Canon 7D slow-mo: Twixtor vs After Effects vs Apple Motion

Using some recent footage, I set out to compare the various methods available to me to bring 60p slow motion to 20% speed (equivalent to 120p, played back at 24p).

Camera shutter speed was 1/1250 for this clip.

The results are shown in the following order:

0:04 - 100% speed (framed are dropped from 60p to play at 24p in real time)
0:09 - 40% speed (60p conformed to 24p in Final Cut Pro 7)
0:21 - 20% speed (Apple Motion: "Motion-blur Blending" setting)
0:46 - 20% speed (Adobe After Effects: pixel motion)
1:12 - 20% speed (Adobe After Effects: Twixtor 5 demo)
1:38 - 20% speed (Apple Motion: "Optical Flow" setting)

Canon 7D, 10-22 EF-S lens.

"Where did the time go?" by Hushd Puppies. Download the song for free: http://hushdpuppies.bandcamp.com/

See the music video this footage was filmed for: "Higher" by Theoretics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JEVr2UYKKc

Category:

Education

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• slow
• motion
• 60p
• overcrank
• mo
• hushd
• puppies
• break
• dance
• bboy
• breakdance
• 7d
• canon
• twixtor

[garrettgibbons]

@mrpsb7 24p means 24fps with progressive-scan frames. 60i means 60 interlaced fps. 24fps can happen with interlaced or progressive frames, which affects everything but especially alters how speed changes and speed ramping are done. Interlaced frames slow down better because there are more partial-frame fields available for blending.

[iMAXH22]

whats the song? :)

[garrettgibbons]

@iMAXH22 The song info and download link are in the video description! It's "Where Did The Time Go?" by Hushd Puppies.

[MegaLimera1n]

wow like this if u saw what happend at 1:05

[garrettgibbons]

@MegaLimera1n I don't see it... what happened?

[jckobeh]

So, how about using AE and then enabling Motion Blur before rendering, maybe that could cover up the ugly stuff.

[garrettgibbons]

@jckobeh Motion blur was enabled....

[mrpsb7]

whats 24p?? u mean fps?

[thethoughtoutmedia]

@garrettgibbons i think they were in admiration of the chiselled torso in torsion ;-)

brilliant helpful comparison btw, thanks for making

[ChrisMoBob]

Apple motion looks like it wins, but it is chopy, it is only frame blending, no actual effects, so it is clearest, but also looks a bit chopy if you watch closely.

[RoBBim]

In my opinion the Twixtor won because besides the quality of the image is done in less time

[CrackingTechHD]

Did you guys saw what happened with his penis at 1:05.

Lol, hahahaha xD

[altavelocidad]

@ijustwannacelebrate Better than blowing 600.00 on twixtor.

[altavelocidad]

Apple Motion Clear winner. At almost 600.00 Twixtor is definitely not worth the cost. Invest that money on a better camera or lens.