Operation Manual

106 Pinnacle Studio 9
the Speed effect, move your mouse pointer to the clip’s
right-hand edge. When the Speed change pointer
appears, click and drag the edge of the clip as though
you were trimming its length. You can select anywhere
from one-fifth to ten times the original duration. The
actual trimming of the clip – the range of frames it
incorporates – is not affected.
Playback speed is reduced by repeating frames. Here,
the movie runs at one-third speed as each frame is
played three times before moving onto the next.
Slowing a clip down can make its motion look choppy.
The Smooth motion option creates intermediate frames
that reduce the choppiness.
Strobe
The Strobe effect creates “frozen” motion like that of a
dancer under strobe lights. The Strobe repetition
parameter indicates how many times to repeat each
displayed frame in the currently-selected clip. The
maximum setting is 50.
The clip duration remains constant; Studio drops
frames to make room for the repeated ones.