Additions to wish list...

[G-man]

1) The feature of being able to modify the speed of a section of a clip would be nice. I notice that you can speed up the video project but only from beginning to end. I'm going to try and cut a small piece out, speed it up then drop it back in. Hopefully it will fit in seemlessly. However, being able to do the same without all that work would be a delight.

2) Synchronization seems like an essential tool in any decent video editor.

Gerard
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[jparnold]

Disregard this reply - I misread the initial post.

[TubaDad]

If I am reading the problem correctly, there is a fairly easy way to address your problem. You can use the multiclip option and use the scissors to clip the beginning of what you want to speed up and again at the end, then you will treat that section as it's own clip. I do this for different video filters. It is a lot more involved if you want to do transitions between the sections, but for a quick speed up of that section it is pretty easy.

[sjj1805]

I can confirm that what Bruce TubaDad has said is the correct way to speed up/slow down parts of a video. I have done so dozens of times including in my article:
Converting Super 8 films

[G-man]

TubaDad,

Thanks for your input, and I think I can use your idea for other things. But as I understand the method you describe, there would need to be some absence of action before or after the video content that I wish to speed up; otherwise, wouldn't you be losing video content?

For example if I wanted to do something like you see in an old Charlie Chaplan movie--where he would suddenly walk cartoonishly fast in a scene--wouldn't the trimming process remove part of the action?

If I am reading the problem correctly, there is a fairly easy way to address your problem. You can use the multiclip option and use the scissors to clip the beginning of what you want to speed up and again at the end, then you will treat that section as it's own clip. I do this for different video filters. It is a lot more involved if you want to do transitions between the sections, but for a quick speed up of that section it is pretty easy.

[BrianCee]

You have not understood something - you use the scissors tool to just cut the video in the timeline - you do not remove anything at all - so that even after you have cut the video it would play seamlessly through the cut without the viewer noticing. so it does not matter what action takes place either side of the cut.

Simply use the scissors tool to cut at the beginning and end of the section you want to speed up - then select that portion only and increase it's speed - do not at any time remove or delete any of your video from the timeline.