Final Cut Pro allows you to set separate video and audio In and Out points. These edits are known as split edits. Split edits are useful for conversation scenes, where the video and audio of two actors overlap. You can also use split edits to introduce the sound of a new scene before cutting to the video.
For example: You are editing a sequence in which a man and a woman are talking to each other. It’s common during a conversation scene to cut to the video of one person listening while the audio from the other person continues. You use a split edit to achieve this effect. This is how you would achieve the effect:
Cut to the video and audio of the man talking.
In the middle of the man talking, overwrite the video of the man talking with the video of the woman listening, while the audio of the man talking continues.
Once the man finishes talking, cut to the audio of the woman, now talking.
The resulting edit would look something like this:
Split edits can be used in many different situations—in dialogue scenes, like the one described above, when cutting to illustrative B-roll footage during an interview, or when transitioning from one scene to another.
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