Twixtor Final Cut Pro Examples.
NOTE: You need Twixtor 4.5, FxPlug version installed (either the demo version or a registered version) for these examples. You also need Final Cut Pro 6.0.3, or later.
Important: These tutorials assume you have read the manual that was put on your disk with the plugin upon installation.
Before opening the project examples, make sure to move the movies from the SourceMovies folder into this folder (make sure the movies are in the same directory with the Final Cut Pro projects, otherwise F inal Cut Pro will have trouble finding them).
It is important to note that for Twixtor to work in FCP you need to:
1_Make4x This is a great starter example!
Shows you how to take footage and make the footage four times as long.
2_KeyFrameRemap
This sample project shows how you might keyframe the time remapping for a more dynamic effect. Note that in the comp Twixtor Retimed, Soeed that the Time Remap Mode setting is set to Speed and we animate the Speed% setting. In the comp Twixtor Retimed, Frame Number note that the Time Remap Mode setting is sett to Frame Number and that the FrameNum setting has been animated.
3_WorkingWithEdits
This sample project has a piece of footage that is being slowed down by a factor of 5. Note that there is a hard cut in the source footage. In the comp ProblemShown you can see the problem of interpolating between the frames of the hard cut. Y It's "obvious" that this transition should be marked so that Twixtor does not interpolate inappropriately across the transition.
In the sequence MarkSegments you'll see that we've marked the start of the first cut by setting Twixtor's Src: Mark Segments to 1. Then we've placed another key at the end of the first segment with another key of '1'. We then set another key for Src: Mark Segments at the first and last frames of the second segment with a value of 2. In this way Twixtor can tell which frames are part of which segment. between the first and second segments. No motion interpolation or color blending between frames is used when Twixtor creates a retimed output frame that is between the two segments.
Note: To reinforce that Src: Mark Segmentsshould be set and animated in the original timing of the clip or composition being retimed, Src: Mark Segments should only be set when Twixtor's Display setting is set to Source.
4_TrackingProblem
This sample project shows how you might provide recover when there is a section where Twixtor performs poorly. We apply Twixtor to a sequence and time stretch it by a factor of 3.0. We show that at 100% Motion Sensitivity that the hand "pulls" the face around. Also, the hand is not tracked properly because of the face behind it and inappropriately stutters upon retiming. We then turn down the sensitivity by setting Motion Sensitivity to 20 (down from 70). This reduces the amount of movement each pixel can make (and it's influence on surrounding pixels), effectively eliminating the "gloop" (however, the background face and head does not track nearly as well).
5_SmartBlend
This sample project shows the difference of using Smart Blend on a sequence with significant movement at the edges of a moving sequence. With Smart Blend turned off we see significant smearing at the edges when one of the frames is warped to match the other. With Smart Blend turned on we see this problem disappear.
Rule of thumb: turn Smart Blend on when there is significant motion at the edge of the frame.
Twixtor PRO examples
6_LayersExample
This sample project shows how, with Twixtor Pro, you can use a matte to separate foreground and background for even better results when an object in front passes other objects. Note that the matte has been dropped into the FG1 clipwell, without having to make an intermediate sequence first.
7_ThreeLayersExample
This sample project shows how, with Twixtor Pro, you can use multiple layer mattes to separate several foreground elements for even better results when an objects pass over each other.
This project exhibits how a better result can be obtained by supplying mattes for the two foreground objects.
For you to do and notice:
8_TrackPointExample
This sample project show how, with Twixtor Pro, you can get better results by guiding Twixtor the use of a few judicial Track Points.
The composition "Problem Shown" exhibits what happens with regular Twixtor with no manual tracking guidance. Note that the object on the left is ghosted in the Twixtored result.
The composition "Twixtor Pro w Tracking Pts" shows how you can guide Twixtor... in this case with 3 tracking points.
For you to do and notice:
9_TrackPointsAndLayerExample
This sample project show how, with Twixtor Pro, you can get better results by guiding Twixtor the use of a few judicial Track Points used in tandem with Twixtor's layer separation feature.
The composition "Problem Shown" exhibits what happens with regular Twixtor with no layer separation. Note that the result is very unsatisfactory.
The composition "Twixtor Pro w Tracking Pts" shows how you can guide Twixtor. in this case with 1 tracking point per layer.
For you to do and notice:
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