1 00:00:00,005 --> 00:00:02,005 - Sometimes a project will have audio 2 00:00:02,005 --> 00:00:05,009 and video recorded on two separate devices. 3 00:00:05,009 --> 00:00:09,008 For example, I'm recording this video using my phone 4 00:00:09,008 --> 00:00:11,008 but I'm using my field recorder 5 00:00:11,008 --> 00:00:15,002 and wireless lavalier to grab the audio. 6 00:00:15,002 --> 00:00:17,005 Now, in order to edit these in Camtasia, 7 00:00:17,005 --> 00:00:20,006 I first need to sync them on the timeline. 8 00:00:20,006 --> 00:00:22,008 And this is a whole lot easier to do 9 00:00:22,008 --> 00:00:27,003 if I've created a distinct sync point during recording. 10 00:00:27,003 --> 00:00:29,009 I could do this using a clapboard, 11 00:00:29,009 --> 00:00:32,003 syncing audio, take one. 12 00:00:32,003 --> 00:00:33,008 (snapping) 13 00:00:33,008 --> 00:00:36,008 Or, in a pinch, I can just use my hands. 14 00:00:36,008 --> 00:00:38,008 Syncing audio, take one. 15 00:00:38,008 --> 00:00:39,009 (clapping) 16 00:00:39,009 --> 00:00:43,002 Let's take this into Camtasia. 17 00:00:43,002 --> 00:00:44,007 Okay, here in the media bin, 18 00:00:44,007 --> 00:00:48,000 I've imported my audio file for my field recorder 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,005 and my video file from my phone. 20 00:00:50,005 --> 00:00:53,002 And I need to sync them up on the timeline. 21 00:00:53,002 --> 00:00:54,009 I'll start with the video file 22 00:00:54,009 --> 00:00:57,005 and I just drag that to the timeline 23 00:00:57,005 --> 00:01:00,006 and let's rename this track, "Phone," 24 00:01:00,006 --> 00:01:03,000 just so I don't get confused. 25 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,002 Now I need to find that clapboard snap here 26 00:01:06,002 --> 00:01:08,005 and I can already see it here on the timeline. 27 00:01:08,005 --> 00:01:12,005 See that big waveform spike right there? 28 00:01:12,005 --> 00:01:13,003 (snapping) 29 00:01:13,003 --> 00:01:15,003 Coincides with the clapboard snap. 30 00:01:15,003 --> 00:01:16,004 I'm going to put a marker there 31 00:01:16,004 --> 00:01:19,003 so I don't lose my spot. 32 00:01:19,003 --> 00:01:21,006 Plop that down there. 33 00:01:21,006 --> 00:01:26,002 And I need to repeat that process with the audio track. 34 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:28,009 Drag it here, and I can already see it's quite a bit longer 35 00:01:28,009 --> 00:01:30,000 than my video track 36 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,005 because I started it before I started recording on my phone. 37 00:01:33,005 --> 00:01:36,005 So I'm going to resize that a tad, just trim it up. 38 00:01:36,005 --> 00:01:37,003 And I want to find 39 00:01:37,003 --> 00:01:41,000 that same clapboard snap on my audio track. 40 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:41,009 I don't even have to listen, 41 00:01:41,009 --> 00:01:43,002 I can see it right there. 42 00:01:43,002 --> 00:01:44,004 It's really easy to see 43 00:01:44,004 --> 00:01:46,006 but let's listen and make sure that's it. 44 00:01:46,006 --> 00:01:48,000 One (snapping). 45 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Okay, I'm going to add a marker there as well. 46 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,006 Plop it down, close as I can get it. 47 00:01:55,006 --> 00:01:58,003 Now I need to line up these two sync points. 48 00:01:58,003 --> 00:02:00,007 Just going to drag my audio track over here. 49 00:02:00,007 --> 00:02:02,008 Oops, I did not rename this yet. 50 00:02:02,008 --> 00:02:09,002 Let me go ahead and rename this, "Field Recorder," 51 00:02:09,002 --> 00:02:10,006 and I'm going to zoom in real tight. 52 00:02:10,006 --> 00:02:14,009 I like to use the playhead here as kind of a ruler. 53 00:02:14,009 --> 00:02:18,004 Drag my audio to line up as close as I can get it, 54 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:21,003 zoom in as tight as I can. 55 00:02:21,003 --> 00:02:23,006 It's off by a fraction of a second 56 00:02:23,006 --> 00:02:24,009 but that's not going to matter. 57 00:02:24,009 --> 00:02:26,008 I'll show you why here. 58 00:02:26,008 --> 00:02:28,007 Next, I want to resize my audio 59 00:02:28,007 --> 00:02:30,003 so it matches the video track 60 00:02:30,003 --> 00:02:32,005 and let's give that a listen. 61 00:02:32,005 --> 00:02:36,000 Clapboard, syncing audio, take one. 62 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:36,009 (snapping) 63 00:02:36,009 --> 00:02:39,002 You probably hear a slight bit of delay there 64 00:02:39,002 --> 00:02:41,007 and it's because I have two audio tracks. 65 00:02:41,007 --> 00:02:44,004 I really just want the better audio track 66 00:02:44,004 --> 00:02:46,000 from my field recorder. 67 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,008 So what I'm going to do here is select the phone, 68 00:02:50,008 --> 00:02:52,001 span this a bit, 69 00:02:52,001 --> 00:02:55,004 and if I click here on the audio properties, 70 00:02:55,004 --> 00:02:56,009 I'm just going to drag the volume 71 00:02:56,009 --> 00:03:00,005 of my phone audio all the way down so it's basically muted. 72 00:03:00,005 --> 00:03:03,003 I can always bring it back if I need to. 73 00:03:03,003 --> 00:03:05,006 And now let's give that a listen. 74 00:03:05,006 --> 00:03:08,002 I could do this using a clapboard, 75 00:03:08,002 --> 00:03:10,003 syncing audio, take one. 76 00:03:10,003 --> 00:03:11,001 (snapping) 77 00:03:11,001 --> 00:03:14,006 And I just have my nice, clean audio from my field recorder. 78 00:03:14,006 --> 00:03:16,006 My audio and video are synced. 79 00:03:16,006 --> 00:03:19,001 Now, I don't want them to get out of sync. 80 00:03:19,001 --> 00:03:21,000 So I'm going to select both, 81 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,002 right-click, group it, 82 00:03:24,002 --> 00:03:27,009 and I can rename this whatever I want to. 83 00:03:27,009 --> 00:03:35,001 Call it, "Syncing Audio Synced." 84 00:03:35,001 --> 00:03:36,005 And now I have, basically, 85 00:03:36,005 --> 00:03:42,008 a video track that I can edit as needed. 86 00:03:42,008 --> 00:03:45,004 And that's how you sync a separate audio source 87 00:03:45,004 --> 00:03:46,009 for editing in Camtasia.