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bits & pieces Slowing down BMX tricks adds drama at low cost L JUBLJANA, SLOVENIA — Stunt cyclists make for good action shots — whipping up a half-pipe, rolling down a set of stairs or, better yet, the handrail on those stairs. And videographers like to shoot stunt bikers performing their best stuff. As affordable video cameras grow in sophistication and functionality, there’s something missing... Slow motion. getting satisfying results from the affordable slo-mo of- fered in Twixtor software from Re:Vision Effects. But to see some cutting-edge slo-mo effects, using Slo-mo in the rain: Oton Baãar’s test using Canon footage and Twixtor garnered attention — and work. stunt bikes such as the BMX by DK, you should look up Oton Baãar. He works as a compositor at production/post house Arkadena Studio in Slovenia. Or you could view his work on vimeo.com/ 13557939, where Baãar’s use of a Canon 7D camera and Twixtor create dramatic effects. He usually shoots in 1080p 23.976 fps and “for slow motion, I shoot in 720p 60fps” with the Canon. “The key is to capture video without motion blur [at a] fast shutter speed and the biggest frame rate [possible],” he says. Baãar edits in Premiere Pro and composites in After Effects. He also exploits Twixtor’s “optical flow” technol- ogy:“I just set up Twixtor parameters to match my video specifications — resolution, fps — and then change the speed [to what] I like.” Baãar says that savvy use of slo-mo in video Yeah, you can slow down your video frame rate, but you’ll be sorry in post that you didn’t have an over- cranked 35mm camera on your shoot. Recently, however, more video producers have been projects is becoming more prevalent.And DK Bicycles has taken notice — Baãar is now producing online videos for the bike company. By KEN McGORR Y What Post readers are experiencing Right Now Films: Life of Brian (still brilliant), A Prophet (great flick), Boy A (the most underrated English movie), Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (the Godfather of stand up), The Secret In Their Eyes (beautifully put together movie),The Town (guns, sex, action). Music: Drop the Lime,Them, Jorge Ben, Diplo, Strauss, Bach, King Tubby, Soulwax,Yusef Lateef, and on and on. — Adam Jenkins Feed the Walrus, NYC Critical Color LCD Monitor 24” 1920 x 1080 LCD XVM-245W Full 10 bit 1.07 billion color support RGB LED Matrix Backlight Advanced 12-bit Signal Processing Precise Automated Calibration Third-Party 3D LUT Import/Export 3G/Dual-link standard and more... Everything Broadcast & Professional Monitors Should Be... and More. 910 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA 91506 sales@tvlogicusa.com www.tvlogicusa.com