Final Cut Pro X Beyond the Basics, 2nd Edition

Chapter 5 Working with Audio

Film and video are primarily visual media. Oddly enough, though, the moment an edit occurs is often driven as much by the sound as by the picture. How many times have you heard a sound and turned to look in that direction? This is essentially the behavior that drives much of film editing, whether the obvious dialogue following in narrative fiction or the natural sound editing of documentary. So let’s look at working with sound in Final Cut Pro. How sound is used, where it comes in, and how long it lasts are key to good editing. With few exceptions, sound almost never cuts with the picture. Sometimes the sound comes first and then the picture, and sometimes the picture leads the sound. Generally, the sound will lead ...