Usually I’d put a shout out like this on Twitter as there’s a lot of knowledgeable folk on there who no doubt would be able to point me in the right direction. But since this would go way beyond 140 characters I think the best place to ask is here.

Does anyone know of a way to speed up a video I’ve captured – to make it look like a time lapse thing? The video will be captured on my high definition camcorder and not via iSight, so that rules out the likes of Gawker which was used by my mate Nathan when he created this bit of marvel.

I edit movies in iMovie 08. I have had a look through the help files and I don’t think that speeding up a clip is something that can be done in there. How about Final Cut Express 4.0? If anyone can help then you’ll get a virtual hai-five!