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moving video and audio clips on the timeline through tracks
Let me explain. In FCP you can grab a clip on the timeline, say grab the video, and move the video to the track above and the corresponding audio for that clip will move down an audio track too, so that everything moves across the tracks at once.
For example, if I have a vox in the timeline and later in the timeline I have a cutaway that I want to place in the track above the vox in Avid I seem to have to :
1. select the video.
2. drag it to the track above (above the track with the vox)
3. select the audio.
4. drag that to the audio tracks below.
5. select them both.
6. drag them into place.It seems like a huge drama every time I want to add a cutaway. Has anyone got any idea what I am missing?
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I think I understand your question. But Avid doesn’t work in the way I think you’re describing (or wishing ;-). I seem to recall Adobe Premiere does that; move a video clip up or down (vertically) and the linked audio moves in the opposite direction a corresponding number of tracks.
With Avid, you need to get in the habit of targeting the tracks you want your audio and video to “land” on. If you need to move them later, you’ll have to move them separately. There are some modifier keys to make life easier. For instance, if you hold the Control key while you drag a clip across tracks, it will constrain the movement vertically so you don’t inadvertently overwrite clips to the left or right of the one you’re moving.
Also you can add audio and video tracks (respectively) by pressing Control + U and Control + Y. Add the Alt as a modifier key (Control + Alt +Y) and you can choose where you want to insert the track. This gives you more control if you have an edited sequence that needs to remain in a certain “stacking” order.
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