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title: '**frame rate interpolation**'
description: >-
  **Frame rate interpolation** is the technique of generating _in-between_
  frames between existing frames of a video so that motion plays back more
  smoothly, effectively raising the frame rate without redrawing every frame
  from scratch.
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  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/frame-rate-interpolation-b3b81d0e70bf
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  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/frame-rate-interpolation-b3b81d0e70bf.md
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# \*\*frame rate interpolation\*\*

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/frame-rate-interpolation-b3b81d0e70bf

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**Frame rate interpolation** is the technique of generating _in-between_ frames between existing frames of a video so that motion plays back more smoothly, effectively raising the frame rate without redrawing every frame from scratch.

When filmmaker **Dave Clark** animates still images into film clips in the episode *You Can Make a Movie with AI*, smooth playback depends on the video system filling in motion between generated moments — that's where **frame rate interpolation** earns its place in the glossary [^388e44bb-d2fd-5125-96b6-db41535d503d]. In an AI filmmaking pipeline, a model like Runway animates a Midjourney still, and the playback experience you judge as “cinematic” is shaped by how motion between frames is handled, not just by the key frames themselves. The channel's takeaway for creative work is that polish comes from **process**: knowing what smooth motion should look like, steering the tool toward it, and judging the result frame by frame rather than accepting the first one-click output [^388e44bb-d2fd-5125-96b6-db41535d503d].