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TimeStretcher
Manual source-time remapping
Maps the current composition frame to an explicit Source Time, making it useful for manual, nonlinear or animated retiming.
TimeStretcher
Overview
What TimeStretcher does
Unlike a simple speed multiplier, TimeStretcher exposes Source Time directly. The curve of that parameter becomes the timing curve of the source.
A flat Source Time creates a freeze frame, a steadily increasing curve plays forward, a decreasing curve plays backward, and changing the curve slope creates ramps and holds.
Interpolation Mode and Sample Spread determine how in-between moments are reconstructed, so they matter whenever Source Time lands between original frames.
When to use it
Manual speed ramps
Freeze and release effects
Reverse a short section
Hold on a specific source frame
Create stylized nonlinear timing
TimeStretcher in context
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Example for TimeStretcher.
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