Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1105)

318 Part II Project Interchange
Where You Can Make Time Remapping Adjustments
There are four places in Final Cut Pro where you can make variable speed adjustments:
 Timeline: One of the simplest ways to make variable speed changes is to use the
Time Remap tool in the Tool palette to make adjustments to clips directly in the
Timeline. As you work with this tool, an outline of your clip appears that shows you
which source frame in the clip is being remapped to what time. Optionally, you can
choose to display speed indicators and a keyframe graph underneath that clip’s track
in the Timeline, to help you see what you’re doing. For more information on using
the Time Remap tool, see “
Using the Time Remap Tool ” on page 323.
 Time graph: You can also add, subtract, smooth, and adjust time remap keyframes
using the time graph parameter in the keyframe editor in the Timeline. For more
information on creating variable speed effects using the time graph, see “
Time
Remapping Using the Time Graph ” on page 329.
 Motion bar: Time remap keyframes appear on the motion bar, and these keyframes
can be dragged backward and forward in time using the Selection tool. When you
use this feature in combination with the Timeline speed indicators, you can make
sophisticated speed adjustments very simply.
 Motion tab in the Viewer: The speed settings you’ve applied to a clip also appear in
the Time Remap parameters of a clip’s Motion tab in the Viewer.
Viewing Time Remapping Parameters Applied to Your Clips
Four graphical displays in the Timeline show you speed settings applied to your clips.
Before learning how to make speed changes, it’s important for you to understand the
information these displays give you. All of them update as you make adjustments, so
you can see exactly how a speed change you make affects the clip being adjusted.
Motion bar (blue)
Speed indicator area
Speed tooltips
Keyframe editor