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Jeff Krepner · February 22nd, 2007, 10:35 AM

Hey gang, I'm still fairly new with FCP and I'm used to being able to change the speed of a clip (in Vegas) without rippling the clips after it. I can't seem to figure out an easy way to change a clip's speed without affecting the clips that come after it. My work around has been to move the clip to a new track, lock all other tracks to avoid ripple, changing the speed off the clip, then unlocking all tracks, and finally moving the clip back to its place in the sequence. In vegas it was just a matter of ALT+trimming to adjust speed and I suspect FCP has a similar feature but I haven't found it in the manual.

Is there a faster way? can I turn off ripple?

Thanks in advance.
Jeff

Andy Mees · February 22nd, 2007, 11:01 AM

not directly ... thats just not fcp's speed adjust paradigm

a simple workaround is to adjust the speed in the viewer:
use cmd-opt-f to match frame a copy into the viewer,
then press cmd-j to open the speed adjust window and make the changes you're looking for,
then use f11 to replace the clip in the timeline with the speed adjusted version in the viewer

Jeff Krepner · February 24th, 2007, 09:57 AM

Thanks Andy. I also tried using the time remapping tool ('S'S'S') and that changes the speed without rippling too.

Jeff

February 22nd, 2007, 10:35 AM	#1
Jeff Krepner Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Timonium, MD Posts: 142	Defeating Ripple? Hey gang, I'm still fairly new with FCP and I'm used to being able to change the speed of a clip (in Vegas) without rippling the clips after it. I can't seem to figure out an easy way to change a clip's speed without affecting the clips that come after it. My work around has been to move the clip to a new track, lock all other tracks to avoid ripple, changing the speed off the clip, then unlocking all tracks, and finally moving the clip back to its place in the sequence. In vegas it was just a matter of ALT+trimming to adjust speed and I suspect FCP has a similar feature but I haven't found it in the manual. Is there a faster way? can I turn off ripple? Thanks in advance. Jeff

February 22nd, 2007, 11:01 AM	#2
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	not directly ... thats just not fcp's speed adjust paradigm a simple workaround is to adjust the speed in the viewer: use cmd-opt-f to match frame a copy into the viewer, then press cmd-j to open the speed adjust window and make the changes you're looking for, then use f11 to replace the clip in the timeline with the speed adjusted version in the viewer

February 24th, 2007, 09:57 AM	#3
Jeff Krepner Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Timonium, MD Posts: 142	Thanks Andy. I also tried using the time remapping tool ('S'S'S') and that changes the speed without rippling too. Jeff