keep audio and video tracks in synch

James-Holtzman wrote on 11/27/2025, 11:48 PM

I'm editing with Vegas Pro 23. I shot an event where the speaker is narrating a power point. My camera goes back and forth from the person's face and the projected images, which I don't want the audience to see this. I would rather grab a frame from the screen and stretch the image out while the person is talking. To do this I ungroup the clip, and place the still photo to the video track, stretching it until I want to switch back to the speaker's face. The problem is now the voice and the person's lips are out of synch. I group the still photos and sound together but they are slightly out of synch. How do I prevent this from happening or how can I fix it, I'm not good at lip reading. This is my first post here, hope I have explained the issue. Jim

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john_dennis wrote on 11/28/2025, 1:02 AM

@James-Holtzman said: "To do this I ungroup the clip, and place the still photo to the video track, stretching it until I want to switch back to the speaker's face."

You don't have to ungroup, split or otherwise manipulate the clip. Just "Save a snapshot to file" of the timeline to make a still image and place it on a track above the main track.

Dexcon wrote on 11/28/2025, 1:09 AM

@john_dennis ... just beat me to it. I was about to suggest exactly the same approach.

... and you can dissolve to and from the still if you want by adding a fade in and or out to the still.

James-Holtzman wrote on 11/28/2025, 1:24 AM

Wow, that was quick for a response! That's exactly what I did, was a mistake to ungroup, at least it wasn't necessary. I bumped the video and audio tracks down one and inserted the snapshot on the upper track to overlay the camera transitions. The video lasts about an hour and a few minutes, I'm about half way for my first edit.

The organization I shot the video for did not obtain model releases for the trainees. I have three choices, assume they did get releases, not really my problem. Or, how easy would it be to blur their faces? We used to call it a "cops" filter like from the TV series cops, where only the faces are blurred. Last, to blur the entire frames. I should start a new thread on this, but I'll bet you have some answers, I've been doing editing for a long time but have just switched to Vegas.

Jim