Chapter 17. Changing Clip Speed

Lesson Files

FCP4 Book Files > Lessons > Lesson 17 Project

Media

Titanic folder

Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Change clip speed

Change clip duration

Create Fit to Fill edits

Create freeze frames

Create run and freeze effects

Work with the keyframe editor

Set keyframes in the time graph

Work with the Time Remap tool

Copy and paste speed attributes

A video clip doesn't have to just sit there and play in real time. It can speed up, slow down, freeze for a moment, or go backwards. You can even fit a clip of one length into a sequence space of a different length using an edit called Fit to Fill. These are only some of the speed changes Final Cut Pro can produce. In addition, speed changes ...

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