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268Motion User Guide
Lengthen a video object’s duration and slow down its playback speed
1. In Motion, with the pointer positioned over the end of a video clip (the Out point), press
and hold the Option key.
The pointer turns into the retime pointer.
2. Continuing to press and hold the Option key, drag the Out point of the clip’s bar to
the right.
As you drag, the tooltip displays the clip’s speed and duration.
Loop a clip
Another way to extend a video clip’s duration is to loop it. When a looped clip reaches its
last frame, it starts playing again from its first frame. You can easily loop a clip by adjusting
it in the Timeline.
1. In Motion, with the pointer positioned over the end of a video clip (the Out point), press
and hold the Option and Shift keys.
The pointer turns into the loop pointer.
2. Continuing to press and hold the Option and Shift keys, drag the Out point of the bar to
the right.
As you drag, the tooltip displays the clip’s Out point, total Duration, and Loop Duration.
A looped object displays barriers to indicate where loops begin and end in the Timeline.
Change the loop point of a clip
Moving the first loop barrier in a layer’s bar changes the point where the clip loops.
• In the Timeline track area in Motion, drag the first loop barrier left or right.
The end point of the clip’s loop moves as you drag.