Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 107)

Chapter 5 Basic Editing 107
Make Simple Split Edits and Cutaways Jump In:
You can create split edits in a clip to have the audio begin playing before the video or
have the video appear before the clip’s audio starts. To create a split edit, you give a
clip’s audio and video items different In points or Out points.
For example, during a clip of a person talking, you might have a clip of a person listening
appear as the first person continues talking. To do that, you create an L-cut in which the
In point of the video of the person listening is before the clip’s audio In point.
Video In point before
the clip’s audio In point
Likewise, another split edit, called a J-cut, is frequently used in video dialogue to begin
the audio of a clip before the video appears. Using a J-cut, for example, you might
have a person’s dialogue begin before the speaker appears onscreen. The following
illustration shows a J-cut, in which the audio In point is before the video In point.
Audio In point before
the clip’s video In point