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Izzy Video 108 – The 300 Effect aka Variable Speed Changes

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Thanks to Amber Heckler from Norfolk, VA for requesting this week’s topic. She wrote me at izzy (at) izzyvideo (dot) com and asked:

I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to achieve the “300 Effect” in post production. To me the “300 Effect” is when a piece of video seems to speed up, and then slow down; mainly seen in fight sequences.

Izzy Video 108 answers this question.

Some of the topics I cover in this episode are:

  • What is a variable speed change
  • Time-Remapping
  • Video Frame Rates
  • Smoothing Keyframes

This is one of those techniques that can be a lot of fun. My children certainly enjoyed making this video!

You can watch the video here.

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  • http://www.itutorpodcast.com/ Stefaan Lesage

    Looking forward to using this technique. Currently I’ve discovered the SmoothCam optioin thanks to your tutorials. Really impressive results even with a handheld camera.

    Regards,

    Stefaan

  • Scott Ferguson

    I am wondering what filters were used on this… It’s incredible but I can’t quite get my shot to look like this.

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com Izzy

    Hi Scott,

    Inside of Apple’s Color, I created my own look by mixing several different things. It’s too hard to explain right here, but I’ll happily do a screencast on it for the members. :-)

    Thanks for watching!

    All the best,

    Izzy

  • Troy

    I was wondering if there is any plugins (free or otherwise) that would come close to duplicating this effect in Final Cut Express 4?

  • Chesteryeo

    Can you use this in Final cut express?

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    Short answer — not really. Final Cut Express doesn’t have the necessary
    tools. However, you can definitely do speed changes. And that can sort of
    imitate the effect…