Audio automatically switch to free tracks when moving a clip to track V2

[Chris Buttacoli]

If you hold down the ALT key, you can select the video or audio clips individually.

[Ann Bens]

Drag by position the mouse over the video part the clip to the new position in the timeline in this case V1. Dont let go of the mouse and press and hold shift. Still dont let go of the mouse and drag the audio part to track A2.
If you want the audio to stay in the same place and move the video move the clip by positioning the mouse over the audio part, select and hold shift and drag the video up.

[Ann Bens]

For moving along the same video track it is not needed to hold shift, only when you want to change videotracks and v.v. for audio.

[Flo De haan]

Hi Chris,

thank you for your reply,

but this was not what I asked.

I’m looking for a way to automatically have my audio NOT overwrite other audio when dragging the videopart of a clip to a free track over video. (and thus automatically move to free track as well)

I want to reduce steps.

I could first move video, then move audio.
but I want to do those steps simultaneously by pressing a shortkey while moving.

I use:
MacBookPro 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Version 10.5.8
FCP & Adobe Production Premium CS4

[Flo De haan]

Hi Ann,

thanks for all the details and screenshot

It answered my question perfectly.

select the AUDIO part of the clip
drag but don’t release mouse
hold down shift.
move up and down to have the video snap to V1 and audio to a2
keep down shift while releasing mouse
release mouse.

if you release shift first, the video snaps back to V1.

thanks again!

I use:
MacBookPro 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Version 10.5.8
FCP & Adobe Production Premium CS4

[Chris Buttacoli]

What version of PP are yoou using. This doesn’t work in CS3.

[Flo De haan]

Hi Chris,

I’m using CS4 as can be read in my signature
hope this thread helps you too

I use:
MacBookPro 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Version 10.5.8
FCP & Adobe Production Premium CS4

[Chris Buttacoli]

It’s funny. Reading through your posts, and Ann’s, I cannot determine whether or not holding the shift key actually works in moving the audio and video simultaneously to new tracks.

Does it? I have tried in CS3 and holding shift does nothing. What exactly does it do in CS4? Sounds like a nice tip if it works.

[Flo De haan]

I’m sorry, but I cannot check for CS3, For CS4 more detailed what I’ve learned from Ann:

note: it kinda tricky in which order you press, hold down and release keys.

– you have to click the audio part, rather than the video part of the clip you want to move.

– at that point the video and audio is linked and can be moved horizontally across track V1 and A1. keep mouse down.

– now press shift while holding down the mouse.

– If you are happy with the new place of the clip, though only the video should move to a free track AND the audio should move to a free track as well (i.g. from V1/A1 to V2 and A2) keep dragging up and down to have the video snap to V2 and audio to A2. keep the mouse down. keep shift down.

– keep down shift while releasing mouse

(if you release shift first, the video snaps back to V1. If you release mouse first, the video will be in V2 and the audio will be in A2)

Note: I’m talking mouse, while I use the smartpad on my MBP, but the use is the same.

I’m sorry again. If this doesn’t work in CS3 I can’t help it.

*****
I use:
MacBookPro 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Version 10.5.8
FCP & Adobe Production Premium CS4
*****

[Tom Simone]

Thanks, this is helpful.

I found it stupidly fiddly when I first tried it, not very intuitive at all.

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