stretch video?

chudson wrote on 6/28/2010, 2:40 PM

Is there a way to stretch the duration of a video clip? In iMovie, you could change the duration of a video clip and it would slow/speed accordingly.
I have a video clip of about a second that I need to stretch to 5 or so. Any hints?

CH

Comments

Jazzman54 wrote on 6/28/2010, 2:50 PM

This is a very usefull feature of Vegas. If you group a sequence of events then use the Control key when you stretch the clips (look for the wavy underline) then you can stretch or compress. There is a limit though ... 3 times I think without looking.

Chienworks wrote on 6/28/2010, 5:47 PM

The limit is 4, actually. If that isn't enough then one can render out the slowed clip to a new file, replace it with this new file, and stretch again.

If there's no audio involved then a velocity envelope can also be applied to allowe an additional 3x speed change for a total of 12x. However, velocity envelopes don't affect audio so this may or may not be useful.

If its a single clip then obviously there's no need to group before changing the speed.

chudson wrote on 6/28/2010, 6:52 PM

Wow, thanks guys. I would have never found that. The help file in Vegas is of little help I'm finding ....

PeterWright wrote on 6/28/2010, 8:17 PM

Before you write off the Vegas Help files ....

If you put in the word "stretch" you will get a list of results, and third from the top is "Adjusting an Event's Length". How much more helpful can they get?