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560Final Cut Pro User Guide
Reset speed changes in Final Cut Pro
You can reset a range selection or a clip to play back at normal (100 percent) speed.
Resetting the speed also removes any directional effects (reverse and rewind) and hold
segments applied to the selection.
1. In the Final Cut Pro timeline, select a range, a whole clip, or a group of clips whose
speed you want to reset.
2. Click the Retime pop-up menu below the viewer and choose Normal 100% (or press
Shift-N).
Conform frame sizes and rates in Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro manages project settings automatically. This means you can work with
multiple media types with differing frame sizes (also referred to as resolution) and frame
rates in the same project. When you add the first video clip to your project, Final Cut Pro
automatically sets the format, frame size, and frame rate for the entire project based on
the properties of that first clip (or, more precisely, on the properties of the clip’s source
media file).
You can modify the project’s settings at any time, and you can control, on a clip-by-
clip basis, how Final Cut Pro conforms an individual clip’s frame rate and frame size to
match the project settings. All of the project information in this section applies equally to
compound clips, which can have their own distinct project settings.
You can add interlaced clips to progressive (non-interlaced) projects and progressive clips
to interlaced projects. To add an interlaced clip to a progressive project, see the instructions
below. Final Cut Pro accepts progressive clips in interlaced projects automatically.
Here are things to keep in mind when working with multiple formats and frame sizes:
• Choose video and audio project properties based on how you intend to share your final
movie with your audience. For example, if you’re editing a project with mixed-format
media and you intend to share it as 1080p HD, you should set your project’s video
properties to 1080p HD.
• If you’re unsure of the final distribution format, the most important decision you can
make before creating your project is choosing your project’s frame rate. It’s easy to
change the format and the frame size of your project, but changing the frame rate can
cause all the edit points in your project to shift in time.
• If you have a clip that matches the video and audio properties of the format in which
you intend to share your project, add this clip to your project first. Final Cut Pro
automatically creates matching project settings. This saves you from having to change
your project settings later.
Tip: If the first clip you add to a project is an audio clip or a still-image clip,
Final Cut Pro prompts you to choose the video properties for your project. Cancel the
edit, add a video clip whose source media file has the video properties you require for
your project, and then add the audio or still-image clip to your project.