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Autosyncing Clips
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Understanding Autosyncing
Autosyncing is often used for projects in which picture and sound were captured separately.
These clips are often synced based on common film timecode, sound timecode, or auxiliary
timecode.
You can also autosync
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any audio and video clips based on a user-defined In point or Out point
relationship that you establish with marks. For example, you can use the slate as a common
visual and audio reference for autosyncing the clips.
Use the following guidelines when autosyncing:
• You can autosync audio clips with video clips only. To link two or more video clips or audio
clips, use the Grouping option described in “Understanding Grouping and Multigrouping
Clips” on page 1235.
• You can create only one autosynced subclip at a time. You cannot autosync numerous pairs
of audio and video clips simultaneously.
• If the audio and video clips do not have matching source or auxiliary timecode, you must
establish common sync frames. To do this, mark In points (or Out points) on both clips
before you autosync. When you autosync using this method, the whole clip is taken into the
subclip.
• If you autosync clips of different lengths, the longer clip is truncated to the length of the
shorter clip; video clips override audio clips.
• If you autosync according to common timecodes that are staggered (one clip starts later than
the other), the later starting timecode becomes the start of the new subclip. The clip with the
earlier starting timecode is trimmed accordingly.
Creating an Autosynced Subclip
To create an autosynced subclip:
1. Highlight two or more clips in the bin.
2. Select Bin > AutoSync.
The Sync Selection dialog box opens.