Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 108)

103 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Arranging clips in a movie
Last updated 8/12/2010
Link and unlink video and audio clips
You can link a video clip and an audio clip so that they act as a unit. When you select, trim, split, delete, move, or
change the speed of one, you affect the other clip as well. You can temporarily override the link as needed. In the
Timeline, the names of linked clips are underlined and identified with a [V] for video or [A] for audio.
• To link video and audio clips, Shift-click a video and audio clip to select them both, and then choose Clip > Link
Audio And Video.
• To unlink video and audio clips, select a linked clip and choose Clip > Unlink Audio And Video. (Though the audio
and video are unlinked, they are both still selected. Reselect either clip to use it separately.)
• To select linked clips individually, Alt-click the desired clip. After selecting it, you can move or trim the clip
independently of its linked clip.
To quickly delete an audio or video clip without unlinking it, right-click the clip and choose either Delete Audio or
Delete Video from the menu.
Delete only the audio or video portion of a linked clip
❖ In the Timeline, do one of the following:
• Right-click the linked clip and choose Delete Audio or Delete Video.
• Alt-click the audio or video portion to select it alone, and press the Delete or Backspace key.
• Select a linked click and choose Clip > Unlink Audio And Video. Reselect either clip and choose Edit > Clear or
Edit > Delete And Close Gap.
The clips shift over to fill the gap left by the deleted clip.
Synchronize linked clips
Adobe Premiere Elements automatically places video and its audio on separate tracks in the Timeline but links the clips
so that they remain in sync as you trim or move them. If you Alt-drag one of the clips out of sync, Adobe Premiere
Elements displays the number of frames they’ve been offset next to the clip name in the Timeline. Even if you unlink
the clips, Adobe Premiere Elements keeps track of the offset, displaying it again if you relink them. You can have Adobe
Premiere Elements automatically resynchronize the clips. Depending on the clips, you can choose between two
methods of synchronizing.
❖ In the Timeline, right-click the offset number of the clip you want to move or adjust and choose one of the
following:
Move Into Sync Shifts the video or audio clip to synchronize them. Adjacent clips are overwritten as necessary to
accommodate the shifting clips. If you have trimmed either clip, Adobe Premiere Elements aligns them as originally
shot, which means that their In or Out points may not match.
Slip Into Sync Performs a slip edit to synchronize the video and audio. A slip edit maintains the position and duration
of the clips in the tracks. It uses the trimmed frames as needed to shift the contents of the clips until aligned as originally
shot. The distance between the In and Out points and their location in the tracks remains the same; but the position
of the In and Out points in the original clip shifts. This option is available only if the chosen clip contains a sufficient
number of trimmed frames to compensate for the offset.
The clip you right-click moves or adjusts to align with the other clip, which remains in place.