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Command-J
Thanks to Dave and David for previous help regarding format. Once I had all my vid in the DVCPRO50 format FCP worked very smoothly and fast.
New question: Sometimes I like to slow down a piece of footage (Command-J) so that it’ll fit
precisely into a slot of specific second/frame.But slowing down something, which might make the clip lengthen by say 3 seconds, causes ALL
the other timelines to jump 3 seconds farther out. Obviously I lock these other timelines to avoid this,
but is there a simpler way to slow-down a clip and keeping everything else unchanged?Thanks!!
Richard
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FCP 7 fixed that. One of the better features if you upgrade. Not possible in previous versions. I used to copy the clip to the end of the timeline, adjust the speed, trim it back to the correct length and then drop it back where it belongs. A bit of a routine.
Neal Broffman
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The pre 7 method would be to match frame the clip into the viewer, change the speed there and edit it back in over the original with overwrite.
And don’t forget fit to fill. If it has to fill a specific time, mark your in and out in viewer, in and out in Sequence, and drag it from viewer to the canvas and drop it on fit to fill selection.
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And there is an easier way if you are still on 6:
1) Match Frame your in point
2) apply speed change to master clip in viewer
3) Replace edit
4) Change speed back to 100% in Viewer for later use of Master Clip at normal speed
voilà, no ripple in version 6
and if you do a source match frame (cmd – opt – F) instead of a match frame, you don’t have to change the speed back as your master clip is unaffected.
Hope this helps
Patrice
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