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Freeze a frame for a portion of a clip using Time Remapping

Last updated on Dec 14, 2023

Freezing a frame for a portion of a clip involves temporarily stopping the video playback at a specific frame and holding that frame for a duration before resuming normal playback.

Before you begin

Import a clip on to the timeline.

  1. In the Timeline panel, select Time Remapping > Speed from the Clip Effect menu.
Note:

The Clip Effect menu appears next to the filename of every clip in a video track. If the Clip Effect menu doesn't appear, zoom in to the clip.

A horizontal rubber band that controls the speed of the clip appears across the center of the clip. The clip is shaded in contrasting colors above and below the 100% speed demarcation. A white speed-control track appears in the upper portion of the clip, just below the clip title bar.

  1. Select Ctrl (Windows) or Command (mac OS) on the rubber band to create a speed keyframe 
  2. Ctrl+Alt-drag (Windows) or Option+Command-drag (macOS) the speed keyframe to the place at which you want the freeze frame to end.
Note:

Be sure to drag the rubber band horizontally, not vertically as you do with other keyframes.

A second keyframe is created at the place where you dropped the keyframe. The inner half keyframes, the hold keyframes, take on a squared appearance as compared with regular speed keyframes. You cannot drag a hold keyframe unless you create a speed transition. Vertical tick marks appear in the speed control track to indicate the clip segment playing freeze frames.

Result

Freeze frame is applied for a portion of the clip.

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