Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 133)

128 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Editing clips
Last updated 8/12/2010
3 Choose Clip > Time Stretch.
4 In the Time Stretch dialog box, type a percentage for Speed. A value less the 100% slows down the clip; a value
greater than 100% increases its speed.
5 (Optional) To keep the pitch of an audio clip unchanged, select Maintain Audio Pitch.
6 Click OK. Preview your changes, and then make adjustments as necessary.
7 If you moved the clip in step 1, drag it back into place in the movie.
Change the speed and duration of multiple clips
You can change the speed and duration of multiple clips when you are in the Timeline view of the My Projects panel.
1 Do one of the following to select multiple clips:
• To select non-consecutive clips, Shift-click each clip.
• To select consecutive clips, click in the My Projects panel and drag a marquee around the selected clips.
• To select all the clips, press Ctrl-A.
2 Select Clip > Time Stretch to modify the speed and duration of all the selected clips.
Set the duration of a clip
The duration of a video or audio clip is the length of time it plays from its first frame (In point) to its last frame (Out
point). The initial duration of a clip is the same as it was when the clip was imported or captured. Most often, you
change a clip’s duration by trimming frames from either end. But you can also trim the end of a clip by designating a
specific duration.
Unlike video, still images are not limited to the length of the original clip. You can set their duration to any length.
1 Select a clip in Project view of the Tasks panel or in the Timeline.
2 Choose Clip > Time Stretch.
3 In the Time Stretch dialog box, click the Link button to unlink speed and duration. When linked, changing
the duration also changes the playback speed of the clip.
4 Type a new duration, and click OK.
Reverse the playback of a clip
Reversing a clip plays the clip backward, Out point to In point. You can also reverse the clip and change its speed. You
can reverse a clip using the Timeline only—not the Sceneline.
1 Select the clip in the Timeline.
2 Choose Clip > Time Stretch.
3 (Optional) To change the speed of the clip, type a percentage for Speed in the Time Stretch dialog box. A value less
the 100% slows down the clip; a value greater than 100% increases its speed.
4 Select Reverse Speed, and click OK.
To both reverse the clip and change its speed with one action, type a negative percentage for Speed, where –200 plays
the clip in reverse at double its normal speed and –50 plays the clip in reverse at half its normal speed.