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598 Chapter 12: Animation
With a t ime warp, you will cause the motion
to occur at the desired frame b y moving the
original time to the warped time within the clip.
To warp a clip’s time:
1.
IntheMotionMixer,zoominontheoriginal
time for the time warp. This is the frame
number you noted in step 2 of the previous
procedure.
2. In the Motion Mixer, select the clip.
3. From the Motion Mixer menu, choose Clips >
Add Time Warp.
The appearance of the clip does not change
when a time warp is added.
4. On the Motion Mixer toolbar, click
Editable Time Warps.
Aseriesofevenlyspaceddashesappearson
the clip. The lengths of the dashes indicate the
relative speed of the clip at various points. Right
now, all dashes are evenly spaced to indicate
the clip is playing at its orig i nal speed f rom
beginning to end.
5. Move the cursor over the clip’s horizontal
center line until an arrow cursor appears.
6. At the approximate original t ime, click the clip
to set a time warp bar .
A time warp bar ac tually consists of two parts,
atopandabottom.
7. Click the top half the bar. The top half turns
white to indicate it is selected.
8. Dragthetophalfofthebartotheleftorrightto
set it to the warped time noted in step 3 of the
previous procedure. This will cause the motion
attheoriginaltimetooccuratthewarpedtime.
Tip: As y ou drag the top bar, watch the Frame
value at the top of the Motion Mixer window to
see the top bar’s new frame number.