Reversing a video event

bonze10 wrote on 1/27/2002, 7:27 PM
Ok, I did search the forum, and I did find that by moving the velocity envelope all the way down, it will reverse the video. HOWEVER, this seems to only work with the entire video clip, not just an event.

Here is what I've done, I took an entire clip I captured from the camcorder in avi format, went thru it beginning to end, deleting parts that I wanted removed. Now, on one of the events in the middle somewhere, I want it to play backwards. But when I move the velocity envelope all the way down, it just shows me an entirely different section of the video! Video that isn't even included in this event!

How do I make just one event play backwards???

Thanx!

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haydenj wrote on 1/27/2002, 7:38 PM
I have the same issue using a region from the trimmer window to the timeline. The reversed region on the timeline is now showing the entire clip instead of the region.
FadeToBlack wrote on 1/27/2002, 7:43 PM
bonze10 wrote on 1/27/2002, 7:50 PM
Doesn't work. Thats exactly how I did it. The single event is highlighted, I insert a velocity envelope, then it goes back into the video clip and shows me a part from elsewhere. The blue line IS only in the event, but its showing me something different everytime. Even used the resample, same deal. It just doesn't work on single events apparently...unless theres sumthin else I'm missing???
haydenj wrote on 1/27/2002, 9:07 PM
I just have the same problem it usually starts at the end of the media clip and not at the region. I would think that -100 should be the same region as 100 but it is not. If you look closely there is a added gray hatch mark on the timeline that moves when you try to trim the clip. I thing the gray hatch mark is trying to tell me somthing but it is confusing to me.
James_the_Grate wrote on 1/27/2002, 9:45 PM
From a novice and having never done what you are trying, let me present a suggestion. It appears that when you select and/or edit parts of a media clip, the entire clip is still there, but I would guess that VV3 adds pointers for the start and stop locations. Reversing a piece of edited video may be confusing the pointers.

I suggest highlighting the portion that you want to reverse and render just the selected portion. Then import that new clip into the project and reverse as desired.

The above may be correct, incorrect, or oversimplified!
FadeToBlack wrote on 1/27/2002, 10:09 PM
jdozz wrote on 1/27/2002, 10:13 PM
When you using velocity envelopes, I believe VV3 will use the original source material and will add to or subtract from that source depending if you are trying to slow it down or speed it up. You might want to render the clip you want as a separate AVI file and then try to reverse it. I really have to play with the velocity envelopes in order to get the content I want. Just a thought!
bonze10 wrote on 1/27/2002, 11:24 PM
Hmmm. Well, I'm playing with that, and still not getting the results. I drag and drag and I'm seeing all kinds of other footage, not even near my event footage! It looks to me like I will end up rendering it to a separate file as mentioned, and loading it in as its own event which really sux. I'll keep playing with the sliding and such, but its just not working for me...
bonze10 wrote on 1/27/2002, 11:37 PM
Ok, I followed these instructions step by step. I dragged forever to the left holding the alt key. All it showed me was the footage before this clip. COMPLETELY removing the footage that was in the event to begin with. I think I'm beginning to understand why, and how this works, but it seems to me that it should reverse the clip as we all want it to do with no hassle. Instead of having to do all this. Hell, the right click menu should even have a "reverse video" switch! :)

All I am gonna do (and i just tried it, it works), is render the event to a new track, then reverse that. It works nicely, just sux cuz I have to have even more media on my drive. Oh well, this will work until I figure out your method, which I don't doubt is working for you, I just can't get it to do so for me! :)

Thanx!