PD9 - How to do this "stutter" video effect?

Dilbert36

Newbie Joined: Feb 03, 2011 14:18 Messages: 12 Offline

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Mar 29, 2011 23:03

I have seen this effect done recently on many music videos. It is kind of hard to describe, but I like to call it...a video "stutter" where the object in the video seems to stutter back and forth quickly for a few seconds, like a robot short circuiting.

Is there an easy (or not so easy) way to accomplish it in PD9. Forgive me but I am fairly new to PD9 and am still learning. I thought I would ask before trying, but my initial hunch would be to make several quick splits in the video clip and duplicate each one and then reverse every other clip. I would appreciate any other suggestions. Attached is a short sample clip of the effect I am trying to reproduce

Filename	Stutter Video Effect.mp4	Download
Description	example "stutter" video effect
Filesize	7468 Kbytes
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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Mar 29, 2011 23:53

Split the clip where you want the stutter to start. Click the clip to highlight it. Right-click and select copy. Paste it into the timeline several time. Using Power tools, reverse every other clip. For a fast stutter like the sample, the clip only needs to be a few frames long (5 to 10, maybe). You will have to experiment to get the effect that you want. __________________________________
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Bubba in TX

Senior Contributor Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 12, 2009 21:32 Messages: 1332 Offline

Mar 31, 2011 12:37

Jaime...

Your idea works pretty good.

Filename	stutter.wmv	Download
Description
Filesize	766 Kbytes
Downloaded:	1846 time(s)

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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Mar 31, 2011 19:28

Your sample worked even better than my test. Looks good. If I had a mower like that I could just fly to work. __________________________________
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Bubba in TX

Senior Contributor Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 12, 2009 21:32 Messages: 1332 Offline

Apr 01, 2011 00:13

I might add that I had to play with the duration for each clip. I think what I ended up with was .04 duration with 5 clips

normal long clip
Clip 1 reverse
Clip 2 normal
Clip 3 reverse
Clip 4 normal
Clip 5 reverse
normal long clip

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Dilbert36

Newbie Joined: Feb 03, 2011 14:18 Messages: 12 Offline

Apr 01, 2011 21:46

Thanks all, I tried Jaime-esque's advice...first attempt, I split 3 clips into 10 frames each, copied each clip and pasted right next to the originals. This was way too long for the desired effect, so I tried again with clips of 3 frames each and it came out much better. Here is my logic:
[clip1, clip2, clip3]
copy each clip and paste right next to the original clip like:
[clip1, copy clip1, clip2, copy clip2, clip3, copy clip3]
then I reversed the copied clips like:
[clip1, reverse copy clip1, clip2, reverse copy clip2, clip3, reverse copy clip3]
and then for the final touch, I copied clip3 again and put it at the end so it gives a smoother transition to the next long clip like:
[clip1, reverse copy clip1, clip2, reverse copy clip2, clip3, reverse copy clip3, copy clip3 again]

attached is my final sample test with both 10 and 3 frame clip stutters. I am very pleased with the outcome of the 3 frame clips...

Thanks all!

Filename	stutter test2.mp4	Download
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