Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1116)

Chapter 16 Changing Clip Speed and Time Remapping 329
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Time Remapping Using the Time Graph
While the Time Remap tool allows you to make speed adjustments to clips quickly, you
can also make time remapping changes using the time graph in either the keyframe
editor of the Timeline or the keyframe graph area of the Motion tab in the Viewer. In
particular, editing the time graph is the only way to modify keyframe velocity, easing
the transition from one speed keyframe to another using smoothed keyframes with
Bezier handles.
The following illustrations show how changes to the time graph affect the speed of a
clip in the Timeline. In each graph, the vertical axis represents media time, where each
tic mark up is a successive frame of your video clip. The horizontal axis represents the
Timeline, where each tic mark is a frame forward in the Timeline.
 Linear time (100% speed): This is represented by a straight, upward-sloping diagonal
line, in which one frame of a video clip plays during one frame of the Timeline. This is
real time.
 Slow motion (less than 100% speed): Slow motion is represented by a line with a more
gradual slope, in which one frame of a video clip may play over perhaps three frames
of the Timeline.
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