Time remapping graph ?

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Anartiste

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Do you guys understand anything about the way the time remapping graph works ?

This is by far the most unintuitive tool I know on this planet.

Also : is there a simple way to change the speed of a clip already enclosed in a sequence (ie : between two clips) WITHOUT changing its duration in the time line ?
 
Re: Time remapping graph ?

[quote author=Anartiste link=board=FCP;num=1107091034;start=0#0 date=01/30/05 at 05:17:14]Do you guys understand anything about the way the time remapping graph works ?

This is by far the most unintuitive tool I know on this planet.[/quote]

I totally agree. Are you looking for some tutorials? or are you just wondering, "is it the feature?" or "am I lame?" I eventually understood it, after reading guidance from a book and going through a tutorial and then many, many, many practice attempts. Ocassionally, it is totally logical to me, and sometimes I have no idea how I make it work.


Also : is there a simple way to change the speed of a clip already enclosed in a sequence (ie : between two clips) WITHOUT changing its duration in the time line ?[/quote]

Fit to fill? shift+ f11
 
Re: Time remapping graph ?

The graph is a lookup table (for those used to Curves in Photoshop)
Time goes in horizontally and goes out vertically
When you open the graph with no time remap applied it's a 45 degree line. 5 seconds in equals 5 seconds out.
Now set it to 200%. You'll see it's 1/2 the size on one axis. and the angle is now 60 degrees.
By speeding up the clip 200% (2x) the clip will end sooner.
If you still need to fill a given time then you will need to extend the clip itelf.
(or if you're slowing it down you will need to trim it.)
You may want to put it on a different video layer to experiment with.
Your other option is to go variable speed. Control click in/out points on graph and set to smooth. Now you can adjust it so it ramps in and ramps out to keep the same time.
 
Re: Time remapping graph ?

So simple... once you know how.

Thanks a lot buddies. I'll try some temporal experiment today to check out if I'm totally stupid (as I started to fear) or just normally stupid (as I thought before I met The Graph).

Will this site leave me unanswered one day ? I doubt so, that's why I love it. 8)
 
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