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Variable Speed
Does anyone know a good tutorial on Variable Speed changes in FCP. It is my weakest point when it comes to editing, and is kind of embarrassing…but I cannot seem to wrap my head around how FCP handles Variable speed.
Thanks,
EliEli Mavros
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Check out https://www.kenstone.net… pretty sure there’s an article there on this or at https://www.lafcpug.org
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Just try and remember to look at the second from the bottom “Speed Left” in the pop-up yellow dialogue box with the Time Remap Tool and adjust the segment of you clip to the left of your keyframe with the Time Remap Tool.
Also your Time Remap Tool needs to be hovering over your footage bar in the Sequence Timeline at a keyframe.
As a simple example let’s say you want a normal speed for the first half of a clip. Set a keyframe with the Time Remap Tool at the end of the normal speed–as a sidebar it should be noted that each clip you put in the timeline already has two keyframe and is set for Constant Speed. That means when you add your first keyframe with the Time Remap Tool you are really adding a second keyframe down from the first that was already there–you can see this if you click on the Motion tab in the Viewer for the clip you are working on and twirl (some call it the Disclosure Triangle) down the Time Remap channel at the bottom of the Motion tab. Since you are using the Time Remap Tool the speed will change to Variable Speed under Time Remap and you should see 3 keyframes now in the Viewer timeline under the Motion tab since you added one to the two that are always there.
Now add a 2nd keyframe with the Time Remap Tool further down the timeline–to the right of you present keyframe you set. Now hover over the footage bar in Sequence Timeline at the 2nd keyframe you set and drag to the left watching the yellow pop-up dialogue box to slow it down to 33% or 25%. Now go to the end of you clip to adjust the last keyframe–it is automatically there for each clip–and adjust it to 100% for Speed Left in the yellow pop-up dialogue box. As a general rule you are alway adjusting Speed Left–second from the bottom in the yellow dialogue box.
In this example the first part of the clip is normal speed, then about 25% and finally normal or 100% again.
In the Viewer you could hover over your clips and hold the Control Key down and click for the Context Menu and adjust the keyframe for Smooth, but that explanation is beyond my little example here.
Understand that the Time Remap Tool is a zero sum game. That means if you slow you clip to the left of your keyframe it speeds up the clip to the right of your keyframe to make up for your adjustment. Just set your keyframes where you want them while the clip is in normal speed and then work left to right to each keyframe in your clip to adjust the the Speed Left for the speed you want. And remember if you clip needs to be normal speed for the first part of you clip set an anchor keyframe at the end of the normal speed range.
If you load you clip into the Viewer from your sequence and look at the Motion tab and Time Remap in the Viewer timeline you should see your keyframes and adjustments. I can’t stress enough to watch your adjustments in the Viewer while you work in the sequence Timeline to begin to understand the Time Remap Tool.
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Thanks guys, that was really helpfull.
Best,
EliEli Mavros
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You might find this article helpful also:
Time Remap – Final Cut Pro 4 by Ken StoneHTH,
Bryce WhitesideDon’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…
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