Hi, I'm a new PD user making my first *real* attempt at PD. I have a video in the master track, and have split the audio into the voice track. What I'm trying to do is fade into the video from a black title page I created which has some simple white text, and I have had some success after searching the forums and watching a few toots. But there are two small details I can't seem to work out, and was hoping to get some assistance.

1. While I would like to fade into the video track, I would also like the audio track to play from the beginning - "underneath" the fade in/out effect. Another way to describe it is that I would like video to start 5 seconds in (after the fade in/out title page), but I would like the audio track to start at time 0. When I add a color board, it seems to push both the audio and the video tracks. And although I can adjust the audio track backward to start at time 0, then the audio and video then become out of sync.

2. After the fade in/out effect of the title track, the video track appears suddenly. Instead of that, I'd like to smoothly fade out from the title page to a black color board for a couple of seconds (with the audio still going underneath), then gracefully fade into the video. But it seems that when I add a color board it always pushes both the audio and video track to the right, and if I split the video track, the video is always moved back to time 0.

I think part of my problem might be uncertainty around when to use a title page, a color board, and a pip track. But I would appreciate any thoughts on my predicament. Sorry if it's unclear - I find it a bit difficult to describe my intended effect in words... Thanks for your time - I can see how great this app will be if I can just get over the initial learning curve...