Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual

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Sliding a Frame from Another Time to the Current Playhead Position

Clicking a clip with the Time Remap tool moves the playhead to the frame at the
position of the pointer, and dragging slides a frame from elsewhere in that clip to the
current position of the playhead. Using this method, you can remap any frame from
your clip’s media file to the current position of the playhead. This is the default behavior
of the Time Remap tool.

Note: For simplicity, the clip in the following example is described as having timecode
starting at 00:00:00:00, and the Timeline starts at 01:00:00:00. In reality, the source
frame you select corresponds to the timecode value of the clip’s media file.

For example, clicking a clip at 01:00:02:00 in the Timeline with the Time Remap tool
places the playhead at that frame in the Timeline. Dragging to the left, you move frame
00:00:06:00 in your clip from 01:00:06:00 in the Timeline to 01:00:02:00, which is the
current position of the playhead.

Frame 00:00:06:00 from the clip’s media file has been remapped to frame 00:00:02:00.
A new keyframe is placed at the position of the playhead, with the right half of your
clip being slowed down and the left half being sped up.

To move a source frame from another time to the playhead position:

Select the Time Remap tool in the Tool palette (or press the S key three times).

Move the Time Remap tool over the clip you want to adjust in the Timeline.

100% speed

Variable speed

Squeezed, faster

Stretched, slower

Time Remap

tool

An indicator line appears over the

clip showing you which frame

you’re about to select.