Adobe Premiere Question

[Martyn]

I'm very new to Premiere and I'm using Premiere Pro. I was just wondering if there's any way to have a clip play at a certain speed, then slow down/speed up to another speed.

For example, say you've got a clip of driving down a road, and you've sped it up quite considerably, for that cool look, BUT there's a point in that clip where you point the camera at a roadsign or something, because it's significant, is there a way to have the bit where you point at the sign to slow down, and then speed up again once you're back facing the road.

 

I've been able to chop the video into sections and use the rate stretch tool to slow down the right section, but when you playback the whole thing, the transition between fast and slow is pretty nasty.

 

I think I've seen it done on some coaster videos before, one was Robb's ECO DVD, at Thorpe Park, with the shot down Colossus's heartlines, but I'm not sure if that was a gradual increase in speed which is what I'm after.

 

Thanks!

[robbalvey]

^ It wasn't a gradual one, it was a cut, then we sped up the next clip. Pretty much as you described above. Some clips look really good sped up, then slowed down, then sped back up again, but then others for whatever reason just look ass.

 

It's nothing you're doing wrong, it just sometimes is the personality of the video.

 

--Robb

[Sir Clinksalot]

here's how I do it, and it seems to be okay.

 

First off, I razor cut the spots where I want the FIRST speed change to be (it's really important to do it one step at a time - once you razor cut it, the two "new" clips will run independently of one another - you can very easily create idiotic overlay issues where the end of the slowed down clip won't match the exact point where the NON-slowed down clip is).

 

I then reduce the speed from that razor point on. Check it out, and the slowing down part should look gold.

 

Razor cut the point where you want it to return to regular speed, and set that speed/duration accordingly.

 

I believe (and I could be wrong) that Premiere automatically gradulates (is that a word?) the rate, so it isn't as choppy as it could be. The key is the do each speed transition one at a time.

 

But like Robb said, sometimes you just can't make it look like you want it to. Nature of the beast.

 

never really mess with the tools - I always forget which one does what, then it's back to the history box to delete my screw-ups. I'm strictly an arrow and razor cut guy (and since Robb has seen one of my videos, he probably agrees that using other tools would be a really good idea).