How to make a clip go faster then slower in Premiere 6.5?

[efish]

Hello.
I don't know if you understand the question, but I will try to explain a bit more.. How can I make a movieclip go from fast to slow without cutting it and choosing "speed" -> "300". Is it a way to make a "smoother" 'transition'? Hmm, not very good explanation.. But, maybe you'll understand.. If not, I'll try to explain better... Thanks.

-efish <><

 

[andershanssen]

That is not possible... sorry

Anders Hanssen (Norway)
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[EdwardMartinIII]

So, you're talking about a graduated speed value? The thing is, you're talking about digital video, and in digital video, it's not really the same thing. In film, you just do a gradual under- or overcrank on the camera, but in digital video, slowing video down is basically a matter of duplicating frames and inserting them. Likewise, speeding up video is a matter of simply cutting out frames.

You already know the quick-and-dirty method -- you cut your footage into, say, a dozen pieces, and you apply a swep of speed values to the clips, from 100% to, say, 60%. If there was a method of keyframing speed, it would be, basically, exactly that.

But let's say you want to go one further. Let's say you want it to look as much like real slow-motion as possible.

Consider two frames: Frame_005 and Frame_006. Unless you have SCADS of free time, or unless you shot at 60p, you do not have any of the data for the frame that would be in-between these two frames. You do not HAVE a Frame_005.5.

But you can make one.

You clip that section out:

F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 |

Then you duplicate it and place the duplicate on the superimposition layer above it:

F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 |
F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 |

Then you SLIP the bottom layer one frame earlier in the timeline:

F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 |
F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 |

Make the top layer 50% opaque. (50% opacity level is because we are slowing the clip to 50% of its actual speed. If you wanted a different speed, then you have to use a different value <it's not the same as your speed, though>, and probably a more complicated setup)

If there is an obvious sort of motion to it, add a bit of a blur to the part that has motion.

Export this small timeline as a series of single frames.

So you end up with files like this:

Frame_001_5.pct
Frame_002_5.pct
Frame_003_5.pct
Frame_004_5.pct
Frame_005_5.pct

Then you take your ORIGINAL frame sequence and output it as a sequence of files named like this:

Frame_001.pct
Frame_002.pct
Frame_003.pct
Frame_004.pct
Frame_005.pct

But both collections in the same folder and what you end up with, when you sort by name is a frame for each original frame, plus a new between-frame that combines the first two with a bit of transparency and motion blur.

Re-import the entire folder as a sequence of frames. Premiere will sort them BY NAME. Place the sequence on the timeline and now you will have your slow-motion (50%, in this case), where you've made your own in-between frames, rather than having Premiere simply duplicate frames

Serve and enjoy!

Cheers,


Edward

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