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Letterboxing and Ramped Slow-Mo

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e.wait
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I did a test of ramped slow-mo in FCPX with a short clip I had from the skateplaza. I was messing around with letterboxing as well. I trimmed it to a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. What do you guys think of these clips? One is the letterboxed version and one is the version without letterboxing. I kinda dig the style of the letterboxing, but I feel as though it may be cheesy. I understand that head/board clipping of the subject is an issue.

Nov 23 2012 6:49PM
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will_powder
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If you want to do letterboxing you have to plan your shots ahead. Your current letterbox one looks poor because you can't see the board as he approaches the rail.
Nov 23 2012 7:19PM
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e.wait
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Yeah, I was just messing around with the footage, but I acknowledged the clipping issue in the OP. The style is probably best-suited for non-action type videos.
Nov 23 2012 7:21PM
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Mag
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You can play about with the vertical position of the clip, and key frame it to fit
Nov 23 2012 8:00PM
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WillStart
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not necessarily, it's just that a good amount of the people who shoot action sports then crop it to 2.35:1 don't shoot with the crop in mind, or at least they do a poor job of it. you just have to make sure you have crop bars on your camera so you can get an idea of how to frame while you're shooting, and make sure you shoot wider. i think it's a good way to shoot because it forces you to consider composition much more; the whole centered rider thing doesn't work well with the 2.35:1 crop.
Nov 23 2012 8:59PM
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eheath
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ramped slomo in fcp is cool but half of the awesome thing about ramping is hearing the ramped sound too. Its real easy to ramp in AE with sound.
Nov 24 2012 3:22PM
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direwolf
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i have a t2i and might want to try the 2.35:1 crop. any idea on how to put crop bars on the camera for this aspect ratio? Saw something about putting a screen protector on the drawing lines for the 2.35:1 but would want that on my camera at all times.

Nov 24 2012 5:22PM
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Mag
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If you have magic lantern you can make cropmarks to overlay on the liveview.
Nov 24 2012 5:26PM
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.qzyxya
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beat me to it. Yeah I always (nearly always) use the magic lantern on screen crop markers. They're awesome.
Nov 24 2012 9:43PM
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direwolf
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a little hesitant to download magic lantern. Thoughts?

Nov 24 2012 9:46PM
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.qzyxya
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Don't be, its really not a risk at all. Just follow their instructions and copy it to the memory card and install the firmware to your camera and it will work just like normal but with the extra menu. I was afraid it would 'brick' my camera (obviously it didnt), but even if it did screw up your camera you can always load back the original canon firmware through another memory card.
Nov 24 2012 10:57PM
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Roachey
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Ya if your going to ramp I would definitely do it in AE its a bit of a learning curve at first but you will get the hang of it and it allows you to get much more precise then you can in FCPX. Also I am not sure why you would letter box that clip? It is already pretty tight framing and you also have a fisheye so I kind of feel like you getting a really wide shot and just cutting it out.
Nov 25 2012 8:16AM
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e.wait
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Yeah, I was just messing around and wanted to see what everyone thought.
Nov 25 2012 1:54PM
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