Slow Mo with Motion Estimation [TUTORIAL]

| By Trent Armstrong | Found in Video | 6 Comments

If you’ve ever wanted to achieve a better slow motion effect in Adobe After Effects, this tutorial is for you! In less than eight minutes we’ll look at two different examples of a fairly straightforward, but incredibly effective technique. Take a look:

Thanks for checking out the tutorial — I hope you enjoyed it!

Trent Armstrong is a Creative Producer for Igniter Media. Follow him on Twitter: @AETrent

  • http://twitter.com/robwthomas Rob Thomas

    Dang. That is pretty amazing, Trent. The ‘only 9 frames’ is still blowing my mind.

  • Evan Place

    Good to know, Thanks for the tutorial. I hope there are more to come!

  • http://twitter.com/tpaulding Travis Paulding

    Nice work. How long did it take to do those multiple passes? I think my favorite trick was how you fixed your hand. I’ve encountered that on a few green screen shoots that weren’t trying to be slowed down, it will help a lot. So simple yet I hadn’t thought of it.

  • http://twitter.com/MuddyRiverMedia Mark Fogarty

    Trent… I’ve never thought of doing multiple iterations of frame blending. In all the tutorials I’ve watched, this is the first I’ve heard of this technique.

    Thanks so very much… now to see if I can cancel my Phantom camera order. ;-)

  • Scott Edwards

    Awesome! That looks like a good alternative to Twixtor. Does Apple’s Motion have Motion Estimation? – Austin Video Production

  • Trent Armstrong

    Yes, Scott. Motion does have a similar technology. You should be able to get similar results.