To speed edit in Premiere Pro, you primarily use the Speed/Duration command.
Here's a breakdown of how to use it:
- Right-click on the clip(s) you want to adjust.
- Select "Speed/Duration..." from the context menu. Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl+R.
- In the Speed/Duration window, you can adjust the Speed percentage. Higher percentages increase the speed, while lower percentages decrease it.
- You can also adjust the Duration directly, which will automatically calculate the corresponding speed.
- If you're working with audio, you have the option to "Maintain Audio Pitch" to prevent the audio from becoming distorted when speeding up or slowing down.
Key Considerations:
- Ripple Edit, Shifting Trailing Clips: If you enable this, Premiere Pro will automatically adjust the position of subsequent clips in your timeline to accommodate the new duration of the sped-up or slowed-down clip. This is generally useful to avoid gaps.
- Reverse Speed: You can reverse the clip by checking the "Reverse Speed" box.
- Frame Blending: Premiere Pro provides options for frame blending (Frame Sampling, Frame Blending, Optical Flow) when slowing down clips. Experiment with these to achieve smoother slow-motion effects, but Optical Flow is generally the best, albeit slowest, option.
Speed editing in Premiere Pro mostly involves adjusting the "Speed/Duration" of your clips. There are other more complex techniques involved in "speed editing" which refers more to the style of editing rather than specifically adjusting speed.
