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June 25, 2019
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Clip Speed /Duration

  • June 25, 2019
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Hi. When I open the clip speed / duration dialogue and enter the number 1, for the speed percentage, Premiere Pro immediately changes this to 1.25 and won't let me use the backspace key to change it. Any other number I enter there doesn't have the same effect. Please could you let me know why this is happening and if I can stop it?

Thanks, Rod.

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      Correct answer Christian.Z

      This is is because PP limits the duration of one clip to 24 hours. If PP feels that the clip is long and might risk of going over 24 hours, It automatically limits the value of the speed to whatever reflects a duration less than 24 hours. And it unfortunately does that the second you attempt to type.

      In your case, Typing "1", Premiere thinks that you might enter a value less than 1.25 and thus making the clip longer than 24 hours, and so it defaults to 1.25.

      Luckily, there is many simple effortless workarounds until a patch is released.

      1- When the value defaults to 1.25, keep typing anyway. Type "100" and then delete the other numbers (Press delete instead of backspace)

      2- Unlink speed and duration (Click on the little chain that is between them). you will have to roll out the clip in the timeline afterwards.

      3- Shorten your clip on the timeline, then try to apply speed/duration.

      Kevin-Monahan​ is this a bug or normal behavior?

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      Christian.Z
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      Christian.ZCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      June 25, 2019

      This is is because PP limits the duration of one clip to 24 hours. If PP feels that the clip is long and might risk of going over 24 hours, It automatically limits the value of the speed to whatever reflects a duration less than 24 hours. And it unfortunately does that the second you attempt to type.

      In your case, Typing "1", Premiere thinks that you might enter a value less than 1.25 and thus making the clip longer than 24 hours, and so it defaults to 1.25.

      Luckily, there is many simple effortless workarounds until a patch is released.

      1- When the value defaults to 1.25, keep typing anyway. Type "100" and then delete the other numbers (Press delete instead of backspace)

      2- Unlink speed and duration (Click on the little chain that is between them). you will have to roll out the clip in the timeline afterwards.

      3- Shorten your clip on the timeline, then try to apply speed/duration.

      Kevin-Monahan​ is this a bug or normal behavior?

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        rodericv70669741Author
        Participant
        June 25, 2019

        Thank you. That's really helpful.

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        rodericv70669741Author
        Participant
        June 25, 2019

        Replying to myself. I opened a different project and this doesn't happen. I think the project file is corrupted. It did crash out yesterday.

        Ann Bens
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        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 25, 2019

        Make new project and import old one.

        See how that goes.

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        rodericv70669741Author
        Participant
        June 25, 2019

        Thanks. I tried that but the same thing happens when I type 1 into the clip speed box.

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