Cameras

How To Shoot 4000FPS Footage On A 60FPS Budget

The Beauty of Mud features stunning high speed footage of someone splashing through a mud puddle. Except that it wasn’t shot at 4000FPS — it was actually filmed at just 60 — and processed with a plugin called Twixtor.


September 20, 2011
Cameras

You Won’t Believe This Video Is Not Real Slow-Motion

A year ago, BASE jumper Jeb Corliss defied death by jumping off a mountain in Switzerland wearing only his wing-suit and five GoPro cameras. A few days ago he processed some of his video through Twixtor. The crystal clear results are insane.


September 15, 2010
Software

Shooting 1000fps Video With A Canon 7D

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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.