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cross fading scenes in one long clip?
Newbie here,
I had the brilliant idea that I could film an entire wedding ceremony without pausing the camera and cut the film later on in Final Cut Pro.
I now realize that the different camera angles will need cross dissolves. I tried to create markers and convert them to subclips to cross dissolve but this makes the audio out of sync.
Any suggestions on how to break up the video, make cross dissolves and keep the audio and video all in sync?
-Joey
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6 Replies
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Load your clip into a sequence which matches it’s properties. Say Yes if asked to conform settings.
Just trim up all edits in your sequence by about 30 frames (or the duration of your transition) after you’ve cut out what you don’t want in your clip.
Jerry
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First, figure out from which camera you prefer the audio.
Second, put both clips on a timeline, one over the other (V1 and V2) and sync them up.
Third, for the audio you DON’T want, change it’s volume level to zero. Make that your top track (V2).
Fourth, using the blade tool, cut the top track where you want to create transitions to the bottom track. Delete the unwanted edits.
Fifth, add your transitions to the clips on the top track. Voila!
-trevor ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
orlando, fl -
Trevor, my issue is that I only had one camera with one uninterrupted take.
-Joe
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Then what’s the problem? I’m assuming you’re moving the camera and you recorded that. So put your clip in the timeline. Cut right before you move the camera. Cut right after you have repositioned the camera. delete the unwanted portion. push the two clips together and add a cross-dissolve or some other transition.
then do this how many ever times you moved the camera.
-trevor ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
orlando, fl -
That’s exactly what I did only to find that the vows which are a close up their faces are totally off with the audio after I cut the previous unwanted material out.
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Then your real question isn’t how to keep the clips synced, it’s how to deal with a clip that’s unsynced. Not quite sure how that happened. I can’t tell you the last time I recorded something that’s unsynced. What you should do is take the original clip, assuming it’s a long clip, and put the whole thing on your time line. Go to the spot where you can read their lips. In the timeline, select the clip. Then hit command L (or apple L) or go to the menu and select Modify | Link (this will uncheck Link. No, type S on your keypad or in the tool bar select the Slip tool. Now select the video clip and move it left or right until the lips are in sync with your audio. This is called slipping the clip. It will take some fine tuning until this is done.
When you’ve got it, type A on your keypad or in the toolbox select the pointer. Now select the video AND audio clip. Hit command L and your audio and video are now re-linked and in-sync.
Go ahead and make your edits.
-trevor ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
orlando, fl
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