Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 785)

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Changing Clip Speed
You can adjust a clip’s speed parameters to create
fast- or slow-motion effects.
This chapter covers the following:
 Speed Basics (p. 785)
 Constant Speed Settings (p. 789)
Speed Basics
The default speed of all clips is 100 percent, but you can change a clip’s speed setting
at any time.
 Slow motion: Speed is under 100 percent.
 Fast motion: Speed is over 100 percent.
You may have different reasons for changing the speed settings. For example, you may
want to solve editorial problems in your sequence. In that case, you can do a fit to fill
edit, making a clip longer to fill more time or shorter if an action takes longer than
you’d like.