RE: Timewarp SlowDown

["John Heiser" <johnh(at)o2ideas.com>]

Title: Timewarp SlowDown

What you want to do calls for the Input Speed mode in Timewarp. Select that mode and select Show Input Frames (bottom of the page). Move to the place where you want the speed change to begin and set a keyframe at 800. You should see the curve change and hopefully the effect will be what you’re looking for. Deselect “Show Input Frames” to view the result.

 

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John Heiser

Avid DS Editor

o2ideas

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Troy Thompson
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 9:43 AM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Timewarp SlowDown

 

Hello all,

Having problems understanding how to effect the speed of a clip over time. I’ve read the manual and the online help and I’m at a loss.

I’m trying to slow the speed of a clip over time, from 800% and to 100%. It’s a timewarp I created in MC and conformed in the DS that I’m trying to recreate. I edit the source material into the timeline and apply a time warp. Select “Speed”. Keyframe the first frame as 800 and leave the last frame as 100. When I change the first keyframe to 800, the source frame changes to a point in the clip that’s offline. I want the first framed to be anchored, but setting the base frame to “First” or changing it to the timewarp source point doesn’t lock the effect to the first frame I edited in the timeline to begin with. I step into the timewarp and the base frame is on the original first frame that was edited in the timeline.

Conversely, I’m able to do a speed up no problem. What am I not understanding?

Thanks all,

Troy