Apple 7 manual Jump In Make Simple Split Edits and Cutaways, Basic Editing

Jump In:  Make Simple Split Edits and Cutaways

You can create split edits in a clip to have the audio begin playing before the video or have the video appear before the clip’s audio starts. To create a split edit, you give a clip’s audio and video items different In points or Out points.

For example, during a clip of a person talking, you might have a clip of a person listening appear as the first person continues talking. To do that, you create an L-cut in which the In point of the video of the person listening is before the clip’s audio In point.

Video In point before the clip’s audio In point

Likewise, another split edit, called a J-cut, is frequently used in video dialogue to begin the audio of a clip before the video appears. Using a J-cut, for example, you might have a person’s dialogue begin before the speaker appears onscreen. The following illustration shows a J-cut, in which the audio In point is before the video In point.

Audio In point before the clip’s video In point

Chapter 5    Basic Editing

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