Opening up the sequence using Splice with Sync Locks enabled

In the previous sections of this chapter, we've learned a lot about staying in sync without using Sync Locks, so that you can choose to use them or not. Personally, I like using Sync Locks as I find that not only do they protect me from making silly mistakes when I'm in a hurry or tired, but also in many cases allow me to perform various edits in less steps, essentially by reducing the number of tracks that I have to enable to make a Splice, an Extract, or a Ripple Trim.

This recipe, and several that follow it, discuss performing various editing operations while Sync Locks are enabled. However, before we get into the recipes themselves, let's get familiar with Sync Locks and their behavior:

• Sync Locks are the black, diagonal lines (I call them hash marks) that appear when you click in the narrow Sync Lock Column that is immediately to the right-hand side of the Timeline Track Selectors, as pictured below. Note that in earlier releases...