Twixtor Tutorial Part One : Incendium

After much demand, I have released a tutorial explaining how I used RE:Vision Effects Twixtor to create the interpolated slow motion in the short film 'Incendium' by Danny Cooke and myself.

Check it out here
http://www.vimeo.com/21919856
or here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Pvdnqftck

From the start, 'Twixtorizing' fire and water is an extremely hard thing to interpolate due to their unpredictability. However, I shall explain the main principles of Twixtor which you can apply to any video, and how to tidy up any unwanted warping.

Before you start, for best results use a shutter speed that will match your final framerate to avoid blurry slow motion. Also, use the highest framerate setting on your camera possible e.g. 60p, 60i or if you are using a 5D Mark II use 30p; The more frames Twixtor gets to play with, the better!

Hope you enjoy :)

And make sure you check back for part two.

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[kudjo24]

hey, great tutorial. i feel tho, that you're doing something special I can't see. you can make fire go all the way down to 2%, but I can't get a bottle smashing at 3%?! I shot it at about 1/4000 at 60p (59.94 in AE) on a t3i , at maybe 1600 ISO , with plenty of sunlight, on a static shot. no matter what speed, twixtor goes nuts. any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[live2blade]

@kudjo24 I'm not hiding anything from you bud, but there is only so much Twixtor can do...to get the best slow motion you need to use Twixtor Pro, and I am uploading that tut in a few weeks on how to use it. So keep checking back to catch it and that will sort out your problem. :) Thanks for watching.

[live2blade]

No problem bud, thanks for watching.

[kudjo24]

@live2blade ah, well thanks for responding. i was actually using pro to this tutorial so ill be waiting for when ur thing comes out

[JJBfilm]

Outstanding...Brilliant...Than­k you... 

[jdamarell]

Finally ! someone who actually knows how to make a decent tutorial- cheers mate !