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  • changing the spped of a still sequence

    Posted by Anne Da costa on January 9, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    hello
    i created a comp from stills images going from left to right of the screen attached on to another(you never see black into the monitor)and i imported it as a sequence to a new comp.
    Right now each pict run about 4 sec each pict i need the sequence to go faster and faster until it reach the speed of about 6 Fps How can i do that? whoever is out there thank you for helping in this very urgent matter

    Anne Da costa replied 18 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Steve Roberts

    January 9, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    Drag the comp into another comp, then apply Time Remapping to it? (check the help for more)

  • Anne Da costa

    January 9, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    Thank you i had that part already figured out how i apply the time remapping to get a smooth speed is the problem (when i adjust value in the keyframe layer )cannot seem to understand how the graph works and it seems the best option can you explain me how to remap in the graph or how to remap with keyframes getting smoother speed changes?Thanks

  • Steve Roberts

    January 9, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    With regard to the graph, the horizontal axis represents the comp time, and the vertical axis represents the frame of the layer being displayed at that point in comp time.

    Normally, the graph moves up and to the right. The first frame displayed is frame 0 of the layer, and the last frame displayed is the last frame of the layer. The normal slope of the graph represents an rate of one frame displayed per frame of comp time. This is normal speed.

    If you want the layer to go faster (but at a constant rate), you drag the right-most keyframe (showing the last frame of the layer) to the left. This means that the last frame will be shown sooner in the comp, and the slope of the graph becomes steeper, and the layer appears to play faster.

    However, if you want the footage to speed up gradually, you still want the last frame to appear sooner in the comp (so perform the above step), but you want the slope of the graph to begin at its original slope, then gradually become steeper as you move to the right. To do this, R-click on the left keyframe and choose Easy-Ease-Out. You’ll have to adjust the handles of the graph to get the effect you want.

  • Anne Da costa

    January 9, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    so far so good until the point where i try to adjust the handles, i must do something wrong cause eachtime i try to grab one(left click on the mouse while selection tool selected) it create a new anchor point …

  • Steve Roberts

    January 10, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    Sorry Anne, but you’ll have to check the Help on general graph-adjusting. It’d probably be under “fine-tuning animation”. Or you could search for “value graph”.

  • Anne Da costa

    January 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    Thank you anyway you really helped me very much I could not have done it in time without you.Thank you.

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