Chapter 6. Syncing Footage

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We love our DSLR cameras and the beautiful footage they help us shoot, but there’s one thing we hate—the audio. The audio recording capabilities of a DSLR camera out of the box would be outperformed by taking two cans and stretching a string between them. Your cell phone has a better microphone than your DSLR.

So although you’re anxious to start editing, you have one more task in front of you before you begin editing your program—sound syncing. You might be thinking, “Why worry about that now? Surely that can happen while I’m editing my show.” The answer is not really. A little work now will help you to avoid a lot ...

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