stretching sound...at my wits end!

[lakewud]

Ive checked out the various and numberous threads relating to such a topic as this, and the tutorials....BUT still no joy.

So, last ditch attempt....

Wanting to simply take a clip..say 15sec's for sake of argument...only show say..5sec of that clip and then for the last 10secs of the clip keep the sound going but show other things...an overlay, a voiceover call it what you like.

So, what am i doing wrong..is there another way. I edit my clips into the short pieces i want, clip them together...go into sound and then - go back to the clip i orignally shortened only now lengthen the voice track on it.....the result..well it kinda works..but what a hassel.. better ideas, better explained...in steps 1, 2 and 3 kinda thang would be appreciated.

And, finally, could you explain the purpose of ripple editing..and YES ive read the threads and guides..i just dont get it. Maybe theres too much knowledge out there...and ends up confusing me..some say its good and should come as default others disagree.

So, there you go...thanks in advance.

G.

[THoff]

Select the clip in question, right-click on it, and use the Split command to split the audio from the video -- you can then manipulate them independently. Trim the video if you wish, and put something else after it.

Alternatively, if you simply put something into the overlay track and make the overlay full-size, it will get superimposed over the video in track one, and the audio won't be affected.

[Joe Louvar]

If I understand your question correctly, you could split the audio from the clip and put it in the timeline as a separate track and then add the video clips in the other tracks. Oh and turn off the audio on the video clips you don’t want to hear. And Ripple locks the tracks so you can add stuff without needing to line everything up again.

[Joe Louvar]

Hi THoff, you beat me to it.

[Ken Veal]

ripple editing automatically moves other clips and spaces when you insert clips into the timeline to make room.When you use RE it keeps all the tracks that you have applied it to in syncho as clips move whilst keeping their positions relative to each other. hope this helps Ken V

[TDK1044]

Wanting to simply take a clip..say 15sec's for sake of argument...only show say..5sec of that clip and then for the last 10secs of the clip keep the sound going but show other things...an overlay, a voiceover call it what you like.

Simple; At the point you want to change the vision but keep the audio running, put whatever video file you want to cut to on an overlay track with it's audio muted. Your original sound on the main video file track will continue, but the new overlay video file or files will now display instead of the original video.

As for Ripple Editing; if you've placed audio and or title tracks in sync and you now want to add a new file earlier in your project which will alter the duration of the project and therefore throw the additional audio and title tracks out of sync, the Ripple Editing function allows you to lock those tracks so that the sync is kept after your addition.