change playback speed

I use this effect a lot, generally to increase playback speed, but sometimes to slow it down as well. In my movie, I have a sequence of guests walking down the stairs to eat that was just begging to be sped up, since folks walking at double speed (especially to eat cake) looks pretty funny. Find a sequence in your movie where there's a lot of action and try the same thing. When you preview, the audio will probably sound funny as well, as it will when sped up or slowed down, but you'll learn how to mute a clip in Chapter 7.

Click the target clip in the Timeline.

Right click.

I choose 200%, which doubles the speed, while 50% would create a slow motion effect at half speed.

I'll be muting this clip, so I don't check Maintain Audio Pitch. Give this a try if you're keeping your audio, but be sure to listen to the audio to make sure it's not too distorted.

As you learned last chapter, the red line in the Work Area bar indicates that Premiere Elements needs to render the effect to play at full speed. Use the procedure described in Render Your Transition in Chapter 4 to render the effect.