Hello all,
I am using iMovie 10.2.5. I've got my entire project done, with video clips synced to the audio that I am using. However, I've now thought about adding a video clip back at the very beginning. Is there a way to insert a separate video clip before the ENTIRE current project, so that I don't mess up the audio/video sync?
Hard to comment on your issue without seeing a picture of your project timeline. Can you post a screen shot? Are you intending the newly added clip not to have background audio below it?
The first thing to do is to make a duplicate of your project and then work with the duplicate so that your original work is preserved. Saves a lot of headache.
Depending on how complicated the audio/syncing is, one can usually add a clip to the beginning of the project timeline and have everything following it slide down the timeline in unison. It doesn't always work that way, particularly if you have numerous bits of audio syncing with the video, or have stacked audio clips. However, as long as you are working with your duplicate project, no harm done because you still have your original with it original edits. You can make as many duplicates as you want for purposes of experimentation.
Another way to do it is to export your project to your desktop, that will merge all of the edits and the sync. Then import the exported movie as one long clip into a new project. Add your new clip to the beginning.
-- Rich
Hard to comment on your issue without seeing a picture of your project timeline. Can you post a screen shot? Are you intending the newly added clip not to have background audio below it?
The first thing to do is to make a duplicate of your project and then work with the duplicate so that your original work is preserved. Saves a lot of headache.
Depending on how complicated the audio/syncing is, one can usually add a clip to the beginning of the project timeline and have everything following it slide down the timeline in unison. It doesn't always work that way, particularly if you have numerous bits of audio syncing with the video, or have stacked audio clips. However, as long as you are working with your duplicate project, no harm done because you still have your original with it original edits. You can make as many duplicates as you want for purposes of experimentation.
Another way to do it is to export your project to your desktop, that will merge all of the edits and the sync. Then import the exported movie as one long clip into a new project. Add your new clip to the beginning.
-- Rich
Place your cursor on the audio clip and, while pressing down, push the clip firmly upwards into the title clip above. You will see the audio clip attach to the video clip with a little coupling. Then add your additional title clip in front. The video and audio clips should be pushed down the timeline in unison.
If there are other audio clips in the project located farther down the timeline, you should push those up against the video (title) clips above so that they are coupled to the video clips. Otherwise, they will get out of sync when the row moves down.
-- Rich
In a more complicsted situation, you can see in the screen shot below that the audio clips are all coupled to a video clip above in the timeline. So when you add a video clip in front of the other video clips in the timeline, all of the audio will move in sync with the video clips.
-- Rich
Hello Rich,
Thanks for responding. I am attaching a screenshot of the beginning of my project...
There's obviously a lot more after this, but I just want to insert a video clip and make everything move wholesale so that I don't mess up the audio/vido syncs. When I tried to insert it in the video clips line before the others (Which are actually titles), it didn't move everything, just the video clips. I wasn't sure if perhaps there was a keyboard shortbut or select all type thing to be able to easily insert the new clip at the beginning.
Mine weren't that complicated. Thanks for the your input, I got my project adjusted the way that I was wanting!
Great! Glad you got it working.
-- Rich
How to add a clip at the beginning without messing up finished project
