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How to create a "choppy" video effect?

  • I've seen videos where the video looks very choppy. Like it looks like a ton of pictures played repeatedly. However its usually of someone running and i'm pretty sure they didn't just take a whole bunch of pictures of that. Does any one have any idea on what edit effect this could be? Or of any free video software I could download? (Or any other video soft wares with fun effects) (My friends and I like to make music videos :)) Thanks!

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    What you are describing sounds like stroboscopic effect. It occurs when a very bright scene is recorded at high shutter speeds. Normally each image in a video that shows motion is blurred slightly. The amount of blur depends on the shutter speed, which in turn depends on how bright the scene is. At normal or low light levels, the blurring is considerable, and this blurring masks the movement from one image to the next, and motion appears to be smooth. But at high light levels, the shutter speed is very high, and the individual images are very sharp. This can result in a distinct impression of a succession of high-speed images when the video is played back. This sort of effect often occurs in things like videos of skiing, because of the very high light levels reflected from snow. It is often used deliberately on sports videos so that the videos can be played back in slow motion without too much blurring in the image. This effect has to be achieved with the camera; it can't be done in post-production. There are other effects that might be what you have in mind. With some editing and special effects software you can put rapid sequences of individual frames together that have a very obvious stop-motion look to them. This sort of effect requires software that supports it and usually cannot be done in the camera. Additionally, many video editing programs don't have this specific effect or don't do it well, so you might need some extra software to achieve it.

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What you are describing sounds like stroboscopic effect. It occurs when a very bright scene is recorded at high shutter speeds. Normally each image in a video that shows motion is blurred slightly. The amount of blur depends on the shutter speed, which in turn depends on how bright the scene is. At normal or low light levels, the blurring is considerable, and this blurring masks the movement from one image to the next, and motion appears to be smooth. But at high light levels, the shutter speed is very high, and the individual images are very sharp. This can result in a distinct impression of a succession of high-speed images when the video is played back. This sort of effect often occurs in things like videos of skiing, because of the very high light levels reflected from snow. It is often used deliberately on sports videos so that the videos can be played back in slow motion without too much blurring in the image. This effect has to be achieved with the camera; it can't be done in post-production. There are other effects that might be what you have in mind. With some editing and special effects software you can put rapid sequences of individual frames together that have a very obvious stop-motion look to them. This sort of effect requires software that supports it and usually cannot be done in the camera. Additionally, many video editing programs don't have this specific effect or don't do it well, so you might need some extra software to achieve it.

Techwing

I do not think what your seeing is an effect, I think what your describing is videos shot by HD camcorders, they Interpolate the video, making action videos very choppy and hard to watch. Maybe link to one for use and let us see what your talking about.

Palladini

For basic editing, Wondershare Video Editor is a great choice: It's also free trial, so that's always nice.

For basic editing, Wondershare Video Editor is a great choice: It's also free trial, so that's always nice.

I do not think what your seeing is an effect, I think what your describing is videos shot by HD camcorders, they Interpolate the video, making action videos very choppy and hard to watch. Maybe link to one for use and let us see what your talking about.

Palladini

You can use AVS video editor, its a good editor.

Karen

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