Question about slowing a clip down

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:19 pm

I am working with a clip and am slowing it down and want to stop it on a still picture that is the end of the clip. Is there a way to slow a portion of a clip down, say the last 10 seconds of a clip and each second slows it down 10%?

I am looking for a way to do that other than cutting out a single second ten times and slowing each down 10, then 20, then 30… percent up to 100 percent where it would stop on the still picture at the end.

Thanks in advance.

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:14 pm

daddog,

To the best of my knowledge VS doesn't have the feature that you're looking for. It's either all or nothing as far as speed goes. So I'd say get busy with the Multi-trim!

Ron G.

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:49 pm

I think your right.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:14 pm

I preface my comment by saying that I have never done this, so can't offer any empirical proof. However, VS9 (and VS8 IIRC) allows you to vary the speed of your video. I would have thought that you could use this, with a little work, to achieve the effect you are after. You would get to the point you want to start slowing down, and slow it to, say, 50%, then after 10 seconds, slow it another 10% and so on. Not sure you can slow it to zero, however. But I would have thought you could take a still image of the final frame and insert that for a timed period after the end of the clip which by now will be running at around 10% of the original speed and that would give the impression that the video has slowed to zero... Anyway, just a thought.

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:24 am

Ken that is exactly what I ended up doing. It was... cumbersome, but actually worked out quite well.

Also doing it in 20% sections we just fine.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:19 am

Really glad it worked out -- and I will now store the idea to use myself!!

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:01 pm

daddog,

Glad it worked out for you too. At least you could multi-trim your clips before you adjusted the speed. Too bad the speed adjustment is all or nothing. Now that you brought it up, it would be nice to be able to adjust the speed over time. Maybe even pause on a frame for a duration. I'm sure that's sometihing that's programmable. So did you use one second clips like you thought you would need?

R. Guthrie

P.S. I'm currently using the Playback speed to show a "time lapse" of the kids helping set up the Christmas tree. Of course it's not time lapse, just fast!

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:09 am

rguthrie

Now that you brought it up, it would be nice to be able to adjust the speed over time.

That is exactly what I was looking for. It would be very nice to have that feature.

I did not need to use 1 second clips. In fact I ended up using 20 second clips over about one minute. Came out real nice and stopping on a picture that was a picture of something just past end of the clip. I used the FX transition where it fades from one picture to another.

LOL I like that idea about the Christmas tree. We will try that!

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:49 pm

Sorry but variable speed isn't built into VS9 but if you upgrade to MSP8 there is a variable speed option where you can set key frames and specify what speed you wish at each keyframe.

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:17 am

Forgive me. What is MSP8?

Choptop · Post by **Choptop** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:08 am

daddog wrote:Forgive me. What is MSP8?

About 250 bucks!
Media Studio Pro 8

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:37 pm

Ouch! Is this a program made by Ulead?

I will stick with the old way.

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:43 pm

Ouch! Is this a program made by Ulead?

I will stick with the old way.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:19 pm

daddog

Yes Media Studio Pro 8 is made by Ulead. It is the "Big Brother" version of Video Studio 9 aimed more for the professional where VS9 is aimed more at the Casual / Home User.

There is a 30 day free trial available on the Ulead website

sergeyso · Post by **sergeyso** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:19 pm

Hi all - I'll ask my question here just to not open a separate topic, my question is related to this.

In the year 2010, there is VS X3 still without built-in ability to vary slowdown speed, and no MSP8 anymore.

The question is - does anyone found a workflow how to vary speed of the clip.
I've searched the forum and found only this with the workflow description.

Currently, I need to speed-up the clip - start at 100% speed, end lets say at 300%. Speed is increasing during entire clip.
Tried the suggestion above (split clips and increment speed in each), but results didn't satisfy me.

Another suggestion would be great - another workflow, effect, free program to try, etc...

Thank you.

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