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how to freeze frame
I apologize if this has already been answered. I wasn’t sure what to search for. I tried freeze frame and didn’t really see it answered. Basically what I am trying to do is freeze the video line on my timeline and add narration and then have it pick back up after the narrator finishes his spill.
So, basically, I need to know how to have the image freeze. Then I will just add the narrator’s lines on audio track and then have it fire right back up.
thanks for any help and i hope this makes sense.
Just think “How I Met Your mother” when the action on screen freezes and Bob Saget (narrator) speaks for a bit and then the action picks back up… yeah that, or any other movie/show of all time. -
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It’s in the FCP Manual. Shift N. It works differently in FCP 7 with speed controls.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
my grandest apologies… i found it, so easy… so sorry to take up server space. for future reference for anyone else:
https://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2009/03/creating_a_freeze_frame_in_final_cut_pro.php -
Hi jared,
If you when working with Interlaced material, don’t forget to drop a “De-interlacer” filter in the clip before freeze it. Otherwise your freeze-frame will have the two fields and may froduce a very unpleasant effect.
Cheers,
rafael -
Hi there
I am fairly new to FCP and am editing together a short sequence. I attempted to freeze the frame which i wished to have play for about 5 seconds and dragged the image in the timecode to where the clip was. The image looked fine when using FCP however when exporting the footge to a quicktime movie the image which i froze was suddenly a differernt hue to the clip. The footage is of a women laughing and i wish to freeze the frame as she smiles and then fade to black.. any thoughts would be appreciated xD
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