Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

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Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles
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4. Choose Timeline > Audio Options or Timeline > Subtitle Options, depending on the
kind of track you want to offset. The Audio Options or Subtitle Options dialog box
opens. Both dialog boxes contain the same offset controls.
5. Set the Offset for the track you want to change by either entering a timecode value or
clicking and holding the spinbox controls:
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To move the track forward relative to the video (effectively trimming the beginning
of the audio or subtitle track) set the Offset to a negative value.
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To make the track begin later, set the Offset to a positive value.
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To remove an existing offset, set the Offset to 00:00:00:00.
6. Click Apply to make the change without closing the dialog box. This lets you see or
hear the effect of the change and make further adjustments without having to reopen the
dialog box.
7. When you’re satisfied, click OK.
To offset some or all audio or subtitle tracks by the same amount:
1. Double-click the movie in the Project window. The movie appears in the Preview
window.
2. If you want to offset only some tracks, lock the tracks you do not want to change in the
Timeline window. See “Locking and unlocking tracks” on page 82 for details.
3. In the Timeline window, click the Solo button for one of the tracks that you want to
offset so that you can hear the audio or see the subtitles.
4. Start playing the movie using the Preview window’s controls.
5. Choose Timeline > Audio Options or Timeline > Subtitle Options, depending on the
kind of track you are offsetting. The Audio Options or Subtitle Options dialog box
appears.
6. Select the “Link All Tracks for Editing” option.
7. Set the offset value for one of the tracks and click Apply. All unlocked tracks take on the
same offset.
8. When you’re satisfied, click OK.
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