Reversing Clip Direction

Playing a clip backwards can be good for more than just comic value or special effects. This feature comes in handy more often than I ever thought: a clip played in reverse can sometimes blend better into the next scene (for example, zooming out of a landscape). Then again, I find it hard to resist tweaking reality by making a spilled glass of milk clean itself, or coaxing waterfalls to rush upwards.

To reverse clip direction:

1.	Select a clip.
2.	Select the Fast/Slow/Reverse effect.
3.	Enable the Reverse Direction checkbox (Figure 13.11). Figure 13.11. Use the Fast/Slow/Reverse effect to make a clip play backward.
4.	Click the Apply button.

Tips

• Reversed clips feature backwards audio as well as visuals. You'll probably want to make the clip silent and play some other audio track in its place.

• When you apply the Fast/Slow/Reverse effect to a clip that you've edited using Direct Trimming, you lose any hidden footage as long as the effect is activeit becomes its own self-contained clip. However, if you remove the effect, you can still access your hidden footage to the original clip.