Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 600)

If the item is an anchor item, it slips into sync with the topmost out-of-sync audio item
in the group, starting on track A1 and going down. Otherwise, the selected item slips
into sync with the anchor item to which it’s linked.
Before syncing
After syncing
The anchor item is
slipped into sync with
the topmost audio item
to which it’s linked.
To slip an out-of-sync clip item into sync using the Slip tool
1 Select the Slip tool from the Tool palette (or press S).
2 If Linked Selection is on in the Timeline, click the Linked Selection button to turn it off.
3 Select the clip item you want to slip into sync.
You can temporarily turn the Slip tool into the Selection tool by holding down the
Command key.
4 Type the negative timecode offset value that appears in the out-of-sync indicator and
press Return. For example, if a clip item’s out-of-sync indicator displays “4:12,” select the
clip item and enter “–4:12,” then press Return.
If the clip item is an anchor item, the audio item is slipped into sync with it.
Moving or Slipping All Clip Items into Sync at Once
In cases where multiple audio items are out of sync by varying amounts from an anchor
video or audio item, you have an additional option available to manage the sync
relationships of all linked items at once.
To move all out-of-sync clip items into sync with the anchor item
1 In the Timeline, Control-click the out-of-sync indicator on the anchor clip item—either
the sole video item in a group of linked items, or the topmost audio item if there is no
video item among the linked items.
600 Chapter 40 Linking and Editing Video and Audio in Sync