PremierePro

Change clip speed

The speed of a clip is the playback rate compared to the rate at which it was recorded. Initially, a clip plays back at its normal, 100% speed. (Even if the source footage’s frame rate doesn’t match the project’s, the project automatically reconciles the difference and plays back the clip at its proper speed.)

Changing a clip’s speed causes its source frames to be either omitted or repeated during playback, thereby making the video or audio play faster or slower. So naturally, a change in speed results in a corresponding change in duration.

When you change the speed of a clip containing interlaced fields, you may need to adjust how Adobe Premiere Pro treats the fields, especially when the speed drops below 100% of the original speed. (See Create interlaced or non‑interlaced clips.)

You can also set a clip’s speed to fill a duration by performing a four‑point edit.

In the Timeline panel, clips with speed changes are indicated as a percentage of the original speed.

Change a whole clip’s speed or direction

You can change the speed, direction, or both for a clip as a whole.

  1. Select a clip in the Project panel or Timeline panel.
  2. Choose Clip > Speed/Duration.
  3. Set any of the following options, and then click OK:
    Speed
    Sets the playback speed of the clip as a percentage of its original speed. To change the speed without affecting the duration, click the link button  to unlink speed and duration.

    Duration
    Sets the duration of the clip. To change the duration without affecting the speed, click the link button  to unlink speed and duration.

    Reverse Speed
    Plays the whole clip backwards.

    Maintain Audio Pitch
    Preserves the audio pitch when changing the speed of the clip.

Change a clip’s speed using the Rate Stretch tool

You can change a clip’s speed to fit a duration.

 Select the Rate Stretch tool , and drag either edge of a clip in the Timeline panel.
Changing clip speed using the Rate Stretch tool

Change a clip’s video speed with Time Remapping

You can change the speed of the video portion of a whole clip.

  1. In the Timeline panel, click on the Clip Effect menu and choose Time Remapping > Speed. (The Clip Effect menu appears next to the filename of every clip in a video track. You might have to zoom in to make enough room in the clip to display it.)

    A horizontal rubberband that controls the speed of the clip appears across the center of the clip.

  2. Drag the rubberband upward or downward to increase or decrease the speed of the clip. A tool tip appears showing the change in speed as a percentage of the original speed.

The playback speed of the video portion of the clip changes and its duration expands or contracts depending on whether its speed is increased or decreased. The audio portion of the clip remains unchanged by Time Remapping, although it remains linked to the video portion.

Note: A clip is not permitted to overwrite an adjacent clip when you increase its length in the timeline by slowing its speed. Instead, the clip expands until it touches the boundary of the adjacent clip, then media frames are pushed into the invisible untrimmed tail portion of the track item. To recover these frames, create a gap after the clip and trim its right edge to reveal them.