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Adjusting Clip Timing

In the Motion Mixer, you can shorten clips or change their timing interactively

within the track display. You can change the timing of motion clips in a

number of ways:

■ Change the length of a clip without changing its speed by trimming the

clip at the start or end.

■ Change the speed of an entire clip by stretching it out or shrinking it.

■ Cause varying changes in speed throughout the clip with time warps. See

Adding Time Warps on page 3733.

TIP When changing clip timing, it can be helpful to display start and end

frame numbers and the clip time scale. To do this, click Preferences on the Motion

Mixer and choose the appropriate options in the

Mixer Preferences dialog on page

3791. As you choose options, the Motion Mixer display is changed interactively.

Procedures

To change the length of a clip without changing its speed:

On the Motion Mixer toolbar, click Trim Clips.

2 Drag either end of a clip to trim its length.

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