Computer Video Editing: What's the Best Approach? (page 2)
Cutting to the Beat
Another commonly-used technique in both music videos and other music-driven edits is cutting to the beat - matching the edits to the actual beat of a song. This technique can be very difficult with a traditional tape-to-tape editing system, but today's timeline-based computer editors make it very simple. Most timeline-based systems have a way for you to place markers on the timeline as a clip plays; all you have to do is lay your audio track into the timeline, let it play and press the keyboard command that places markers in time to the beat (see the Mark It in Premiere sidebar).
Like most editing techniques, this method is best used sparingly - seeing every cut made to the beat of a song can be tiresome. It is useful, however, for placing video effects and other editing elements alongside the …
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