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Mixing Frame Rates and Field Motion Types
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Viewing Mixed Rate Clips in the Timeline
Mixed rate clips that are unrendered always appear with a green dot that represents the Motion
Adapter effect, the green dot appears on mixed rate clips edited into a sequence. If you use the
Toggle Source/Record button to view the Timeline for a mixed rate clip loaded in the Source
monitor, you also see the green dot on that clip.
Mixed rate clips also display with their original frame rate appended to the clip name. For
example, if you have a 24 fps clip named
sunset that you edit into a sequence with a frame rate
other than 24 fps, the clip name displays as
sunset (24.00 fps) .
The illustration shows a mixed rate clip in the Timeline.
To further distinguish mixed rate clips from other material in the Timeline, you can display them
in distinct colors. For more information, see “Displaying Clip Colors in the Timeline” on
page 672.
Viewing and Adjusting Motion Adapter Parameters
Use the Motion Effect Editor to view and adjust parameters for a Motion Adapter effect.
To change the appearance of a mixed rate clip, you can select a different rendering option from
the Type list to change the way your Avid editing application interprets and displays frames.
The other Motion Adapter effect parameters are inactive. You can check the values your Avid
editing application has calculated, but you cannot change them.
If you need to make other adjustments, promote the Motion Adapter effect to a Timewarp effect.
The full set of Timewarp effect parameters become available and you can freely change or
animate the speed at which the clip plays.
The illustration shows the Motion Adapter effect in the Motion Effect Editor, with the Type list
and the Promote button active, and other parameters inactive.