Viewing Speed in Imovie 9

I am trying to figure out how to make the video playback speed like 2x, 5x, and so forth. You use to be able to view the video that you are working with at a high speed which cut down editing time. Does anyone know what the keyboard strokes are for changing the playback speed within a project for 09? Or did they do away with this because of the scroll feature?

OK, found it... probably too late for your project, but here it is anyway for posterity's sake:
If you would like to change the playback speed you must:
1. Add your clip to a project. You cannot change the clip speed until its in a project
2. After that, open the clip inspector (Window > Clip Adjustment). The speed slider is about half way down the Inspector window between the turtle and rabbit icons.
Here is a screenshot for reference: http://grab.by/1ZOL
Hope that works for you!
Richard

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