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Q: How would you freeze a frame and move the camera

I'm trying to edit a video, and want to have an effect as shown in this video at clip 3:02

https://youtu.be/-cARmC7Jdx0?t=3m2s

 

any help would be much appreciated!

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), null

Posted on May 12, 2015 3:03 PM

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  • by Jasper Thayer,

    Jasper Thayer Jasper Thayer May 12, 2015 3:21 PM in response to tudez
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    May 12, 2015 3:21 PM in response to tudez

    Position an array of cameras around a subject then transition between camera angles.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKEcElcTUMk

     

    Jasper Thayer

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  • by David Bogie Chq-1,

    David Bogie Chq-1 David Bogie Chq-1 May 13, 2015 7:46 AM in response to Jasper Thayer
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    May 13, 2015 7:46 AM in response to Jasper Thayer

    You can also spend a few hours researching the term "bullet time." It's nothing to do with the editing software; you don't need FCPX to do this. There are many visual effects sites on the webs that can help you figure it out. The effect was created for and the hardware developed for the first Matrix movie (you, know, the only that was any good). There are several ways to execute the effect but they are remarkably hardware intensive and mentally challenging. If you succeed in gearing up and programing the effect, please come back and tell how you did it.

  • by Karsten Schlüter,

    Karsten Schlüter Karsten Schlüter May 13, 2015 8:42 AM in response to tudez
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    May 13, 2015 8:42 AM in response to tudez

    There are hundreds of clips at YT demoing 'Bullet Time'.

     

    It asks for an array of cameras...

    gopro-bullet-time.jpg

     

    or like this ...

    bulletrig4.jpg

     

    and a compositing software which offers so-called 'Warping'... you probably have heard of 'Morphing'? ... Warping is something close to that...

     

    A while ago, I read an article, where some fellow uses FCPX built-in Optical Flow for some similiar effect ... ehm, perhaps not SO similiar, but .. kinda morphing/warping...

     

    Oh, no article, what a surprise: Mark and Steve again ....

    https://youtu.be/4bQnr6kHwHY

    .. performed with Motion4, should work identically in Motion5....

     

    ... never found the time to test it/reenact it .. cool effect, still suprising...

     

    Meanwhile, this 30 years  old effect has developed, e-g in this scene from X-Men, a mutant called Quicksilver performs an impressive stunt:


    https://youtu.be/1NnyVc8r2SM