For the record
In Premiere Pro cs5.5
So say you finished your edit and forgot to sync sound for the footage or other wise want to sync sound after the edit.
You could do this:
What were going to do is create a new sequence from our original footage sync the audio and video in that new sequence
Then replace all the clips that use the original footage with the same cuts but from our new synced sequence.
easy enough, there are a few ways to do some of these steps but I've tried to keep it as fast and convenient as possible.
Ill try to point out why each step is important.
- Open your "editing sequence" this is the sequence where you dropped in all your footage cuts.
- Find the clip for which you want to replace the clip with synced audio version.
- Move the playhead over the clip and make sure that video track is active
- Press the M key ("match frame", different key in mac) This will open the original footage in the "source monitor"
- Right click inside the "source monitor" chose "clear in and out"
- Left click and drag the footage from the source monitor onto the "New Item" icon below the Project panel.
This will create a new sequence from the original footage, including all of the footage.
If you skipped the "clear in and out" step you will have only the footage from the clip as denoted by the in and out points when you pressed the "m" key
The sequence will have the same name as the original footage which comes in handy when trying to find it later on in the process
- In this new sequence sync your audio to the footage.
- Once your done with syncing that file, open the "editing sequence"
- Find your clip you want to replace with the synced sequence and then Shift + Alt Drag the synced sequence you just made from the project panel onto the clip. If you read the status message it will say "Drop onto another clip to replace the clip, leaving the effects in place"
Thats it, in 9 easy steps you now have synced audio in your original non synced(?) edit sequence.
Points of interest.
If you Shift+Alt Drag the sequence onto un-linked footage, you only replace the footage, conversely if you shift+alt drag onto un-linked audio you only replace the audio
Works wit J\L cuts just fine. If your like me and forget to "re-link" your audio\footage in your j cuts then the above point comes into play.
Once you have "synced" a piece of footage, you can shift+alt Drag it onto any clip you made from that same footage. You don't need to do it for every clip\cut of the same footage.
Unless of course you skipped the "clear in and out" step.
Follow up: If anyone cares Iv been using this exact technique for two days now and it works great, way faster then it seems it would be!
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