Avid Technology Car Video System PT User Manual

Chapter 3: Basic Media Station|PT Workflows

Use the controls underneath the Source Mon-

itor to locate the first frame of the portion of the
clip that you want to edit into the sequence.

Click Mark In to mark the In point (the first

frame of the selected portion) at the current po-
sition of the cursor.

Using the same controls, locate the last frame

of the portion of the source that you want to
edit into the sequence.

Click Mark Out to mark the Out point (the last

frame of the selected portion) at the current po-
sition of the cursor.

The portion of the audio source between the In
point and the Out point is now selected for ed-
iting into the sequence.

Choose Clip > New Audio Track to add audio

tracks to the sequence. (This leaves any original
audio tracks in place to compare synchroniza-
tion.) Add a new track for each channel of audio
you want to add.

If necessary, click on the Source track buttons

and drag to the desired new Timeline track but-
tons so that the new media will be placed on the
correct tracks in the Timeline.

Source Monitor controls

See “Adding Clips to a New Sequence” on
page 55 for detailed information on using
these controls.

Enable the Caps Lock to hear audio while
scrubbing.

You can also select the entire source clip or
sequence by clicking Mark Clip.

Rewind

Fast-For-
ward

Step Forward 1
Frame

Cursor

Play/
Pause

Step Backward 1
Frame

Mark
Out

Mark
In

Clear
Both
Marks

Mark
Clip

You can also click the Clear Both Marks
button to clear the In and Out points.

Audio tracks in the Timeline

Aligning Source audio tracks with Timeline audio tracks

Existing
audio
tracks

New audio
tracks

Source

Track linked

to Timeline

track

Linking

Source track

to Timeline

track