video and audio portions of the clip are linked so that when you drag the video portion in
the Timeline window, the linked audio moves with it, and vice versa. For this reason, the
audio/video pair is called a
linked clip
. In the Timeline window, each part of the linked clip
is labeled with the same clip name, which is underlined. The video is marked [V] and the
audio is marked [A]. Ordinarily, all editing functions act on both parts of a linked clip, and
both are affected when you select, trim, split, delete, move, nudge, or change the duration
or speed of either its video or audio. To affect only the video or audio, you can temporarily
override the link by pressing the Alt key when you initiate these editing tasks. After you
perform the task, however, the link is restored.
When you want to work with the audio and video individually, you can unlink them. When
you do, you can use the video and audio as though they were not linked; even the clip
names no longer appear underlined or bear the [V] and [A] labels. Even so, Adobe
Premiere Pro keeps track of the link. If you relink the clips, they indicate whether they have
been moved out of sync, and by how much. You can have Adobe Premiere Pro
automatically
resynchronize the clips.
You can also create a link between previously unlinked clips. This is particularly useful if
you need to synchronize video and audio that were recorded separately. You can link
video only to audio—you cannot link a video clip to another video clip.
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To link video and audio:
1
Shift-click a video and audio clip to select them both.
2
Choose Clip > Link Audio and Video.
To unlink video and audio:
Select a linked clip and choose Clip > Unlink Audio and Video. (Though the audio and
video are unlinked, they are both still selected. Reselect either clip to use it separately.)
To automatically synchronize clips that were moved out of sync:
1
Right-click the number that appears at the In point of the out-of-sync video or audio
clip. (The number indicates the amount of time the clip is out of sync with its
accompanying
video or audio clip.)
2
Choose one of the following:
•
Move into Sync shifts the selected video or audio part of the clip in time to restore sync.
•
Slip into Sync performs a slip edit to restore sync without moving the clip’s position in
time. For more about slip edits, see “Trimming using slip and slide edits” on page 154.
Note: Move into Sync moves the clip without regard to adjacent clips and overwrites any
clips in order to regain sync.
To edit tracks of linked clips individually:
Alt-click either part of a linked clip; then use any editing tool. When you are finished
editing the clip, you can reselect (click) the clip to edit it as a linked clip again.
Finding the source of a clip
Adobe Premiere Pro can quickly find the source of any clip in a sequence and
automatically
select it in the Project window.
To view the source of a clip in a sequence:
Right-click a clip in a sequence, and choose Reveal in Project.
Editing a clip in its original application
The Edit Original command opens clips in their original application so that you can edit
them and then automatically incorporate those changes into the current project without
