Slowly does it...

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The video editing applications are coming apace now, at least for those with the Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview installed, which enable the right sort of file and multimedia access. Slowly aims to slow down a selected section of a captured video, for special (arty) effect.

From the Store description:

Edit your clips and add slow motion effect in your favorite positions.
You can add multiple slomo regions and change the slowness of every region of the clip.

In the next versions:
- Ability to save projects.
- Other small features.

Warning: 
- In-app preview is not at full quality, is just a preview.
- In slowmotion regions the volume is muted.
- Bug fixes

Very definitely a 'version 1' app, then, but it does work:

Screenshot, Slowly

Not much of a help screen, but hey, it's v1.0.... I'm sure it will develop....

Screenshot, Slowly

Marking the slow-mo range is easy using the controls provided....

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Then set the slowdown factor....

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Rendering is done at 720p, which seems to be a hard limit in the Nokia Imaging SDK - anyone know of a third party app which can render out at full 1080p yet?

What happens to audio when the slow-mo is active is something of a moot point - what should happen? Muting audio seems fair enough to me, though I'd look forward to an audio (music) track being possible, to cover the sudden silence. Maybe something similar to Microsoft's Movie Moments could be implemented.

Ideally, of course, this sort of functionality should be part of a larger video editing package like Movie Maker. No doubt the 8.1 video editing scene will be more settled by the time that 8.1 rolls out to consumers officially across the world.

You can buy Slowly here in the Store.

PS. My Glance screen suddenly flipped upside down after installing this application. On the bleeding edge with the 8.1 DP, eh? For the record, I uninstalled Slowly and restarted the phone and all was well again, but more data points welcome!

Source / Credit: Windows Phone Store