Locking video and audio to timeline

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HughM

Newbie Joined: Dec 21, 2015 11:08 Messages: 2 Offline

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Feb 24, 2016 17:55

I am new to PD, so hopefully this isn't a dumb question. I am doing a project with two camera angles filming live live music. I am using the audio from one of the feeds. I start out by syncing the two tracks, and that's no problem, but after lots of edits the videos, one or the other, gets out of sync.

Is there a way to lock the two videos to the same place on the grid and still be able to split and trim them? I have used Pro-Tools alot for audio in the past, and if something got out of place on the track (timeline) you could always click to get it back to it's correct place.

Thanks. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions coming soon.

Anonymous

Feb 25, 2016 16:13

Hi, Hugh!

At left of the timeline for each video and audio, effects, titles, voice and music tracks is a little symbol which appears as a "padlock" Clicking on this will "lock" all content on that timeline. Unfortunately, though, while locked, no editing can be performed on those tracks. There could be a workaround if you "unlock" the timeline(track) you want to work on(make alterations) then "lock" it before unlocking another, but it could be time-consuming and a bit tedious.

Cheers!

Neil.

HughM

Newbie Joined: Dec 21, 2015 11:08 Messages: 2 Offline

Feb 25, 2016 16:18

Thanks...Yes, it would be nice if each clip could be put back into it's correct place if it slides off of it's position. With audio editing you make a lot of changes so having to unlock, edit, and then lock again, is very awkward.

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