How fast can your video software speed up a film?

Daniel D. Teoli Jr. · January 17

Mine does 10X or 1000%. It is Movavi from Russia. I think the USA put them on the shit list. I base this on the fact that I never hear a peep from them any more to upgrade. And I was constantly bombarded for years with offers. And I had read a guy in the USA that lost access to his Russian investments that were frozen. But just guessing at all this.

It is pretty nice software for basic video work. I just wish it was better at color correction. I don't know how to zoom in with it digitally. It is supposed to be able to do it, but I can't figure it out. I also wish it had more ability to speed up films, say to 1500%. Speeding up films is very important to me to make film samplers to view.

Generally speaking, 1250% seems to be the sweet spot for me with film samplers. And to get 1250% from Movavi requires the film to be exported and re-imported and sped up 25% more. So, it is extra work. Not a big deal for the filmmaker that does not work on that many films. But for the archivist working with many thousand films, it is an extra hassle if they want to make film samplers. I also wish it exported in ProRes. Other than that, very happy with the software. If offers all the basic tools to the archivist / filmmaker in an easy to use package.

Edited January 17 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.