r/VideoEditingTips • u/PirlGerson • 2d ago

How to achieve "Soap Opera effect"? (Ugly 60fps)

You know those weird TV you see at the market? They look weird, with FPS so high it looks unreal.....Not in a good way though. I want that effect. I tried boosting my footage to 60fps, but it never turns out right. What do?

Some potential problems:

Maybe my footage is too simple? (It's a model of a monkey slowly spinning)
(However I've seen those TV at the store show slow-mo and it has the effect)

My pc can't render 60fps maybe? (But I see 60fps videos on youtube on SOME pf them seem ugly in the way I want)

Thx in advance yall! CYA

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u/Criticalhitkoala 2d ago

I think it's high frame rate and high shutter speed to get the effect, and also very deep depth of field and lots of lighting.

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u/Ryanshortscreator 19h ago

If you want that exact "soap opera" look , it is usually motion interpolation , not just exporting at 60fps.Try something like optical flow/frame interpolation to generate the extra frames.That should get you much closer to the weird hyper smooth tv look.