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Editing 60i footage within 24/30p

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*Fujative*
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Alright, sorry to sound dumb. I seriously have been searching on here/google for a while now. I'm shooting 60i for the first time/editing and not quite sure how to work this. So basically I want to be editing at 24p and then slow down parts - aka a skier goes off jump, and in mid air he slows down, lands and speeds to normal.

I figured out how to break down the 60i footage to 24p and just make the whole thing slow-mo. But how exactly do I slow down parts without it being choppy?

I tried editing in a sequence in 24p in FCP and then inserted the 60i footage and then slowing it down by 50-60% and that made it choppy. I also have twixtor however I figured there was a way to get it to work with out it.

Thanks guys.
Mar 1 2011 10:28PM
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eheath
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Yeah you're gonna wanna comform your 60i to 30p, then conform that 30p footage to 24p for 80% slow motion. Im guessing you can go 60i->24p and have it come out 80%, just play with it in cinema tools. The problem with making a 24p timeline with your 60i footage is FCP turns it into 24p for you basically, so when you slow it down it looks shitty. The only way you can really slow down in a timeline with it looking ok would be in a 60p timeline with 60p down to 50% or in a 30p timeline with 30p footage down to 80%.
Mar 1 2011 10:31PM
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*Fujative*
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Alright, thanks man. I knew I would get a good answer from you.
Mar 1 2011 10:33PM
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erikK
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I'm confused, how would we do that?  Wouldn't it be better to edit 30p footage on a 24p timeline?  I've been trying to get better slomo for awhile now but haven't had much luck.
Mar 1 2011 10:46PM
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eheath
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No but 30p at 80% is roughly 24fps which still looks smooth to the human eye.
Mar 1 2011 11:16PM
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