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Changing clip speed
The Problem:
When a clip’s speed is changed, it throws off the timing for any clips laid after it along the timeline.
Also, sometimes the clip’s speed cannot be changed because the clip is locked in place.The Work Around:
1) Drag the clips to the end of the timeline, adjust the speed, drag them back to their spot.
2) Lock all other video tracks and isolate the selected clip on an unlocked video track, procede.The Best Solution:
???This has been a problem for me since FCP3 and I’m on 5.0 now.
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4 Replies
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It isn’t a problem, it is how the software is designed. Of course it will increase and decrease the size of the clip if you adjust it on the timeline. You are telling FCP “take this in and out, which was 3 seconds, and slow it to 50%, thus making it 6 seconds. Or, take this 3 second clip, speed it up 200% and make it 1sec 15 frames.” You are saying use these ins and outs but adjust the speed.
Best solution is option 1, load the clip into the viewer, mark IN and OUT, hit APPLE-J aned adjust the speed, drop into the timeline.
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>>> It isn’t a problem, it is how the software is designed.<<< Sometimes the way software is designed is THE problem. Yes, it's really nice to be able to adjust the speed of a clip directly on the timeline without having to load it into the viewer and drop it back on to the TL, and in fact, more and more NLE's are offering this. Where some improve upon this however, is that they allow you to perform this modification to the clip length without affecting other clips. It would be nice if FCP had an option to RIPPLE or NOT RIPPLE the TL when performing this type of operation. All the best, Michael Buday
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[j.north] “The Best Solution:
???”1- Match frame to the ORIGINAL source footage clip (IIRC, it’s option+command+F), set your speed change on this clip in the Motion tab, then edit it to the timeline.
2- Do a quick calculation of the duration of the clip in the Viewer that would give you the speed you want, then do a Fit to Fill (i.e. if I want a 33% speed change of a :04 clip in the timeline, I just mark a :01+10fr duration in the source Viewer. Then Fit to Fill.
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All good suggestions, I think Mike hit it on the head for this one, the software is the problem, but I will adjust my workflow as per Shane’s suggestion. Thanks.
Although I would prefer if the clips acted independently(sometimes).
—Any solutions to the issue of not being able to adjust the clip speed under certain circumstances?—
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