From the course: Final Cut Pro X & Logic Pro X: 2 Mixing Dialog, Music, and Effects

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Movie sync options

Movie sync options

From the course: Final Cut Pro X & Logic Pro X: 2 Mixing Dialog, Music, and Effects

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Movie sync options

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- [Instructor] Now, that the audio's in place, let's import the movie, and the reference audio from the movie. I recommend always getting the editor's audio output on the movie you're mixing. If you encounter any sync problems at all, they're much easier to solve if you have the audio that's connected to the movie clip. And it's also your chance to hear where the editor, and perhaps the director, placed the dialogue in reference to the effects in the music. Was it way out in front, like you might find in an ad, or more subtle? So, there are a few ways to do this. Option + Command + O will take you to the Import window. The File menu, Movie, Open Movie, and there's your Option + Command + O command again. The most arcane, and amaze-your-friends way to do it, is to go to the Show/Hide for Global Tracks, and then there are some Global Tracks, if you Control + Click in this gray space you can add the movie to those Global Tracks, and then in this little menu, you have Open Movie. So, that…

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