Specifications

ptg
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Useful Editing Tools and Techniques
9. Yo u s hou ld no w h ave th ree se co nd s of f il le r p lac ed bet we en y ou r
segments.
10. Repeat steps 4–9 to add three seconds of filler between the
sequence’s last two interview segments (“Dr. Shannon interview 1”
and “Yo-el interview 1”).
Now that your pacing is set, you’re ready to add music to the
sequence (which will go onto tracks A3 and A4).
The music that you need to add actually accompanies the video (B-roll)
clips you’ve already edited into the sequence. To appropriately sync this
audio, you should first learn how to access the source audio that accom-
panies the video (B-roll) that you’ve already edited. You’ll learn how to do
this in the next section when you study the Match Frame function.
Useful Editing Tools and Techniques
Media Composer offers many tricks and shortcuts that will help you as you
edit and navigate in the Timeline.
Moving from One Transition to Another in the Timeline
The Fast Forward and Rewind buttons—found below the Source and
Record monitors—move the position indicator to the head (first frame) of
each clip in the sequence on the selected tracks.
By default, these buttons advance the position indicator to the next common
edit point of the selected tracks. However, if you hold the Alt (Windows)
or Option (Macintosh) key while clicking the button, the position indicator
moves to the head of the closest clip regardless of track selection.
Keep in mind, if you use Fast Forward and Rewind to assist you in marking
segments in the Timeline, advancing to the head of each frame will actually
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