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Slow motion
Is there a way to get a quick, 50% slow motion? I tried the velocity envelope, but it cuts the length in half as well. I tried control click and drag, and estimating time length, but still end up with blended frames. I am used to premier where you right click, set to 50% and move on.
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(I’m not yet totally confident in my ability to offer solutions in Vegas, but I believe the following is technically correct, although there’s possibly an even easier way to do what you’re asking).
If the event contains an entire clip:
Right click the event in the timeline, select properties, set playback rate to 0.5, click OK
Then grab the right hand end of the clip (cursor changes to rectangle with two-headed horizontal arrow) and drag it right. There will be a notch in the top edge of the clip showing the end – when you see that notch, drag the right hand edge back to it.
(ENDIF)If the event contains part of a clip:
…If the event’s contents were NOT marked as a region in the source clip
……Double click the event to select that part of the timeline, then right click the event and open in the trimmer.
……Delete the event from the timeline (make sure auto-ripple is OFF)
……Mark the selected portion as a region (shortcut key “R”) – naming is optional, but useful.
……Put it back in the timeline
…(ENDIF)
…Ensure you have “View | Event Media Markers | Show Markers” and “View | Event Media Markers | Show Marker Labels” turned on.
…Right click the event in the timeline, select properties, set playback rate to 0.5, click OK
…Then grab the right hand end of the clip and drag it right. When you reach the total run time of the marked footage, you will see a very thin green vertical bar in the event. When you see that, drag the edge back to it.
(EndIF)
As an alternative to marking the partial clip as a region, you could use the trimmer to create a subclip from it and put that back in the timeline, and it will behave like an entire clip as described above. -
Using the Velocity envelope does not change the length of the event on the timeline – only the speed. It’s expected that you can manually change the length to match the new speed *IF* that is what you want done (a lot of times I *DON’T* want the length changed so it would be annoying if it did)
However, this can be done via a script. Excalibur has a velocity tool that will let you change the speed of a clip AND it will adjust the length to match that new speed, for example.
Edward Troxel
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