Speed dow, slow motion, match frame

Firts thanks for read my question. So here is my problem I want to slow down a clip but I don't want the clip to move all the other clips, so I read a tutorial about match frame (Final Cut Pro - Speed Changes with Match Frame) so that's what I want but the probelm is that when I do the match frame and replace the clip plays short don't play entirely to my out point. So I would explain my self more cleary supposedly I have a shot of a garage door opening so my in point is the door closed and the out is the door open what happend is if I enter f (match frame) clic on the viewer window comand-j speed change 50% then canvas replace the clip plays at 50% the other clips stay in the same position but the clip only plays until the garage door is half way open.
so is posible to do a speed match frame that play all the clip?
Thanks

I know what you mean, I end up with an extra frame if I set an in and out point then insert/overwrite replace or superimpose.
I find the quickest work flow is to
0. mark the in point at start of clip
1. copy the clip, command c
2. go to the end of the sequence, end
3. paste clip
4. change speed, look at duration of clip, change speed %, command j
5. change duration back to original duration,
6. cut clip from end of time line,
7. return to in point and paste clip.
I find this does give me control over the clip, does not affect the timeline and is frame accurate.
I agree you should be able to change the clip speed without affecting the duration.
The alternative is as Andy described, fit to fill, here is an alternitive way of doing/describing this process;
adjust the out point of the clip to the new point you want,
move the clip out of the space on the timeline where you want the clip with the speed change to go,
place the CTI in the space where you want the new clip to go,
double click on the clip you want to adjust, opening it in the viewer,
drag the clip from the viewer to the canvas and the fit to fill option will appear along with all of the other options,
this will also do what you want, I believe there is no one click solution.
Someone please prove me wrong! I would love to be able to "command j" in to the speed dialog box, click on a check box that says keep duration or in/out points and simply change the duration.
Tony

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