Time Stretch multiple clips

Paul T wrote on 4/29/2009, 6:38 AM

Hi all - How would i time Stretch multiple cilips / images as one piece of video. Currently i have dropped 300 images on to the timeline but each image is take 5 seconds. I would like to reduce this to 2 seconds per image them turn the movie into a avi file. Paul

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rs170a wrote on 4/29/2009, 6:46 AM

Click the first one, shift-click the last one, press G to group them, place the cursor at then end, hold down the Ctrl button and drag the entire sequence backwards to the desired length.
There's no need to render this out as a DV-AVI (in Best mode) unless you want to use it in another video.

Mike

TheHappyFriar wrote on 4/29/2009, 6:49 AM

never knew that trick, thanks! :D

Paul T wrote on 4/29/2009, 7:00 AM

Thank you - great reply

rs170a wrote on 4/29/2009, 8:23 AM

I find this trick particularly useful when I'm creating slide shows with music.
I pick a song and drop the required images on the timeline.
I have my prefs set to 3 sec./image.
If this turns out to be just a bit too short or too long, I use this trick to get all the images to the exact length of the song :-)

Mike

beef-w wrote on 6/21/2019, 8:39 AM

Click the first one, shift-click the last one, press G to group them, place the cursor at then end, hold down the Ctrl button and drag the entire sequence backwards to the desired length.
There's no need to render this out as a DV-AVI (in Best mode) unless you want to use it in another video.

Mike

Dear sir thank you so much!

vkmast wrote on 6/21/2019, 1:22 PM

Another classic piece of advice from @rs170a, who is a classic himself here.

rs170a wrote on 6/21/2019, 6:49 PM

@vkmast, calling me a classic means that I'm old - which, at 68, I guess I am 😉
I'm just glad that a post from more than 10 years ago is still helping someone in this day and age.

Mike