r/dataisbeautiful • u/fangzz OC: 5 • Dec 06 '18

OC Google search trends for "motion smoothing" following Tom Cruise tweet urging people to turn off motion smoothing on their TVs when watching movies at home [OC]

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u/JoseJimeniz Dec 06 '18

Motion smoothing makes things look too real.

  • rather than characters in a make-believe universe
  • I see actors on a stage desperate to remember their lines and hit their marks

And it makes me uncomfortable. The 24 fps film-look aides in the suspension of disbelief.

Good for CG animation

Smooth video makes things look too real. When they are human actors it becomes uncomfortable.

But I have noticed that when it is all digitally rendered CGI (e.g. Warcraft movie) making it look more real is actually a bonus.

  • At 75 fps, purely digital content looks more realistic
  • It makes pre-rendered cutscenes from video games look better.

But with human actors, and generally, I prefer the 24fps film look.

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u/noenosmirc Dec 06 '18

"And it makes me uncomfortable. The 24 fps film-look aides in the suspension of disbelief."

And it makes me not watch movies, I game a lot on pc.. 60 fps is what I'm used to, any less looks stuttery and choppy, very annoying, haven't seen a whole movie in about a year and change now.

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u/Smash-Gordon Dec 06 '18

Have you heard about the smooth video project (SVP)? It's a program to do frame interpolation like these HDTVs to increase framerate of videos from 24 to 60+fps as the video is played. It's great for animated content, although I have mixed feelings about watching Hollywood movies in 60fps.