<p>By shooting at higher frame rate, you can achieve great looking and <strong>frame accurate</strong> slow motion. Interpolation is not going to happen. But if you want to slow down your footage beyond the frames you have, you can use the right tools in your video editor, or <a href="http://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/" rel="nofollow">Twixtor</a> plugin, but of course it will not give you as good results as a dedicated high speed camera. Absent frames are <strong>digitally interpolated</strong>. There are some more affordable Twixtor alternatives, such as <a href="http://vegasaur.com/ReSpeedr" rel="nofollow">Respeeder</a>. These tools will give your video a smooth, high-frame rate look.  </p>

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2014-05-27T11:08:46.633Z
2014-05-27T11:08:46.633Z
altarvic
<p>What is the difference between slowing down the video in software compared to actual shooting at higher framerate?</p>

<p>For example, i have a camera that shoots at 60fps and want to slow it down to achieve the same effect as when shooting at 120fps. What would be the differences?</p>

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2014-05-27T13:47:34.673Z
Related but not quite the same... http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/10632/handling-frame-rate-for-movies-with-slow-motion
AJ Henderson
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A computer can not magically generate information out of nothing.
neverMind9
<framerate><slowmotion>
Slowing down video vs higher framerate recording
Biker John
# Slowing down video vs higher framerate recording

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-27)

What is the difference between slowing down the video in software compared to actual shooting at higher framerate?

For example, i have a camera that shoots at 60fps and want to slow it down to achieve the same effect as when shooting at 120fps. What would be the differences?

**Tags:** framerate, slowmotion

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related but not quite the same... http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/10632/handling-frame-rate-for-movies-with-slow-motion  
> **username_2**: A computer can not magically generate information out of nothing.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-05-27. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

By shooting at higher frame rate, you can achieve great looking and **frame accurate** slow motion. Interpolation is not going to happen. But if you want to slow down your footage beyond the frames you have, you can use the right tools in your video editor, or [Twixtor](http://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/) plugin, but of course it will not give you as good results as a dedicated high speed camera. Absent frames are **digitally interpolated**. There are some more affordable Twixtor alternatives, such as [Respeeder](http://vegasaur.com/ReSpeedr). These tools will give your video a smooth, high-frame rate look.


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