Create split edits – Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 User Manual
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Automatically synchronize clips that were moved out of sync
1
Right-click/Control-click the number that appears at the In point in the 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.)
2
Choose 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.
If you want to synchronize multiple clips rather than restore audio and video sync, use the Clip
>
Synchronize
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 indepen-
dently, 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.
Although it’s common to create split edits after clips are assembled into a rough cut, it’s possible to trim clips for
split edits in the Source Monitor before adding them to the sequence.
A. Clip trimmed for J-cut B. Clip trimmed for L-cut
Create a split edit
1
If necessary, click the triangle to the left of each track name in the Timeline panel to expand the audio tracks you
want to adjust.
2
Select one of the clips involved in the split edit, and choose Clip
> Unlink. Repeat for the other clip.
3
Select the Rolling Edit tool
from the Tools panel.
4
Starting 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.
Set source In and Out points for a split edit
1
Open a clip in the Source Monitor, and set the current time to the frame you want to set as a video or audio In or
Out point.
2
In the Source Monitor, choose Marker
> Set Clip Marker, and select Video In, Video Out, Audio In, or Audio Out.
3
Set the remaining video and audio In and Out points. (When you add the clip to a sequence, the video portion
starts and ends at different times than the audio.)
A
B
April 1, 2008