Retimer: can't reverse clip
by Sam Behrens
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Nov 20, 2009 at 6:58:13 am
I'm trying to reverse a clip using the Speed method in the Retimer tool. I set the speed for -1. All I get are black frames. The Help file directs to "set clip Repeat parameter to Loop". I can't find a clip Repeat parameter (the help file is not very helpful). Is this the Repeat Mode button on the player controls? If so, it doesn't correct the problem.
Re: Retimer: can't reverse clip by Kenneth La Rue on Nov 20, 2009 at 1:24:51 pm
Sam,
It is actually simple, add a Re-Timer tool and turn on the autokey button. Then at the first frame enter the last frame value in the frame field, then go to the last frame and in the frame field enter the first frame value. So as example, I have 100 frames at the first frame I enter 100 and at the last frame I enter 1. The ReTimer will play the frames in reverse.
One thing I will recommend switch between the two modes warp and blend I say this because if the result is not that different between the two leave it at blend, it will process and render much faster. The warp mode will use an internal motio tool and create motion vectors and that adds to the processing. If the result is not good enough at blend then use the warp mode.
Re: Retimer: can't reverse clip by Sam Behrens on Nov 20, 2009 at 10:27:35 pm
Thank you again Ken. I will try that when I'm in front of the computer. I didn't try that exactly, but I did it with the given keyframes (moved the first one up to 74, and the last one to zero. This seemed to work for about 30 frames then the software crashed and closed. Tried it three times with the same result. I'll try the method you suggest, but I notice that Mac has been having trouble with the Retimer tool. Is it a problem on the PC side? I'm also wondering if maybe it's a lack of resources. I only have 2GIG RAM on an XP system. I'll follow your suggestion. I'll also try it on a newer machine, and report back on both accounts.
