User Guide

CHAPTER 6

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Fine-tuning Animation

6 Move the remap-time marker on the upper time ruler to the frame you want to display

at the time indicated on the lower time ruler:

• To move the preceding portion of the layer forward, set the remap-time marker to a later

time than the current-time marker.

• To move the preceding portion of the layer backward, set the remap-time marker to an

earlier time than the current-time marker.

• To freeze a frame, set the remap-time marker to the frame you want frozen. Then, move

the current-time marker (lower ruler) to the last point in time where the frame will appear

frozen and move the remap-time marker again to the frame you want frozen.

Time-remapping audio pitch

The Velocity graph in the Time-remap property directly relates to the pitch of an audio

ﬁle. By making subtle changes to the Velocity graph, you can create a variety of interesting

effects. To avoid screeching audio, you may want to keep the Velocity below 200%. When

the velocity (speed) is too high, use the Levels controls, located under the Audio property,

to control the volume.

You may hear clicks at the beginning and end of an audio (or an audio and video) layer

after setting new In and Out points in the Time Remap graph. Use the Levels controls to

remove these clicks; see “Using audio layers” on page 153.

To change the pitch of an audio layer:

1 In a Composition window or Timeline window, select the layer you want to remap.

2 Choose Layer > Enable Time Remapping.

3 Click the triangle to the left of the layer name to expand the layer outline.

4 Click the triangle to the left of the Time Remap heading to display the time graph for

time-remapping.

5 Move the current-time marker to the frame where you want change to begin, and then

click the keyframe navigator box.

6 On the Velocity graph below the keyframe, drag a marker, watching the Velocity value

as you drag.

• To lower the pitch, drag the Velocity graph marker down.

• To increase the pitch, drag the Velocity graph marker up.

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