High RES slow-motion edit in Final CUT PRO

[denis piel]

I'm shooting on SonyFS5 11 in slow motion HIGHRES using Atomos Inferno.
when I play the clip straight out of inferno get the slow-motion it has registered and plays correctly the slow-motion but when I import it in FINALcutpro I do not see the slow-motion. I'm using Final cut pro trial version to test this. how can I get my slow-motion video into the edit?
any help appreciated

 

[fhturner]

“Slow motion” really just means that you’ve recorded at a certain frame rate and are then playing back at a lesser frame rate, thereby taking longer to play through the footage, and thus making it slow-mo...which you’re probably already aware. When importing and playing back in FCPX, the clip will play real-time, although you may have many more frames per second than “normal” footage playing in this case. Check the upper left of the viewer window to see what frame rate is showing for the clip. If it shows, say, 120fps, you can place it in a 24fps timeline at 1/5 speed, giving you a 5x slowdown. Or you can use it in a 60fps timeline at 1/2 speed. Really just depends on what you want to do.

 

[denis piel]

ok, thanks! had trouble finding it but now see. This is all new to me. So in effect, it does not automatically edit in slow motion even though I've shot it that way?
great to see it in slow motion on the edit.

 

[EditorsKeysUK]

Hey Denis, so what you need to do is import the footage into your timeline, then below your viewer window you'll see a 'Speed' icon.
You then want to either choose 'Automatic Speed' or custom speed to slow this down.

Of course this all depends on your frame rate, so if you've filmed something at 60fps and you have a 30fps project you'll be able to slow it down to a maximum of 50% without any loss of quality.

Hope this helps

 

[denis piel]

I thought as it was originally shot in ProRes RAW slow motion it would automatically be configured as such when I imported it into FINALCUT Pro. I guess from what I'm reading that is not the case?
thanks for your help. still unsure if I'm doing it all correctly but certainly the way you explain it makes it work. just mystified that it does not come into the edit automatically as slowmot.
I'm shooting at 240fps.

 

[EditorsKeysUK]

Well Final Cut will try to match the project (as slow-mo footage can be played back at normal speeds)
The great thing about Final Cut doing it this way is you can have a clip playing normal speed, then you can choose to slow down when it gets to the action!

 

[denis piel]

OK. Thanks.
I see I've still got a lot of playing to do.