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change clip speed without affecting other clips
Hi I am changing the speed of clips in the timeline. However, whenever I do this the other clips ahead of the one I’m changing move back the duration that the clip is shortened.
How can I change clip speed using apple J without affecting the position of the other clips in the timeline?
One other question is how do I use the option drag shortcut in the timeline without splitting the underlying audio track where I drop the copied clip.
Thanks so much for your reply this will help me tremendously.
Mike
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4 Replies
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1st question: FCP does that because it’s the logical thing to do. Usually with speed changes on a single clip one has to “lift” the clip above into another track, lock the track in the timeline where most of your edits are – do your speed change on your clip on that new video track (so it doesn’t affect any other clip), adjust your in-n-outs on this speed-changed clip and drop it back in where you want it.
2nd question, not really sure what you’re getting at here, but sound like a lot of this can be accomplished by locking your tracks and unlinking your audio files, so I would experiment with that.
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The way I do it:
1. Speed Change
Match Frame-loads the clip back into the viewer.
Apple + J to change speed.
Replace Edit to put the speed affected clip into the timeline without rippling.Keep in mind that this changes the speed of the master clip. Not a problem unless you use the clip again. If so, just use Apple + J to change it back.
2. To avoid an an insert edit when option + dragging, lift up on the option key before dropping. This changes your move to an overwrite instead of insert.
Hope this helps you.
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wow thats great man! I knew it would be something simple. I was wondering about the option drag copy as well. Thanks for the tip.
Mike
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