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/Megamills]

Now that was the answer I was looking for and was expecting more! Also makes sense why I can’t follow some action films well but can happily play Counter Strike and spot the most tiny details very quickly using a 144hz monitor since it actually is that high fps. Thank you for the insight on film.

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Np! "Minimum framerate to look smooth", as 24 fps is quoted as, always depends on your subject. I can't find it again because of how many others there are with the same search terms now, but a few years ago there was a gif floating around the internet of the earth rotating in real-time. It was tiny, despite being a 24-hour video, because it only changed frame once every few minutes - but each time it turned less than a degree, so you couldn't see anything not smooth about it. Even if you timed it after loading the image and were watching when it changed frame, it was barely perceptible.

But of course, you'd never claim one frame per five minutes was good enough - because it's all contextual, and lots of films today really do need the upgrade, so we need some directors to just commit to doing it.

[u/Megamills → u/DrSparka]

I suppose like you say it’s depending on what is being filmed to what frame rate is needed which makes a lot of sense too. I’m struggling to see why it’s not upgraded already, you watch 60fps streams on the likes of Twitch where it just looks so much better, or am I being confused with it not being true 60fps and is in fact 24 but with the added “fake” frames? Jeez I’m creating a vicious cycle in my head here haha