This is driving me crazy - isolution please?

Al Min wrote on 7/23/2009, 2:27 AM

I am editing a two camera multi clip. I delselect the grouping button to delete a background noise of some sort in the audio. I reset the grouping button on to group. Later, when I go back to the same spot, the audio has moved out of synch with the video without my knowledge. Is there a way to re-lock the audio and video so they stay together in synch with the gaps in the audio after editing?

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Chienworks wrote on 7/23/2009, 3:50 AM

You can select all the parts of the audio along with the video and press G to group them, but it's not very easy or stable if you've got lots of parts.

Better idea: use a volume envelope. That way you'll never split the audio event at all. It stays as one long continuous event, ever ungrouped or broken. Simple add four control points around the noise and drag the volume level down to cut out the audio.

musicvid10 wrote on 7/23/2009, 9:31 AM

Before you start editing, enable "Quantize to Frames" and drag the edges of each video clip to frame boundaries (important). Then they won't jump around when you group and ungroup to edit. If you are doing precise audio edits, temporarily turn off "Quantize to Frames" and ungroup the audio from the video while doing so.

Al Min wrote on 7/24/2009, 11:28 AM

Thanks for the solutions. Will try next time