How to convert video to Slow Motion.

Hello.


This is a simple question and I am really frustrated with this. I have a normal video (portrait) and I want to convert to slow motion, but when I click "EDIT", I do not have that option.


I tried iMovie for iPhone and it cuts the header of the video (?!!).... If the video was shot in Slow Motion I could convert it to normal, but with a normal video I can't convert it to slow motion? Whats going on here?


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Posted on Jun 30, 2016 4:30 PM

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Posted on Oct 29, 2016 9:57 PM

Hey Sherman,

i have a normal video which i have been trying to convert into slow motion from third party apps but the thing is they dont provide that quality which iphone slow mo videos do. The converted videos are either blurry or say not smooth.

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Oct 29, 2016 9:57 PM in response to Sherman94

Hey Sherman,

i have a normal video which i have been trying to convert into slow motion from third party apps but the thing is they dont provide that quality which iphone slow mo videos do. The converted videos are either blurry or say not smooth.

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Jun 30, 2016 5:03 PM in response to Clother

Slow motion requires recording at a higher frame rate than normal, then playing it back at a normal setting. You can't do the reverse; if you try to view a normal video in slow motion it will be very jerky, as the frames will jump from one to another, so it will appear as a succession of still images rather than a continuous video.

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Oct 30, 2016 12:47 PM in response to kute96

See my post above. When you record for slo-mo, the frame rate is much higher than normal. When you play back at normal speed the extra frames fill in the missing information. But when you start with a normal video and convert it to slow motion there is a big gap from each frame to the next. The converter attempts to guess what happened between frames and fill it in, but it will never be as good as an original recorded in slow motion with its higher frame rate. This is a limitation due to the laws of optics and has nothing to do with the iPhone.

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Aug 9, 2016 6:26 PM in response to Clother

Hi, if you want to convert video to slow motion, the frame rate of the video will be smaller. In fact, it is absolutely available to convert normal video to slow motion. First, you need to transfer your video to computer and then you can try to use movie maker, free online video editor or other programs to convert the speed of video.

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