High Speed AVI Clips in Final Cut???

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High Speed AVI Clips in Final Cut???

I am trying to use two .avi clips a client sent me that were fimled on a high speed camera. They are 2,000 fps. So of course when I bring them into Final Cut they are like 3 frames. Is there a way to convert or encode them into a standard frame rate and utilize the slow motion captured by the high speed camera?

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.8), GOOD

Posted on Mar 12, 2007 10:48 AM

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Shane Ross

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Mar 12, 2007 11:30 AM in response to EditMaster

You need to have the people who provided you with the clips convert them. Well, that is what I had to have done when I was provided with 2000fps AVIs from a high speed computer camera. But that was 3 years ago.

Can you open them in Quicktime?

Shane

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EditMaster Author

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Mar 12, 2007 11:31 AM in response to Shane Ross

Shane,

I can open them in quick time. They are so short that you don't see much. If you manually shuttle through it you can see the whole clip though. When I import it into Final Cut I can't see the whole sequence. It goes to black before the clip is over.

Ryan

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Shane Ross

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Mar 12, 2007 11:44 AM in response to EditMaster

Open it in QT, then export it as a Quicktime file. Same settings as the footage you are editing.

Shane

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EditMaster Author

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Mar 12, 2007 12:00 PM in response to Shane Ross

I've tried the same settings I'm using in my project and the same settings of the original avi clip @ a high fps. The exported QT file gives me a File error when I try to import it. Unknown File error (at 2000fps). I tried using current frame rate and custom on the export. no luck on either.

I think I will try and see if the client can give me some background on how they aquired and exported the footage.

If Anyone has any ideas please let me know, I'll be watching this thread.

Ryan

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Shane Ross

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Mar 12, 2007 12:12 PM in response to EditMaster

OK...here is the confusion. You cannot have a 2000fps clip in FCP. What needs to be done is that clip needs to converted to 29.97...this making the image extreme slo-motion. Which is what you wanted anyway, right? The clip I have was of an explosion that was shot 2000fps, then converted to 29.97, thus giving me a gorgeous slow motion shot of this explosion.

What they need to do is convert this for you. I doubt that you'd be able to work with the original file.

Shane

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EditMaster Author

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Mar 12, 2007 12:59 PM in response to Shane Ross

Thats what I figured. I am having him send me a DVD that has the converted 29.97 video on it.

Thanks for your help!

Ryan

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Answer 7

Mar 12, 2007 2:26 PM in response to EditMaster

Hopefully for your sake that's a data DVD-ROM and not a video DVD...

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