And, to be fair, I attribute this just as much to the complexities of time warping clips as I do to sparce documentation. There do remain several parameters which continue to be unclear to me, but with experimentation with the plug-in I have begun to see differing results.
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And, as one whose computer background is stronger than my motion graphics background, it took several readings of the documentation and much trial and error with the tutorial files before I found myself up and running. I am much more a visual person and could have understood the metaphor behind the program much better had I seen some screen shots or other more graphic tutorials. Re:Vision Effects could have done a little better job with their documentation.
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In this brief overview of a small but powerful plug-in, I will focus on Final Cut Pro but the principles of its usage will apply equally to After Effects, Commotion and Combustion. All other functions are supported by Final Cut Pro and any other application which accepts After Effects plug-ins. If you need to convert, for example, from 24 fps to 29.97 fps, then you must work in After Effects. The most significant feature which works only in After Effects is that of changing frame input and output rates. I was able to run it without a crash or even so much as an error message. Version 1.2 has just been released, which fixes an incompatibility with Final Cut Pro so now with the appropriate work-arounds, it integrates seemlessly with FCP.
Let me note at the outset that Twixtor is an After Effects plug in and, even in Re:Vision's own words, it loses some functionalities and requires some work-arounds in other applications. The results are a pleasure to behold the learning curve might be a little steep for those less familiar with the intricacies of time-remapping. Re:Vision Effects claims that their technology enables calculation of motion down to the individual pixel level. Twixtor changes speeds and frame rates of clips by a process of interpolation and warping of frames from the original sequence.
It Makes Time Stand Still (Or Speed Up Or Slow Down)ĭo you work in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Combustion, or Commotion? Do you need to change the speed of clips, or even just stretch a clip? Do you ever have the kind of day where you have 7 seconds of video but your edit list demands 8? How about the time you wanted to do a cool effect of variable speed within a clip? What about converting between multiple formats and frame rates (PAL, NTSC, film, interlaced video, progressive frame video)? If any or all of these situations have cropped up in your editing, then Re:Vision Effects has the plug-in for you.
Review - ReelSmart Twixtor 1.2 Re:Vision Effects, Inc