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem, glad to hear it was helpful!

@25mrkeys 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative and explicit in detail. Thank you 🙏🏽

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and no problem!

@durianriders Жыл бұрын

This was good help mate. Thanks!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem, glad it helped!

@sonicyouth76 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful, clear and precise tutorial!! Subscribed!!

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

No problem, thanks for the sub!

@shotsi673 Жыл бұрын

That was excellent! Thanks

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem!

@threplogle Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Very helpful!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem, Tommy!

@ThatMarkGilroy Жыл бұрын

Optical flow just blew my mind. Great tutorial, thank you!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem! It makes a difference for sure.

@KateMcElwee Жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was soooo helpful!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem, Kate, and thanks for the Super Thanks! Glad to hear this video helped you.

@productfeedback Ай бұрын

That optical flow tip, really good thanks

@andrewsaraceni Ай бұрын

No problem, Muhammad!

@edgarcastelli5764 Жыл бұрын

Great video !!! thanks so much really helpful

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem Edgar, glad it helped!

@realpool Жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem, glad to hear it helped!

@SPDTDL 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jdgarcia333 Жыл бұрын

Finally found the answer, Thanks!!!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem, Jerry!

@TravelsByTrike 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this video. You are very professional and clear.

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, I appreciate that!

@TomKaszuba 2 жыл бұрын

Rock solid tutorial. Thank you very much.

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad it helped!

@Duskmos 8 күн бұрын

Appreciate this! 🙌

@andrewsaraceni 8 күн бұрын

Thanks Chase!

@bobrosberg55 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed it very much, very helpful. Thanks!

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad you enjoyed it!

@joseulloa4815 Жыл бұрын

This is great advice, I’ve been looking for a video that explain this very well and help with how to process it on Final Cut so that it looks awesome. Thanks!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem Jose, glad to hear it helped!

@HamzaDaoui 2 жыл бұрын

This is great! Thank you so much

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

No problem Hamza, I appreciate that!

@KaboratechPT 2 жыл бұрын

thanks !

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@victormunoz7210 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Andrew thanks so much man. I found d your video because I need to slow down a bit 4K 24 fps and this was super helpful. I appreciate a lot.

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

No problem Victor! Glad to hear this helped you.

@gsandhu4u 2 жыл бұрын

thank you ,very good video👍

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@gameland6295 Жыл бұрын

I watched more than 20 videos about this and this is the only one that explained it very well with the cameras I have! very good tutorial well done, would you recommend shooting slow motion on sony A7RIII on 4K at 30fps and trust the optical flow to smooth my footage or 1080 60fps is better ? thank you!

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that! You'll definitely get higher quality footage with 4K, but the slow motion may not be as smooth/natural as it would be with 60fps. So if it's only a few clips in slow motion, 4K 30p w/ optical flow should be fine, but if most of what you're doing is slow motion, you may want to lean on 1080p 60fps.

@1960ceramic 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the detailed analysis and processes to get slow motion out of footage shot in various frame rates! I am going to try the optical flow with my Fuji X-S10 and X-T3 and see how it goes. That way I can shoot in 4k at 24fps and use optical flow. Do you notice any loss of detail using 4k footage shot at 23.97fps and then using the optical flow method? Just curious what your experiences are. Thank you, again, and cheers from British Columbia, Canada!

@andrewsaraceni 6 ай бұрын

No problem, Paul! No major loss of detail, though I would say using an increased shutter speed when shooting does help in processing it in post.

@JonLinton_ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this info! Do you know if there is anyway to change all your clips before they get into the project timeline? Seems very time consuming to slow down each clip each time you put one on your project timeline. I'm so used to interpreting all my footage in Adobe Premiere, so once I add it on the sequence, it's already slowed down for me. Hope that makes sense

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

No problem, Jon! Not necessarily before importing - though you could in another editor - but you can select all of the clips (e.g. Shift select, Cmd + A) in your project, or a specific grouping, and then apply the same speed settings to all of them at once.

@franbert6218 9 ай бұрын

You can also choose “automatic speed” from the retime menu and let FCP calculate the ideal speed for your clip in your project. And voilà: no math!

@andrewsaraceni 9 ай бұрын

That's also a good option!

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@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@storymaker_____ 2 жыл бұрын

I always edit videos at 60% speed because videos are bit very large. And the source video frame rates are 50 and 59.94 frame rates. So what frame rate should i give to the new project if i wanted to edit videos at 60% speed of 50fps and 59.94 fps source video. Without using optical flow

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

If your source video is 50fps, for a 60% speed, 30p for your timeline would look good (e.g. .6 x 50 = 30). 59.94/60fps source gets a bit weird in that timeline frame rate, so you'd want to do 50% speed for any of those clips.

@2kime 6 ай бұрын

Hello, lately I saw a surfing clip/shot on YT of lets say 30 secs. It was one clip/shot with three parts in it in perfect flow. One part 10 sec at normal speed, one part in slow mo and one part 10 sec at normal speed. To make sure, the clip was not divided 3 separate parts. All in one flow. How do I do that? What about sound? I have a GH5 and FCPX. I am thinking of 60 fps, with the middle part in 24 fps. Pls, your advise and thanks, Frans

@andrewsaraceni 6 ай бұрын

Try playing with the Speed Ramp effect in FCPX, or you could break the clip into different parts and adjust speed on each specifically. The clip divisions don't really matter - either way you'd be accomplishing the same thing, and it still plays back as one sequence.

@2kime 6 ай бұрын

@@andrewsaraceni Thank you Andrew, Frans

@mrbigg2u 5 ай бұрын

Hello Andrew. One question i find hard to find an answer to. If my project was shot in 30fps, and i will use a mixture of 30 and 60, what speed should i select on the original project. Final file will be used online... im in pal country so should it be 24fps? Thanks in anticipation... great video too :)

@andrewsaraceni 5 ай бұрын

For PAL you'd probably want to stick to either 25fps or 50fps, though if everything was shot in NTSC frame rates, you could try something more native to that (e.g. 24 or 30).

@Tonellacam 10 ай бұрын

If I know I’m going to shoot 60fps and slow it down .. should I edit it in a 24fps timeline and slow it down 40% or edit the 60fps footage in a 60fps timeline and slow it down 40% ? Or is it the same thing ? Please help me lol !!

@andrewsaraceni 10 ай бұрын

You'll want to edit in a 24fps timeline, and then slow the 60fps footage down 40%.

@Tonellacam 10 ай бұрын

@@andrewsaraceni thanks !!

@2kime 6 ай бұрын

Hello, I saw on YT one surfing clip of let say 30 sec. in total. The first part, 10 sec at normal speed, the second part in slow mo, the third part again in normal speed. All in one clip/shot and perfect flow. How do I do this, how about sound? I am thinking of a 60 fps shot, slowing down to 24 fps. My camera is a gh5 and I use FCPX. Pls, your suggestions. Thanks, Frans

@lucasc0rrea 2 жыл бұрын

For 1080p Will be the same rules? Thanks

@andrewsaraceni 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the same rules apply regardless of resolution.

@vkmccable Жыл бұрын

Newbie here. Can you edit a portion of the clip to be Slow Motion. I will be shooting a barrel race involving horses running a barrel pattern. I would like to shoot 24fps and slow down a portion of the clip and let the rest of the clip be normal speed. Can I do that in camera? I shoot with a Sony a7iv.

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

It's not really possible to do in-camera without shooting separate clips, but you could split the clip (Cmd + B) in Final Cut and just make the one section of it slow motion.

@vkmccable Жыл бұрын

@@andrewsaraceni Thank you so much, very helpful 👍🏻

@gracesmith5021 Жыл бұрын

Why thw does the 120fps clip show up as 60 fps in fcpx? The 120fps shot in S&q looks way better than when edited in post. I doublt fcpx doesnt support 120 fps import

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

It supports it, it's just the maximum frame rate on a project you can have in FCPX is 60p. But once you slow it down properly, it would play back fine.

@gracesmith5021 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewsaraceni Thanks! I use a Sony A7SIII. For some reason when I shoot 120 fps in camera slowed down in S&Q, the quality is much better than doing it in post in FCPX. Both are 10 bit 4.2.2. in the same codec. Thats why i had this doubt. If you import a 120 fps and choose your project as 30fps and slow the project down to 25% , the result should be the same right?

@andrewsaraceni Жыл бұрын

@@gracesmith5021 Yes, that should work out to be the same assuming you're shooting 30p in S&Q mode as the Rec Frame Rate, 120fps as the Frame Rate, and using the same shutter speed. I'd double check your FCPX project settings (e.g. Resolution) and any in camera settings (e.g. codec, shutter speed) to make sure everything lines up.