Back in the Movie Settings dialog, make sure that "Sound" is checked and that settings are correct for your export. Make sure that under "Encoding" you select "Faster Encode (Single-pass).Ħ. Select Custom, then select Format Options.ĥ. Select the sequence in the bin and from the File menu select Output>Export to file.Ģ. The multi-pass export takes four times longer to do and results in a file that doesn't look any different than the one created using "Faster encode (Single-pass)".ġ. Enter back into Trim Mode to adjust as needed.When exporting H.264 files from Avid Media Composer, the progress bar appears to encode the file four times before finishing.Īvoid using the "Best quality (Multi-Pass)" option in the Quicktime compression settings dialog box. Enter Trim Mode and trim the clip to the desired length to speed up or slow down the clip. To recap, find Trim To Fill in the Timewarp folder in the Effect Palette. That’s it! Trim To Fill is the quickest and easiest way you’ll find to do time manipulation in Avid Media Composer. However, the downside of Fit To Fill is that 1) you can’t adjust it without promoting it to a Timewarp Effect and 2) it creates an unnecessary new Master Clip for you to keep track of inside your project.
For Fit To Fill to work you need to set In and Out Points on a clip in the Source Monitor and In and Out Points on the Timeline then hit the Fit To Fill button. It’s up to you.Īnother tool that Avid Media Composer has that is similar to Trim To Fill is Fit To Fill. Or you can enter Effect Mode then select the clip. To get to the Motion Effect Editor on a clip with Trim To Fill applied to it, put your Time Position Indicator over the clip, make sure the track is selected, and enter Effect Mode. And if you want to insure a smoother playback you’ll want to go into here and adjust the Type: dropdown from “Duplicated Field” to “FluidMotion” or one of the other options. However, you will find that you can still use the Motion Effect Editor on the clip with Trim To Fill applied. You’ll probably find it more comfortable to trim a clip rather than jumping into Timewarp’s Motion Effect Editor. Or a clip whose speed you want to adjust but don’t quite know for how long. You’ll want to use Trim To Fill whenever you have an area that’s too large or too small for a given clip. When and Why to Use Trim To Fill versus Other Effects The Trim To Fill Effect will change the speed of the clip as you trim. If you need to adjust the trim you made just jump back into Trim Mode and make whatever adjustments you need to make. In our scenario, we’ll roll the clip out so it covers the gap in the track which will slow it down from 100% to 62%.īoom. Go into Trim Mode and roll the clip out or in based on if you want to slow the clip down or speed it up. In our scenario, this is that middle clip on V1. Navigate to the Timewarp folder on the left column and once selected find the Trim To Fill Effect in the right column.ĭrag and drop the Trim To Fill Effect onto the clip you want to adjust.
To do this, first open up the Effect Palette by hitting Command+8 if you’re on a Mac or Control+8 if you’re on a PC. This will slow the time of the clip down. In the scenario we’re going to use what we want to do is take the middle clip on V1 and expand it all the way out to fill the gap between it and the next clip. Let’s look at the timeline in the picture below:
How to use Avid Media Composer’s Trim To Fill Effect Then we’ll go into some finer details of when and why to use it.
Trim To Fill is hands down the quickest and easiest way to speed up or slow down a clip inside of Avid Media Composer.įor this post we’ll first show you how to use Avid Media Composer’s Trim To Fill Effect. Timewarp, Fit To Fill, and Avid Media Composer’s other time manipulation tools pale in comparison to the simplicity of the Trim To Fill Effect.