The Canon 7D can shoot 720p HD video at 60fps, but an After Effects plugin called Twixtor lets you slow that footage down – way down – to 1000fps. Paired with the right (relatively slow-moving) subject matter, it looks phenomenal. []
Twixtor has been around for years, it adds lots of additional frames inbetween the real frames by interpolating (approximating where the pixels should be). A bit like how those face morphing programs work.
As pointed out by Graham this isn’t new technology, They even used early versions of this technology on the original Matrix and a rolling stones video done by Michel Gondry in the late nineties. Look closely at things like the feet and you can see the morphing. For a simple shots like this of a single object drifting against a static background with little or no rotation it isn’t very apparent. However try it on a moving camera shot with lots of motion or something like fire and water and you will see motion artifacts ahoy.
Labrat
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 10:38 AMsays more about twixtor than the 7D..
Corteks
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2:37 PMo.0
But how does it do it? Can twixtor do crazy motion slowing down to any video? I am intrigue!
Graham
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 3:09 PMTwixtor has been around for years, it adds lots of additional frames inbetween the real frames by interpolating (approximating where the pixels should be). A bit like how those face morphing programs work.
Jubbin Grewal
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 5:05 PMTHis is brilliant. Is there a cheaper option that this though that works well?
Rima ✩✩
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 11:09 PMMotion as part of final cut can also do this..
tbone
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 8:13 PMAs pointed out by Graham this isn’t new technology, They even used early versions of this technology on the original Matrix and a rolling stones video done by Michel Gondry in the late nineties. Look closely at things like the feet and you can see the morphing. For a simple shots like this of a single object drifting against a static background with little or no rotation it isn’t very apparent. However try it on a moving camera shot with lots of motion or something like fire and water and you will see motion artifacts ahoy.