It’s easy to speed up a video on your iPhone or return a Slo-Mo video to normal speed.
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To speed up a video on your iPhone, it’s best to use iMovie or the Photos app.
You can speed up a video with iMovie by using the Speed button in the video editing toolbar.
You can speed up an iPhone video shot in Slo-Mo in the Photos app by dragging the vertical bars together in the Edit menu.
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You can speed up a video on an iPhone in two different ways, depending on the type of file you’re working with.
If you’ve recorded a video using iPhone’s Slo-Mo feature, it’s easy to speed it up in the Photos app. But if your video is at normal speed, the best way to increase the speed is by uploading it to iMovie.
How to speed up a video on your iPhone in iMovie
Install iMovie on your iPhone and open the app.
On the Projects page, tap the plus sign to start a new movie. A New Projects pop-up window will appear. Tap “Movie.”
Search and select the video you want to upload before selecting “Create Movie.” Tap the video clip in the timeline and wait for the video editing tools to appear before selecting the speed tool.
If you’re having trouble identifying the Speed tool, look for the speedometer icon.
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Drag the slider to the right towards the rabbit to speed the video by up to two times its normal speed.
You can preview your changes by tapping the Play button near the top of the screen.
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Tap “Done” in the upper-left corner of the screen. Hit the Share button at the bottom of the screen and choose how you want to save the completed video.
How to speed up a Slo-Mo video on your iPhone in the Photos app
Open the Photos app and select “Albums.”
Albums is to the right of the magnifying glass icon in the bottom menu.
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In the “Media Types” section, select “Slo-Mo.”
Select the video you want to speed up and tap “Edit” in the top-right to begin.
You will need to select your video file before you can see the edit option.
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Drag the tall white vertical bars located on top of the frame viewer together to completely remove the Slo-Mo effect and speed up the video.
The longer white bars will indicate where the slo-mo begins and ends.
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Tap “Done.”
The white bars should overlap in your frame timeline.
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Quick tip: You can always come back to the Slo-Mo video on your iPhone in the Photos app and use the drag bars to restore slow-motion anywhere in the video.
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