Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 3
Merging Clips From Dual System Video and Audio
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If you have a complicated combination of syncing In and Out points, and your video
and audio clips don’t have matching, synchronized timecode, you can add auxiliary
timecode to each clip so that the clips’ sync points all fall on the same timecode
number. You can then use the auxiliary timecode track (Aux TC 1 or 2) to merge your
clips. This is just like using the main timecode track for syncing, but auxiliary timecode
tracks are useful because you keep the original timecode track intact, which is critical
for recapturing your media from the original source tapes. For more information about
adding auxiliary timecode to a clip and its media file, see “
To synchronize video and audio clips using In or Out points:
1
Open the video clip you want to synchronize in the Viewer.
2
Scrub through the beginning or end of the clip and find the frame where the clapper
on top of the slate first closes.
3
Set an In point if the “clap” appears at the beginning of your clip, or an Out point if at
the end.
4
Open each audio clip you want to merge in the Viewer, and repeat steps 1 through 3,
identifying instead the frame of audio where you first hear the clap.
Note: If you decide to use an In point in step 3, you should use an In point for each clip
you want to include in the merged clip. If you don’t set an In point yourself, the first
frame (Media Start) of the clip is used instead. If you decide to synchronize by Out
points, you should use an Out point for each clip to be merged. If you don’t set an Out
point yourself, the last frame of the clip is used.
Once all your clips are synchronized, you can merge them.