Time Remapping
Reversing is a classic technique where a piece of footage is played in reverse. It's simple, but effective!
Reversing in incompatible editors
Some editors, like Windows Movie Maker, cannot reverse clips without special techniques. For these more primitive editors, there is one technique that can be done for a similar effect:
- Take the clip you want to reverse, and cut it into as many pieces as you can. The more the better!
- Re-arrange all of these clips so that they play out in reverse order. That's it!
It may seem simple, but based on the size of your clip this process can be very long and tedious. Be sure to save often!
You may also not be able to split clips frame-by-frame; for example, in WMM, frame divisions are only allowed every 2-3 frames, depending on the framerate. As a result, this strategy creates a very choppy looking effect (which also makes Stuttering and Scrambling particularly difficult).