Premiere Pro Guru: Speed Changes

Learn how to edit the timing and flow of your video using Premiere Pro to change the speed of clips, freeze frames, apply variable speeds, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Speed Changes on the Timeline

• Editing a four-point edit (fit to fill)
• Using the Rate Stretch tool
• Using the Clip > Speed/Duration command
• Reversing speed
• Changing the speed but not duration
• When pitch shifting will most likely work

2. Freeze Frames

• Exporting a still shouldn't be confused with freeze frames
• Inserting a frame hold segment
• Adding a frame hold
• Adjusting a frame hold clip

3. Understanding the Time Interpolation

• Frame sampling vs. frame blending
• Optical Flow and when it won't work
• Setting the time interpolation from the Clip menu
• Globally setting the time interpolaton on export

4. Variable Time Remapping

• Time remapping on the timeline and adding keyframes
• Smoothing out variable speed changes
• Creating a reverse segment

5. High Frame Rate (HFR) for Perfect Speed Changes

• Shooting HFR footage
• Properly handling (reinterpreting) HFR clips
• Building a sequence for HFR

Conclusion

• Goodbye