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Mike M. wrote on 3/15/2002, 10:38 AM
Simon,

I just finished reading about this:

I think you can do this by using a velocity envelope (Chapter 6 Page 159) of the full manual. "Setting the velocity to a negative value reverses the video, working backward from the point where the negative value occurs."

mixer440
Lody wrote on 3/15/2002, 11:12 AM
Correct. I used the same effect for someone falling into the water and miraculously coming back.

I found the easiest way to do this is to render the clip you want to reverse seperately, put it on the timeline twice and apply a velocity envelope to the last one. Drag the blue line down to -100% and that's it.

If you don't render it seperately it will treat the clip as a part of the file it belongs to and where you would expect the clip to be in reverse, it will show the piece of the actual file just before that fragment in reverse.
Finatic13 wrote on 3/15/2002, 11:25 AM
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jimcho wrote on 3/15/2002, 1:57 PM
Lody,

Why not use the velocity envelope like it was meant to be used? Instead of creating 2 events, just have one event, double-click on the blue line to create 2 nodes at the location of the reverse, then drag the second node down to slow down, then reverse the video.

You could even have it pause for a second in the water before the reverse, just like on the show "America's funniest home videos".