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soundtrack pro…woe
here is a noobie question:
I 3 point edit from the view to the timeline.
Then I ctrl click my audio file
send to soundtrack pro audio file project.
noise reduce, compress ect…
save my new stap
go back to my timeline
and it’s their! thats great.Now, I dont like it… How can get my original file back? Control z? Sure…but what if i saved my project, and moved on then came back later to do it? I can’t ctrl z that one.
So my ultimate question, how would i get my video file to have the capture source audio, without going back and redoing a 3 pt edit?
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5 Replies
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Select the stap and right click to open in editor. Change the file in stp… save.
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[lear2006] “So my ultimate question, how would i get my video file to have the capture source audio, without going back and redoing a 3 pt edit?
“Like many things, once you create an edit and then make several changes and save the project and continue “down the road”… you can’t just “undo” all the major changes with a simple command (the exception would be “remove attributes” but that does not apply to your specific question).
A good practice is to edit up to a point and then DUPLICATE the timeline and continue additonal changes (like your audio adjustments) on the COPY.
That way, you can always go back to the original timeline that did not have the changes that you made to the copy.
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Open STPro, choose the preferences, and at the bottom of the “general” section, change includes source audio to references source audio. This will make STPro non destructive.
Jeremy
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you could also place the playhead over the clip in question, do a match frame (f) which pulls up the original clip in the viewer, and then do a replace edit (F11).
As a general workflow recommendation, don’t do too much audio sweetening, etc., until after you lock your picture. What happens is you spend a lot of time working on something that ends up getting cut, or needs to be changed in relation to other audio elements that are added later.
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What I’ve started doing with a lot of clips I send to Motion is to open it in the viewer and overwrite a duplicate video clip on the next track above. I use the Send to Motion command on the upper clip. I’ve also been doing a lot of graphics that I want to lay on top of FCP clips with effects – which don’t go to Motion – so I’m doing this more to have my clip in Motion to animate with, but have my graphics on top of my clip when I get back to FCP.
That may be an option if you really want to keep track of both the original and your Soundtrack project in the same timeline.You could also do a match frame on the accompanying video (if it’s in your timeline) and bring just the audio back into your sequence.
Hope that helps,
Zak
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