If you are new to installation and just start meeting a powerful video editor Sony Vegas Pro, then you probably have a question about how to change the speed of video playback. In this article we will try to give a full and detailed answer.
There are several ways with which you can get an accelerated or slow video in Sony Vegas.
How to slow down or speed up the video in Sony Vegas
Method 1.
The easiest and fastest way.
1. After you downloaded a video to the editor, clamp the "Ctrl" key and move the cursor to the edge of the video file on the timeline
2. Now just stretch or compress the file by holding the left mouse button. Thus, you can increase the speed of the video in Sony Vegas.
Attention!
This method has some limitations: you will not be able to slow down or speed up the video more than 4 times. Also note that the audio file is changing with the video.
Method 2
1. Right-click on the video on the timeline and select "Properties ..." ("Properties").
2. In the window that opens in the "Video Event" tab ("Video Event"), find the "Playback frequency" item ("Playback Rate"). By default, the frequency is equal to one. You can increase this value and thereby speed up or slow down the video in Sony Vegas 13.
Attention!
Just as in the previous method, the video cannot be accelerated or slowed down more than 4 times. But the difference from the first method is that changing the file in this way, the audio recording will remain unchanged.
Method 3.
This method will allow you to more subtly configure the video file playback speed.
1. Right-click on the video on the timeline and select "Paste / Delete Envelope" ("Insert / Remove Envelope") - "Speed" ("Velocity").
2. Now a green line appeared on the video file. Double-click the left mouse button you can add key points and move them. The higher the point is, the stronger the video will be accelerated. Also, you can force the video playback in the opposite direction, lowering the key point to the values below 0.
How to play video in the opposite direction
How to make part of the video go back in advance, we have already considered a little higher. But what if you need to reveal the entire video file?
1. Make a video in the opposite direction is very simple. Right-click on the video file and select Reversal
So, we looked at several ways to speed up video or make a slowdown in Sony Vegas, and also learned how you can run the video file backward. We hope this article has become useful for you and you will continue to work with this video editor.