Connecting clips

Any time you add a clip above or below other clips, you’re connecting them — forming a parent-child relationship — and this section shows you how. While you might want to connect many types of clips (B-roll, sound effects, music, or titles), the most common thing to use as cutaway footage is B-roll video to cover an edit, and that’s where we’ll begin. After looking at connecting video, we’ll circle back to connecting audio and music and take a slightly deeper look.

Connecting visual B-roll

You shot plenty of B-roll, right? Assuming that you have the right shots and you’ve organized them, you’ll be able to use your keywords and favorites to quickly locate a shot that illustrates something being discussed by your interviewee. Here we go:

1. Using Keywords and Favorites in the Browser, locate a relevant B-roll clip.
2. Select a 3–5 second section of this clip.
3. Selecting the right part of the...