Slow Motion?

midgetgundy wrote on 5/19/2004, 7:30 AM

Is there a way to create a slow motion effect in Vegas 4?
I want to slow down the video and the audio if possible.

If there is a way to slow down only the audio, that would work as well.

Also, is there a way to speed up the video and audio?

If you have any information on this subject, please post it.

Thanks,
-Gundy

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 5/19/2004, 7:39 AM

The simplest thing to do is to place the mouse pointer at the right edge of the clip (it will turn into a horizontal arrow inside a box), hold down the Ctrl key, and drag the edge of the clip to the right. This will stretch it and slow it down. The farther you stretch the slower it will go. This affects both the audio and the video. If you want to change only one of them then ungroup them first.

If you Ctrl-drag to the left you will squish the clip and speed it up instead.

johnmeyer wrote on 5/19/2004, 8:58 AM

You can also use a velocity envelope (use the Help system).

You can also right-click on the event, and set the playback speed.

FuTz wrote on 5/20/2004, 3:38 AM

To complement on Chienworks post, just remember to right click the clip after stretching and select "force resample" to have a smoother effect. And concerning audio, I *think* (?) you can go in preferences and choose to alter or not the audio clip (the pitch, that is) by using a dedicated switch...

I mainly use this solution since I don't like the way Velocity Envelope acts on the overall clip: if you "squeeze", you find that the beginning of the clip repeats itself at the end of itself; you have to render on different track, re-edit the part you want, etc... from my point of view: hell. Maybe I overlooked something there though... anyone?

midgetgundy wrote on 5/20/2004, 8:06 AM

Ok, when I pressed Ctrl & dragged it, the sound just got choppy.
It was slower video, but the audio sounded the same, just broken up.

How do I even out the audio?

-Gundy

farss wrote on 5/20/2004, 8:42 AM

Right click the audio event and try different algorithms. Also the default in Vegas is to hold the pitch, anymore than about 10% speed change with constant pitch will make audio fall apart.