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User Guide
Linking video and audio clips in the Timeline
When you add a clip containing video and audio to the program, and you’ve specified adding
both the video and audio portions (see “Specifying source and target tracks” on page 145), the
video portion appears in a video track and the audio portion appears in an audio track. The
video and audio portions of the clip are linked so that when you drag the video portion in the
Timeline, the linked audio moves with it. If you split the clip, the video and audio are still linked
within the two resulting clips. You can only link video to audio—you cannot link a video clip
to another video clip.
In many situations it is useful to link or unlink clips manually. For example, you might want to
move previously unlinked audio or video clips together, or edit the In or Out point of the video
or audio portion of a clip independently. You don’t have to unlink clips if you only want to
delete one clip or the other.
To link video and audio:
Do one of the following:
•
Select the soft link tool ( ), click the first clip you want to link, and then click the second clip
you want to link.
•
With the selection tool ( ), select the first clip you want to link, and then press Shift as you
click the clip you want to link to the selected clip.
To unlink video and audio:
1 Select a linked clip.
2 Choose Edit > Break Link.
To temporarily edit only one of two linked clips:
Select the link override tool ( ), and edit a linked clip using a tool in the Timeline. When you
stop editing with the link override tool, Premiere restores the link.
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