Apple Soundtrack Pro - Manual (Page 183)

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Working With Video
in Soundtrack Pro
You can import a video into a multitrack or audio file
project, view the video as you work on your project, edit
the video’s audio, and use markers to synchronize audio
and video.
When you import a video, the video appears in the Video tab of the Utility window.
When you import a video into a multitrack project, a video clip appears in a video track
in the Timeline. The video’s audio appears as a clip in an audio track in the Timeline,
and can be moved and edited like other audio clips. You can mute, solo, and adjust the
volume and pan of the video’s audio, add effects, and automate changes. You can also
open the video’s audio in the Waveform Editor and perform actions or analysis on it.
When you import a video from Final Cut Pro, you can set the Time ruler units to match
the timecode format of the video. Any Final Cut Pro scoring markers contained in the
video appear as markers in the Timeline. You can also add markers in Soundtrack Pro
and export them to Final Cut Pro with the video file. You can score markers to the
playhead, using them to synchronize your soundtrack to the action in the video.
You can work with video in Soundtrack Pro in several ways. You can add audio clips for
dialogue and voiceover, music, ambience, and sound effects to the Timeline. You can
make roundtrips between Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro as you work on both the
video and the soundtrack, or bring the final video into Soundtrack Pro to finalize the
project. When your soundtrack is complete, you can export it as an AIFF file or save it as
part of the video.
Supported Video File Formats
Soundtrack Pro supports standard QuickTime-compatible file formats. You can import a
QuickTime movie (.mov) video file into a Soundtrack Pro project, and can import an
MPEG-2 (.m2v) if you have installed the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component. Video
files using NTSC, PAL, HD, and other formats supported by QuickTime can be imported
into Soundtrack Pro. Imported video files can be up to four hours in length.