Matching Up Audio

[kathyconnolly]

Is there any easy way to do this? I have all sorts of clips that I'm trying to put together, and I'm having trouble linking up the sound. Also, is there a way of moving a clip over just a tiny bit?

Thanks,

Kathy

[Steve Grisetti]

What do you mean "matching up audio", Kathy? Are you saying that your audio is out of sync with your video, or are you trying to do some other kind of matching?

The easiest way to nudge a video clip is to zoom in as far as you can on the timeline using the slider or by pressing the + button on your keyboard. When you are zoomed in as far as possible, you will be able to move your clips as little as a frame at a time.

Another trick is to use the timeline's CTI (playhead). Position the CTI at the spot you want to nudge your clip to and then just click on the clip and give it a little push. It should snap right to the CTI's position!

[Chuck Engels]

Holding down the ALT key while pressing the right of left arrow will move the clip one frame at a time.
Add the Shift key and it will move 5 frames at a time

[kathyconnolly]

I will try the CTI next. Do y'all want to look at my video here? Don't make fun of me for lips not matching talking.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3UCcVBuutw[/youtube]

[Steve Grisetti]

I don't think exact sync in this video matters as much as you think, Kathy. It's so much fun, that no one is going to notice a mismatch here and there! Especially since so little of it is shot in close-up.

But, if you're determined to sync lips to sound, there is no shortcut. You just have zoom in on that area of the timeline and tweak the video's position until it matches.

[momoffduty]

Okay Kathy, the teachers are having all of the fun! Very creative too. At least I now know what those 'Teacher Work Days' were all about. Forgot to ask last time...which one is you?

[kathyconnolly]

I redid it yesterday so it looks way better now. The sound is still blippy, but that's okay. I will post the new one this evening.

I am in the Beyonce one. I appear about in the middle (after the cafeteria ladies) in a group of four women. I'm the woman in the front with dark hair and no rhythm.

[kathyconnolly]

I keep forgetting to put the new one on youtube, and I swear it's better than the one above. I only remember when I'm at school where youtube is blocked. (We're always in chains, being oppressed by the man!)

My question now is making a dvd with all three of my videos on it. Will I lose the quality (lol, it's not very quality) of the footage if I save it as an mpg or whatever the format is? Technically I can figure out how to do it, but what is the best way with the best quality?

Thanks!

Kathy

[Steve Grisetti]

Assuming your videos aren't longer than 70 minutes, you won't lose quality if you:
1) Share each by going to Share/Computer/AVI using the DV preset.
2) Open a new DV project and add the three videos to the timeline.
3) Use Share/Disc to burn a DVD.

[kathyconnolly]

OMG, they're not longer than 70 minutes. Four minutes is too much work for me!

I revised my last video. The background was too dark before with their black outfits. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB15q8U_JzM[/youtube]

Does anyone know a quick way to download a youtube video? I've bought conversion software, but it never seems to work. I just need a tiny clip of Lady Gaga.

Kathy

[RJ Johnston]

YouTube has an option below the player to download (MP4, FLV, MP3) the video. You may need to be on YouTube's website.