Adding Special Effects

You can add all sorts of interesting visual effects to make your movie look better and even more interesting.

Making a Clip Play in Reverse

You can make a clip play in reverse in your movie. Why would you want to do this? There are several possible reasons. One is for comedic effect. Another might be to create an instant replay sort of effect (you will want to increase the speed of the clip to do this, and you learn how later in this section).

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Select the clip you want to play in reverse.
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Choose Advanced, Reverse Clip Direction (or press +R). On the Clip Viewer, a direction arrow appears indicating that the clip plays ...

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