How to freeze frame on last frame of clip

[Mark Suszko]

Often times I’ll just export a single-frame targa of the frame from wherever my play head and in-point are, and re-import that into my bin, I can make that targa any length I want with a drag. This method has some downsides if you revise the footage leading up to the still in any way like color correction or filters; the still will have to be treated separately. So what you’re doing may be better if you end up doing many changes.

[Tom Wolsky]

The only thing that might speed it up is that you don’t need to open the clip in the viewer. You can simply put the playhead over the last frame in the timeline and press Shift-N. The Tab key will take you to the duration box. Type in the length you want and press the return key to load it. Press Q to switch to the canvas. Press left arrow to move forward one frame. Then press F9 to insert the freeze into the timeline.

All the best,

Tom

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[Clinton Rocksmith]

Thanks Tom,

You rock mate.

Function F9 works like a treat, however it inserts and pushes the rest of the timeline forward, do you know the key command to insert without altering the timing of the rest of the timeline?

Also, is there a key command that will extend a clip to the cursor? I’ll have a looky in the manual as well.

Cheers

[Tom Wolsky]

That would be an Overwrite F10, but it would cut the material in the timeline. Is that what you want?

There is an extend edit function which will roll an edit point. Unfortunately there is no extend edit for rippling, but then you don’t seem to want to ripple, so I’m not sure what you want to happen in the sequence.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Clinton Rocksmith]

Hey Tom,

Yes you’re right, I don’t want to ripple extend.

What I would like to do is to extend the freezeframe to the beginning of the next clip. What I’m trying to achieve is to create a bunch of keystrokes that can be automated to speed up the editing process.

At the moment I have the following:-

Down arrow – Go to the END of the clip
Left Arrow – Go back one frame
Shift + N – grab frame
Q – switch to time line
F10 – Overwrite clip (I have set the default freeze to 1 frame)
– select clip that was just inserted
Down arrow – Go to beginning of next clip
– Extend selected clip to location of the timeline marker

I hope this makes sense, I really do appreciate your help

Clinton

[Clinton Rocksmith]

I just had a thought while I was going through the Key commands.

Can I set a freeze frame to fill the size of the in and out markers?

Meaning, can I set the in and out markers then create a freeze frame that will be the exact length (timing) to fit in between those markers?

[Clinton Rocksmith]

YES,

I just tried it and it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I can set the in and out markers and then create the freeze frame and it is the exact time to be inserted into the timeline.

WICKED.

Thanks for your help Tom

[Baz Leffler]

My technique is to cut the clip at the point where I want the freeze and then set the speed of the cut portion to 0% and its done!

Baz

What would I do without the ‘UNDO’ button!!!!