Ultra Slow Motion in Avid Media Composer using Mixed Frame Rates

Here’s a short tutorial on how to create super slow motion effects in Media Composer.

This may save you a lengthy process of having to process the frames in a different software package such as Adobe After Effects.

A couple of short notes that were not mentioned in this tutorial.

For this to work, you need to a video clip that exceeds your project’s frame rate. If you want to follow this tutorial on your own, here is a copy of the media used.

Slow Motion Clip 240 fps.

*If you are linking to clips directly as shown in the video, you will need to transcode the clip(s) to managed media in order to export a video.

If you need assistance on how why it’s important to transcode linked clips to managed media, you can watch the tutorial below.

Using the Source Browser Window