User Manual

Creating Overlap Edits
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If you are having difficulty determining which side of the transition to trim (for example,
during a difficult audio edit), use the Go to In and Go to Out keys to review only one side.
Your Avid editing application performs the trim before the next playback loop. You can then
view the trimmed transition during playback and make further changes until you are satisfied
with the result.
4. When you finish, exit the playback loop by doing one of the following:
t Press the space bar.
t Click the Play Loop button.
Creating Overlap Edits
You can use an overlap edit (or L-edit) to smooth a transition by giving the viewer the illusion
that the audio or video is shared between two adjacent clips.
Example of an audio overlap edit. After the trim, the audio for Clip B is extended so that it overlaps the beginning of
the video for Clip C.
To create an overlap edit:
1. Perform a straight-cut edit between two clips, including audio and video tracks:
t If the timing of the video edit is crucial, mark edit points according to video.
t If the timing of the audio transition is crucial, mark edit points according to audio.
2. Perform a dual-roller trim on either the video track or the audio track, but not on both:
t If the video transition occurs at the correct place but you want an audio transition either
before or after the video cut, trim the audio tracks accordingly.
t If the audio transition occurs at the correct place but you want a video transition either
before or after the audio cut, trim the video track accordingly.