FCP has it’s own limitations. You either work within them or go some other place. I never liked how fcp handled speed changes. Just keep in the back of you mind that software speed changes will never substitute for in-camera slow- or fast-motion. It’s always a trade-off. Depending upon various factors you either have 200% change or something next to 168,897%, for instance.
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