![]() What’s new with FCP 7, however, are the icons in the middle of the dialog and a new checkbox at the bottom. So far, this behavior is the same in all versions of Final Cut Pro. NOTE: If the clip had a filter effect applied to it, a green line would appear under the clip, as well. You can also see if a motion effect, such as a speed change, has been applied to a clip, by clicking the Toggle Clip Keyframes button in the lower left corner of the Timeline.Īny clip, whether selected or not, that has a dark blue horizontal line under it has had a motion effect, such as a speed change, applied to it. If you look closely at the end of the clip name, notice that the new speed of the clip is displayed in parentheses. This is because, by default, Final Cut plays every frame of the clip from the In to the Out – and because it is playing these frames more slowly, the duration of the clip MUST change. Notice that the clip’s duration is longer than when we started – reference the position of the cursor for comparison to where the original clip ended. All the other settings in this dialog remain at their defaults. In this example, we are reducing the speed of the clip to 50% of normal speed. ![]() At the top, either enter the new duration you want the clip to run, or enter the speed you want the clip to playback.Ĭhanging Duration in this dialog box always changes the speed of the clip, even if you have plenty of extra video in the handles of the clip.Ĥ. Select Modify > Change Speed (or type Cmd+J).ģ. NOTE: In the example above, notice the position of the cursor marking the end of the clip. (Although you can select multiple clips and change all their speeds at the same time, I generally work with one clip at a time.) In either the Viewer or the Canvas, select the clip with the duration you want to change. A constant speed change has the option to change the duration of a clip.ġ.If the audio and video of a clip are linked, then a constant speed change affects both the audio and video.A constant speed change changes the speed of the entire clip by the same amount.There are three “rules” about constant speed changes: ![]() While I’ve covered this in my webinar and video tutorials, I realized that I haven’t written an article on it. Jonathan Levene is a new intern we have working with us for a month or so, and he suggested this next article on creating speed changes in Final Cut Pro 7.Īpple rewrote both the Constant and Variable Speed change interface for FCP 7. ![]() [ This article was first published in the February, 2011, issue of ![]()
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