Editing Audio

Automatically synchronize clips that were moved out of sync

1Right-click/Control-click the number that appears at the In point in a Timeline panel of the out-of-sync video or audio clip. (The number indicates the amount of time the clip is out of sync with its accompanying video or audio clip.)

2Choose one of the following options:

Move Into Sync Shifts the selected video or audio part of the clip in time to restore sync. Move Into Sync moves the clip without regard to adjacent clips and overwrites any clips to regain sync.

Slip Into Sync Performs a slip edit to restore sync without moving the clip’s position in time.

For information about synchronizing multiple clips with each other for a multi-camera edit, see “Synchronize clips with markers” on page 158.

More Help topics

“Synchronize clips with markers” on page 158

“Create a nested sequence from a selection of clips” on page 155

Create split edits

Ordinarily, you set one In point and one Out point for a source clip. Even if it’s a linked clip (a clip containing video and audio tracks), In and Out points apply to both tracks of the clip. Set in a sequence, the audio and video of the standard clip appear at the same time. Sometimes you want to set the video and audio In or Out points independently, however, in order to create split edits (also known as L-cuts and J-cuts). When placed in a sequence, a clip trimmed for a split edit will have its audio appear before its video, or its video before its audio.

A B

A. Clip trimmed for J-cut B. Clip trimmed for L-cut

Create a split edit

1If necessary, click the triangle to the left of each track name in a Timeline panel to expand the audio tracks you want to adjust.

2Select one of the clips involved in the split edit, and choose Clip > Unlink. Repeat for the other clip.

3Select the Rolling Edit tool from the Tools panel.

4Starting at the audio edit point between the two clips, drag left or right.

Note: If nothing happens, make sure that before you start dragging, you position the pointer over the visible audio edit point, not over an applied audio transition.

A common editing technique is to Alt/Option-drag a clip’s audio or video to quickly adjust a split edit. It’s a lot faster than going to a menu to unlink a clip.

Last updated 1/16/2012