Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 102)

102 Chapter 6 Fine-Tuning Your Edit
To change the playback speed of a clip:
1 Select a clip in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Modify > Speed (or press Command-J).
• Control-click a clip, then choose Speed from the shortcut menu.
3 Select speed options for the effect you want to create, then click OK.
• Duration and Speed fields: You can modify the clip’s marked duration or speed
percentage. Unmodified clips have a clip speed of 100 percent. Changes to one of
these settings are automatically reflected in the other.
• Reverse: Select this checkbox to make the clip play in reverse, using any speed
specified by the above controls.
• Frame Blending: Select this checkbox to smooth the apparent motion of a clip
playing back at slow or fast speeds.
The clip’s duration in your sequence changes, getting longer or shorter depending on
the new speed you selected.
Changing the clip’s speed
or duration automatically
changes the other value.