Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Smart Tool Video Audio Linking

Introduced because all those editors were buying FCP7 - oh, hang on a minute . . .

On 19 Jan 2012, at 22:46, Terence Curren wrote:

> Can you tell I'm not a Smart Tools fan? :-0
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "paul.hartel" <phartel@...> wrote:
> >
> > Duh! Think like FCP. Got it. Thanks for reminding me how dense can be.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > To be more precise, there is a little icon above the smart tools on the left of your timeline that looks like 3 stacked bars (representing tracks I guess) and a little set of lines linking them. It is called the "link selection toggle" button.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You have to think like FCP. There is a button to unlink it.
> > > >
> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "paul.hartel" <phartel@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey Folks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Disclaimer: I'm still on 5.5.3, although I suspect it's the same in 6.
> > > > >
> > > > > With the new Smart Tool, whenever you use the Segment Tool (overwrite) -
> > > > > when I grab a video track and only want to move the video the darn thing links to the audio and it takes quite a bit of finagling before I can get it to permanently release the link so I can move only the video.
> > > > >
> > > > > It's been an issue that I've just dealt with, but I haven't been able to find any easy way, either in settings, or menu commands, to get it to not automatically link to the underlying audio. Obviously it's great for when you want to keep things in sync, but...
> > > > >
> > > > > I thought I remembered reading somewhere a way to disable this feature, but I couldn't easily find anything searching the database here - too many messages.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any quick solutions to this issue? Any longer solutions? Solutions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks, Paul
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>

With best wishes,
Roger Shufflebottom
rogershuff@yahoo.co.uk
+44 7973 543 660

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