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title: timeMap
framework: professional-video-applications
role: article
path: professional-video-applications/timemap
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# timeMap

## timeMap

timeMap Adjust or retime the playback speed of an element.

Overview

A time map is defined with the `timeMap` element, which contains one or more `timept` elements that specify the new timing. FInal Cut Pro adjusts the parent element’s playback speed over a range of time using points on a curve to interpolate values. For example, if the local time range for a clip is originally 0-5s, then the time map for playing this clip at 50 percent speed, followed by playback at -50 percent speed, might look like:

```swift <timeMap>     <timept time="0s" value="0s" interp="linear"/>     <timept time="10s" value="5s" interp="linear"/>    <!-- In 0-10s, play the original 0-5s -->     <timept time="20s" value="0s" interp="linear"/>    <!-- In 10-20s, play the original 5-0s --> </timeMap>

```

A time map affects only an element’s own duration and the offsets of the element’s anchored items; it doesn’t modify the offsets of the element’s contained items (such as items with `lane=0`).