Re: Increasing velocity

Maverick wrote on 3/5/2003, 6:44 AM
Hi

I have a project which is a little too long but, rather than edit out some parts, I was thinking of increasing the speed by about a tenth or even a fifth. On trials it doesn't make that much discernable difference to the unititated.

My question is;

Should I increase the velocity of each clip separately then render the entire project or would it be better to render the whole thing to a new DV avi file and then increase the velocity.

Cheers

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Chienworks wrote on 3/5/2003, 7:04 AM
If you want to stick with a single render but not waste time "squishing" each clip individually, you can select all events on the timeline (Ctrl-A), then Ctrl-drag the end of the last clip back to the left to speed up the entire project uniformly in one shot.

The only reason you might consider a double render is if you're going to be making many different output formats (.wmv, .mpg, .rm, .avi ... etc.) in which case i would still do the above procedure and render to a new DV file, then create the other renders from this new file. This way subsequent renders only need to encode to the output format rather than process the edits, transitions, speed change, etc. and you'll save a lot of time.
Maverick wrote on 3/5/2003, 7:47 AM
Thanks!
Chienworks wrote on 3/5/2003, 10:55 AM
Oops. *blush* I left out a step.

Select all the clips with Ctrl-A, then group them with Ctrl-G, then Ctrl-drag the last edge to squish (or stretch) them. Without grouping you'll only be affecting the last clip.
Maverick wrote on 3/5/2003, 3:00 PM
Thanks again but I'd guessed that bit:-)