

NOTE: Whenever you change the speed of a clip, the duration of that clip also changes. (A hold frame can be any duration you need.) If you need to adjust the duration of the hold frame, drag the vertical black bar as needed. Each of the four orange bars is running slower than the one to its left. The orange bars represent gradually slowing sections of video. Here’s what it looks like in the timeline.
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NOTE: Speed ramps are variable speed sections of a clip that start at full speed and slow to a stop, or begin at the hold frame and speed up.įinal Cut creates a gradually slowing section of video matching the duration of the range you just selected that starts at full speed and gradually slows to a stop at the hold frame. NOTE: To assure this, I generally START drawing the range at the hold frame, then drag back to the left.įrom the speedometer menu at the bottom left of the Viewer, choose Speed Ramp > to 0%. Make SURE the selection ends at the hold frame. Select the Range tool (shortcut: R) and drag to select the region in the clip that you want to gradually slow. You can always adjust this duration later with no problem. Drag the vertical black line to the right of the hold frame bar ( blue arrow) to the length you want.Press Shift + H to create a hold frame ( red bar above the thumbnails) at the position of the playhead.This isn’t strictly necessary, but it makes sure you’re freezing the correct frame. Press M to create a marker at the position of the playhead. In the timeline, put a marker on the frame you want to freeze ( yellow arrow).(Footage courtesy of Hallmark Broadcast.) The easiest way is to create the hold frame first, then slow the video to meet it. This creates a freeze frame at the position of the playhead that slams a clip from full-speed into a still image.īut, what if you want to slow from full-speed into a still image? You can, but it takes an extra step. It is easy to create a still frame (called a “hold” frame) in Final Cut.
