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The audio track from the movie is added to your project, without the video footage. The

video footage is added to the Media list.

If the QuickTime movie contains multiple audio tracks, drag the file over the Audio list,

the Canvas, or the Timeline layer list, holding down the mouse button until the drop

menu appears. To import the file with a single audio track, choose Mix To Stereo. To

import the file with individual tracks, choose Import All Tracks. For more information, see

Importing Multichannel Audio to Motion below.

Importing Multichannel Audio to Motion

Multichannel audio files can be imported as a single track or as individual tracks. The

same applies to QuickTime movie files that contain multiple audio tracks, including files

with stereo audio tracks. Because Motion treats multichannel audio files and multitrack

QuickTime files identically, references to QuickTime files in this chapter also apply to

multichannel audio files, and vice versa.

When importing a multitrack QuickTime movie file, you can import the audio portion of

the file as a single audio track or as individual tracks.

When you add any media file to Motion, an audio track appears that can be used

independently of the video file. When the file is unlinked from its source, a track can be

individually enabled, disabled, or deleted. However, deleting a source QuickTime movie

file from the Media list, deletes all audio and video that originated from that file.

Note: When you export a multichannel audio file from Motion, you may choose whether

to export all channels or mix them down into a single track.

To import a stereo QuickTime movie file using the drop menu

1 Drag the file from the File Browser or the Finder to the Canvas, holding down the mouse

button until a drop menu appears.

2 Do one of the following:

• To import the movie with a single audio track, choose Mix To Stereo, then release the

mouse button.

• To import the movie file with a single audio track for each track, choose Import All

Tracks, then release the mouse button.

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