Apple 7 manual Create a J-cut, in which the audio precedes the video, Try This

Try This

Create a J-cut, in which the audio precedes the video:

1Click the Linked Selection button in the Timeline button bar to turn linked selection off.

You can now change the audio and video items of a clip separately.

Linked Selection button

2Press R to select the Roll tool.

Roll tool

3Drag the video edit point at the beginning of Sample Clip 2 forward in the Timeline, as you see in the illustration below.

Drag here with the Roll tool.

Now the clip’s audio starts before the video.

Chapter 5    Basic Editing

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