Speed up or slow down part of the video
Make any stretch play from 0.25× to 8×, such as a slow upload or a long form. The video’s length changes to match.
Mac appChrome
Where to find it
- Video editor
- Pro
- Timeline
- +
- Speed change
- 1Move the playhead to the slow part.
- 2Press + on the timeline and choose Speed change, or double-click the pacing lane.A block lands on the pacing lane.
- 3Drag its ends to cover the stretch.
- 4Pick a Speed.Quick picks are 0.25×, 0.5×, 1×, 1.5×, 2×, 4×, 8×. Under 1× slows it down.
- The speed chip on the timeline’s toolbar says how fast the video plays at the playhead.
- Where a cut overlaps a speed change, the cut wins.
- Above 4×, the preview plays at 4× and muted, but the exported video is exact.
Read next
Remove long pausesPointerCam finds the stretches where nothing is said or done and offers to take them out. You choose what counts as a pause, and anything removed can come back.Trim, split and cut out mistakesDrag the ends of the footage to trim it. Press S to split it in two, X to cut a second at the playhead, or hold Shift and drag across a stretch to remove it.How zooms moveFeel sets the motion every zoom inherits: its curve and how long it takes to arrive and to pull back. You can also zoom only the screen and leave the background still.
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