How timecode is affected by speed settings – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 16
Changing Clip Speed and Time Remapping
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Time Graph Output Parameters
 Time: A timecode value showing the clip’s current playhead position in the Timeline
or Viewer. If the clip is in a sequence, the current Timeline timecode is shown. If the
clip is a Browser clip, the clip’s current timecode is shown.
 Source Frame: The timecode value of the clip frame that’s mapped to the current
time. This field always shows time with View Native Speed selected.
 Velocity %: Indicates the rate at which a clip is changing from one playback speed to
another when time remap keyframes with Bezier smoothing are applied to a
variable-speed clip.
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Tip: Like any other motion parameters, time remapping parameters can be saved as
motion favorites. For more information, see “
Creating Favorite Filters and Transitions
How Timecode Is Affected by Speed Settings
To see timecode affected by speed adjustments to the current clip, select View Native
Speed. The word native indicates that you are seeing the source timecode numbers
as they exist in the media file without any interpretation from Final Cut Pro. For more
information about timecode display options, see Volume II, Chapter 25, “Working
With Timecode.”
If View Native Speed is deselected, the timecode is affected by any speed settings
applied to the current clip. For example, if your clip has been slowed down by 50
percent, the timecode numbers increment at 50-percent speed as well.
Note: Timecode numbers appear in italics when View Native Speed is selected.
To see how speed settings affect the timecode view, try the following:
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Open a clip in the Viewer.
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Choose Modify > Speed or press Command-J.
3
Type 25 in the Speed field, then click OK.
The clip now plays back frames from the media file at 25-percent speed. The source
timecode plays back just as slowly.
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In the Viewer, move through the clip one frame at a time using the left and right
arrow keys.
Note that the timecode numbers change once every four frames. This is because the
speed-adjusted clip holds each video frame for a duration of four frames, and the
native timecode numbers are displayed. The video frames and the timecode numbers
change only every fourth frame when viewed in the speed-adjusted clip.