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Avid Media Composer 6.x Cookbook

You're reading from   Avid Media Composer 6.x Cookbook What better way to learn the professional editing possibilities of Avid Media Composer than by trying out practical, real-world examples? This book has over 160 hands-on recipes and guidance covering both basic and advanced techniques.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849693004
Length 422 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Avid Media Composer 6.x Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Assets into Your Media Composer Project FREE CHAPTER 2. Customizing Your Work Environment 3. Polishing Gems 4. Creating Split Edits 5. Maintaining and Regaining Sync 6. Managing Your Media Files 7. Mono and Stereo Audio Mixing 8. Editing with Group Clips and MultiCamera Mode 9. Output Tips and Tricks Additional Tips, Tricks, and Explanations Details on Trimming, Slipping, Sliding, and Segment Mode Helpful Details about MultiCamera Editing Index

Splicing and Extracting: Methods for staying in sync without Sync Locks


When you are editing in Source/Record mode you have four main editing functions available. Two functions place material into the sequence (Splice and Overwrite) and two functions remove material from the sequence (Extract and Lift). As discussed in the Introduction section of this chapter, the functions that affect the duration of a track are colored yellow, specifically Splice and Extract.

As long as you affect all the tracks in your sequence when using Splice or Extract, you will stay in sync. However, there is a particular situation that can sometimes confuse people so we are going to focus on that.

Below is a screenshot of an example editing situation:

  • You're editing the scene of a comedy television program

  • Loaded in the Source Window is a clip that contains one video track and two audio tracks

  • Loaded in the Timeline Window is a sequence that contains one video track and four audio tracks

The goals in this example are...

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