Chadwick, you're seriously one of the best tutorial makers, period. I've taught myself Davinci Resolve, After Effects, Blender, Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop, you name it, all on TH-cam; you're a contender for top dog in TH-cam tutorials.
THANK YOU! You told me EXACTLY what I was searching for that no one else I found, showed! That was, HOW TO NUDGE the audio wavform without moving the wav casing. You also showed other things they didn't show and I didn't know!
i think i have this memorized now. this is the third or fourth time i have had to hunt down this video too do the sub frame movement for a video. you are the best. I love the speed editor, i need to get as comfortable using it as you are. thanks for all your videos. each one is helpful in it's own way. i always learn something.
When I found out FCPro could do this, I was in heaven!! One of the few disappointments switching over to Resolve was that I thought you couldn't do this. So naturally, I am delighted.
Thank you, Chadwick. You really are an excellent teacher. I have been editing broadcast TV for 30 years and younger folks always want to know where to get the good tutorials. I guess I have an answer for them now.
Thanks Chadwick. It's nice to have this documented in one place. It's extremely helpful for aligning camera angles with scratch audio inside of a sync bin for multicam edits on the Cut page!
Chadwick, this was such an AWESOME and helpful video.. I need to do this all the time and now i understand the reason i could NOT get the audio to move on some of my videos when i needed. You my friend KNOW 💪 . Thank you for the video and your willingness to help others grow in DR
Awesome, yeah a smart person once told me if you wonder if there is an "option" to do a specific thing, there's a good chance if you hold down "option" and try it out, something might happen. :)
I owe you one, Chadwick. Didn't realize that 99% of my audio sync problems can be solved by just going to the fairlight page, zooming in, and moving the problematic audio track around. I do wish I had invested in an audio recorder with time code though.
Hey there, and thanks for this video. Have you noticed this function is now broken in 18.1? ALT+arrows don't work AND even if you select the menu item from TRIM-->SLIP AUDIO, the function STILL doesn't work. Can you confirm? We have 3 PCs editing that just upgraded to 18.1, and the behavior is the same on all installations. For 6 months now, we were able to move entire linked clips (linked audio and video tracks) by subframe using ALT+arrows, now we can't move ANY track by subframe (linked or not) using ALT+arrows OR the menu item! Thanks for any insights you can offer.
@@omarmiranda9742 I have confirmed with Blackmagic that the problem exists. They recreated it and said it will be addressed on a future release. I downgraded back to 18.0.04 because this is vital to our setup.
I did find a workaround, but it is frustrating. If you trim the front of the clip(s) and the end of the clip(s), you can then use the keyboard shortcuts again. It's tedious, but it works.
@@nickpoortman Thanks Nick - I forgot I put this comment here. So I had reached out to Blackmagic Support and they confirmed that this new behavior is AS INTENDED! The official word was that they made this behavior match "in-line" with other popular video editor software. Specifically, what you just described is exactly the solution. I guess (as I learned) the trimming of the ends of the clips is called "handles." So by doing the trimming at the ends of the clips, you create a "handle" on each side. Then, you are allowed to "slip" the audio from the cut parts (the trimmed out parts that are the "handles") back into the uncut portion of the clip. Previously, the sub-frame slip nudge feature was simply creating dead silence without the need to create these "handles." So, as it were, just be sure you (whoever reads this) record enough "dead air" at the beginning and end of your tracks so you can trim the ends to create "handles," then you'll be able to sub-frame slip no problem anymore.
Hi, thanks this video was helpful. I am slipping audio for 60-100 clips each day in the Media workspace at the moment using the Waveform, however it's not accurate enough because I'm not able to zoom in. When using the Edit workspace to slip audio is there a way to update the synced clip in the Media workspace? Or can you do this in the Fairlight workspace? Or just work more accurately in the Media workspace. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for watching Joanna. I wish there was but there isn't in the media page. The difference is that the audio is getting dropped onto a timeline vs being forced into a clip that has a locked in frame rate. Avid kind of gets around this by sort of nesting clips so they can sync but only down to a 1/4 of a frame. One thing I haven't tried but just thought of while typing would be to try selecting your finely synced clip on the timeline and try creating a subclip from the newly synced portion of the clip. It's worth a shot, but I haven't tested this.
Audio was still moving by frames for me, even with snapping turned off and I found the solution by going to Preferences > User > Editing and unchecking "Align audio edits to frame boundaries". Also on that screen is "Audio subframe nudge" which can be changed to as small as 1 millisecond.
Thanks for the lesson. Do you have any advice for audio for one clip starting at the end of the preceding clip? I had this happen, one fix was removing the clip and putting it back in, another was dragging the clip length forward and then putting it back. Seemed like I was working harder than necessary.
That "blip" audio at 0:28 is the same that Binance uses when a notification comes in or an order is filled. Made me pause the video and check... ahahah
Great question - there actually is no such thing as a video subframe. A frame is just a still image, so you really can't move in between 2 still images. Hope that makes sense. The timeline is set to frames. So you will always be moving audio to line up to picture.
@@CreativeVideoTips Original video is in Davinci (25 fps). Exported to mp4, sent on Iphone, added caps in Captions, recorded Screencast (supposedly 49,93 fps), sent to Macbook, to Davinci, added the clip, but now can't get the clips properly aligned, even though the same content. Seems to be off by 1/4 or half of a frame. Weird.
Make you have just change the game for me. I was getting so frustrated that every time I tried to line audio it was going too far one side or the other and not lining up. Never even occurred to me the snap 2 button. In fact I didn't even know that existed. Thank you so very very much
Great video - always helpful :) One slightly related topic, I have been struggling with. When I have (auto) synced an audio file to a video clip (in the media page), I sometimes want to unsync them - I have never found a way to do that. Do you know?
you rock - good question. Command Option L or “link clips” will let you remove the sync relationship from any clip. This is that chain link option. check out about 3 minutes in on this video and it should show you how to do it. Cheers!
In Adobe Premiere Pro when you use this feature the tracks lose their finely tuned syncing if you move them on the timeline, even if they're linked back up with the video track. I had to import the audio into Adobe Audition, sync it, export it, and import it back into Premiere Pro to get it to stay sync'd. Is this the case for DaVinci Resolve as well, or will the subframe nudges keep even if you move the track on the timeline?
Good question Joey, I didn't realize this is how it worked in Premiere. As far as I'm aware from what I've experienced, it WILL hold the sync relationship on the timeline in Resolve.
I have been trying to find the settings for audio to show the offset value but couldnt find, i thought davinci doesnt have it. Please let me know how to turn it on. i am tralking about the red box with the text that shows the offset between audio and video.
I have live music I've recorded on my Canon cameras. I've used a higher quality external stand alone audio recorded along with it. How do I replace the camera audio with perfectly synced recorder audio?
There are a few ways to do this. One simple way is to sync the good sound in the media page with selecting both clips - right click - auto sync audio - based on waveforms. You can also line them up on the timeline to sync them, create a multicam clip, or sync bin. Some good stuff on this video fro ya - th-cam.com/video/7LoYeWJgSoQ/w-d-xo.html
Kind of a crazy time for me in the middle of moving . As soon as I have time I'll try from these methods . Thank you so much for your timely response. Your channel is awesome !
Chadwick, thank you so much for the tutorial. I see this often when I bring in a video from a VHS tape. I seem to have to try to line up the audio with the video link. Do you recommend a setting I should use to bring in the clip so I won’t have to always do this? I am using 640x480 29.97fps. Thank you ~ Paul
Hey Paul, in general I don't sweat sub frame sync too much unless its very critical. In the case of a VHS capture, the resolution of the visual is so low that it would take an eagles eye to notice a subframe sync issue. So while you can spend time doing this, this way. I personally would leave it as is. Your capture settings are good.
I sure would love if there was a way, but nope. Video frames are always distinct, you can go in pretty far to the sample with audio, but only at the frame level with video.
Are you asking about moving a video clip in between frames? If so, this is a common mis-conception but it’s like dividing by 0. It doesn’t exist. 1 frame of video is the most zoomed in you can get to a sequence. And timelines are set to that same frame rate as the source clip ideally. So for perfect sync to audio you always move the audio because it does have 48,000 samples. More detail in audio waveforms.
the best option is if you have similar audio on both files - to right-click them in the studio version and you can align them by waveforms automatically.
I love the videos. I wondered if you have a video on an issue I have in the Media Page > Add Folder (Create Bins) th-cam.com/video/VfdbwDWDR6I/w-d-xo.html I want to import the SFX folders I have, but resolve won't recognize any files that are "read only" and I can't change that. Have you encountered this?
00:00 - Sub-Frame Audio Editing Alignment
00:54 - Mouse Method - Moving Audio Clips
01:27 - Red Sync Indicators
01:45 - Keyboard Method - Slip Audio One Subframe
02:54 - Link Clips (FCPX Connected Clips)
03:48 - When to use it?
Chadwick, you're seriously one of the best tutorial makers, period. I've taught myself Davinci Resolve, After Effects, Blender, Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop, you name it, all on TH-cam; you're a contender for top dog in TH-cam tutorials.
Wow, thanks! I have a long way to go, but really appreciate these kind words - they mean a lot.
I second that.
THANK YOU! You told me EXACTLY what I was searching for that no one else I found, showed! That was, HOW TO NUDGE the audio wavform without moving the wav casing. You also showed other things they didn't show and I didn't know!
You're welcome!! thanks so much for watching
i think i have this memorized now. this is the third or fourth time i have had to hunt down this video too do the sub frame movement for a video. you are the best. I love the speed editor, i need to get as comfortable using it as you are. thanks for all your videos. each one is helpful in it's own way. i always learn something.
That is so cool to hear. It’s great to hear the tutorials have been helpful. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment.
@@CreativeVideoTips as a small creator i know what kind of difference even one view makes.
When I found out FCPro could do this, I was in heaven!! One of the few disappointments switching over to Resolve was that I thought you couldn't do this. So naturally, I am delighted.
Thank you, Chadwick. You really are an excellent teacher. I have been editing broadcast TV for 30 years and younger folks always want to know where to get the good tutorials. I guess I have an answer for them now.
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that encouragement - yes please send them my way and hopefully I won't give them too many bad habits ;)
Thanks Chadwick. It's nice to have this documented in one place. It's extremely helpful for aligning camera angles with scratch audio inside of a sync bin for multicam edits on the Cut page!
Glad it was helpful!
@@CreativeVideoTips This doesn't work anymore on DaVinci 18, could yo make a tutorial on how to do it?
Clearly the most efficient and accurate video on these subject, thank you to save our time to be more productive
Thank you very much for this. I only started using the software today for the first time, and couldn't figure this out. Excellent video!
Chadwick, this was such an AWESOME and helpful video..
I need to do this all the time and now i understand the reason i could NOT get the audio to move on some of my videos when i needed.
You my friend KNOW 💪 . Thank you for the video and your willingness to help others grow in DR
Your encouragement is really appreciated! Glad you could learn a little from this tip.
another online hero, once again saving me from certain doom, trim menu subframe whas hat i needed, thank you
Thanks Chadwick, never knew the keyboard method
Awesome, hey I didn't either until not all that long ago - we're learning together :)
Thanks Chadwick, some good tips there 👌
You bet - thanks David!
This tip has saved my ass! Thank you man!
Jiiikes!! Dropping great tools 😂 I have not used right click enough to realize what futures it includes😍
Awesome, yeah a smart person once told me if you wonder if there is an "option" to do a specific thing, there's a good chance if you hold down "option" and try it out, something might happen. :)
Great job explaining as always Chadwick.
Great tips there Chadwick! Keep them coming! 😀👍👌🔥
You got it!
Exactly what I needed. Thank you !
Thank you so much!!!! You made my day!
I subscribed! Awesome content with tons of knowledge! Thank you!
Welcome aboard! Thanks so much for the support - don't be a stranger with any questions or ideas.
I owe you one, Chadwick. Didn't realize that 99% of my audio sync problems can be solved by just going to the fairlight page, zooming in, and moving the problematic audio track around. I do wish I had invested in an audio recorder with time code though.
Great tips! Thanks. 👍
Thanks so much for watching :)
Thank you for another useful video. Looking forward for some more editing workflow tips like the timeline stringouts 😀
Sounds good! Thanks for watching. :)
Thank you. Always clear and to the point.
thank you this helped alot
You literally saved me from punching a wall, thanks 🤣 can't believe it was as easy as deselecting snapping!
Awesome tutorials, simply the best
Great Video! Very helpful
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching Jose.
Thanks 😊
Cheers mate, thank you so much.
Glad it helped
So great !
As always: EXCELLENCE! Thanks a ton for your mega helpful videos! I love this high-density of information and zero-blabla approach 😍
Glad you like them! I really appreciate the kind words.
thanks
Thank you!!! I was going crazy!!
good one
Thank you! Cheers!
@@CreativeVideoTips Thank you too!
My savior
I i have to nudge audio a bit but retain the lock I do it in fairlight as you can keep snapping and linked selection on.
This doesn't work anymore on DaVinci 18, could yo make a tutorial on how to do it?
Hey there, and thanks for this video. Have you noticed this function is now broken in 18.1? ALT+arrows don't work AND even if you select the menu item from TRIM-->SLIP AUDIO, the function STILL doesn't work. Can you confirm? We have 3 PCs editing that just upgraded to 18.1, and the behavior is the same on all installations. For 6 months now, we were able to move entire linked clips (linked audio and video tracks) by subframe using ALT+arrows, now we can't move ANY track by subframe (linked or not) using ALT+arrows OR the menu item! Thanks for any insights you can offer.
The same is happening to me. I'm using 18.1.1 Build 7
@@omarmiranda9742 I have confirmed with Blackmagic that the problem exists. They recreated it and said it will be addressed on a future release. I downgraded back to 18.0.04 because this is vital to our setup.
I did find a workaround, but it is frustrating. If you trim the front of the clip(s) and the end of the clip(s), you can then use the keyboard shortcuts again. It's tedious, but it works.
@@nickpoortman Thanks Nick - I forgot I put this comment here. So I had reached out to Blackmagic Support and they confirmed that this new behavior is AS INTENDED! The official word was that they made this behavior match "in-line" with other popular video editor software. Specifically, what you just described is exactly the solution. I guess (as I learned) the trimming of the ends of the clips is called "handles." So by doing the trimming at the ends of the clips, you create a "handle" on each side. Then, you are allowed to "slip" the audio from the cut parts (the trimmed out parts that are the "handles") back into the uncut portion of the clip. Previously, the sub-frame slip nudge feature was simply creating dead silence without the need to create these "handles." So, as it were, just be sure you (whoever reads this) record enough "dead air" at the beginning and end of your tracks so you can trim the ends to create "handles," then you'll be able to sub-frame slip no problem anymore.
@@DavidRosengarden this has helped me TREMENDOUSLY. Thank you
Thanks Man!!
Great video! Have you been able to figure out sub-frame-level keyframing on audio? It always wants to snap exactly where I don't want it to go.
Thanks Jordan - no you can't place a keyframe on the edit page other than at frame intervals. You can however do all of that in the fairlight page.
Master!
amen
how to move video clips in sub frame freely please do tell
Hi, thanks this video was helpful. I am slipping audio for 60-100 clips each day in the Media workspace at the moment using the Waveform, however it's not accurate enough because I'm not able to zoom in. When using the Edit workspace to slip audio is there a way to update the synced clip in the Media workspace? Or can you do this in the Fairlight workspace? Or just work more accurately in the Media workspace. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for watching Joanna. I wish there was but there isn't in the media page. The difference is that the audio is getting dropped onto a timeline vs being forced into a clip that has a locked in frame rate. Avid kind of gets around this by sort of nesting clips so they can sync but only down to a 1/4 of a frame.
One thing I haven't tried but just thought of while typing would be to try selecting your finely synced clip on the timeline and try creating a subclip from the newly synced portion of the clip. It's worth a shot, but I haven't tested this.
Audio was still moving by frames for me, even with snapping turned off and I found the solution by going to Preferences > User > Editing and unchecking "Align audio edits to frame boundaries". Also on that screen is "Audio subframe nudge" which can be changed to as small as 1 millisecond.
ah interesting - maybe this has turned into a new preference default - good catch and tip!
Thanks for the lesson. Do you have any advice for audio for one clip starting at the end of the preceding clip? I had this happen, one fix was removing the clip and putting it back in, another was dragging the clip length forward and then putting it back. Seemed like I was working harder than necessary.
That "blip" audio at 0:28 is the same that Binance uses when a notification comes in or an order is filled. Made me pause the video and check... ahahah
can you also move video clips by subframes in davinci?
Great question - there actually is no such thing as a video subframe. A frame is just a still image, so you really can't move in between 2 still images. Hope that makes sense. The timeline is set to frames. So you will always be moving audio to line up to picture.
@@CreativeVideoTips Original video is in Davinci (25 fps). Exported to mp4, sent on Iphone, added caps in Captions, recorded Screencast (supposedly 49,93 fps), sent to Macbook, to Davinci, added the clip, but now can't get the clips properly aligned, even though the same content. Seems to be off by 1/4 or half of a frame. Weird.
Huh ... never realized it allows for fine movement of audio if you just zoom in far enough. many thanks
Make you have just change the game for me. I was getting so frustrated that every time I tried to line audio it was going too far one side or the other and not lining up. Never even occurred to me the snap 2 button. In fact I didn't even know that existed. Thank you so very very much
Great video - always helpful :)
One slightly related topic, I have been struggling with. When I have (auto) synced an audio file to a video clip (in the media page), I sometimes want to unsync them - I have never found a way to do that. Do you know?
you rock - good question. Command Option L or “link clips” will let you remove the sync relationship from any clip. This is that chain link option. check out about 3 minutes in on this video and it should show you how to do it. Cheers!
In Adobe Premiere Pro when you use this feature the tracks lose their finely tuned syncing if you move them on the timeline, even if they're linked back up with the video track. I had to import the audio into Adobe Audition, sync it, export it, and import it back into Premiere Pro to get it to stay sync'd. Is this the case for DaVinci Resolve as well, or will the subframe nudges keep even if you move the track on the timeline?
Good question Joey, I didn't realize this is how it worked in Premiere. As far as I'm aware from what I've experienced, it WILL hold the sync relationship on the timeline in Resolve.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the quick reply!
I have been trying to find the settings for audio to show the offset value but couldnt find, i thought davinci doesnt have it. Please let me know how to turn it on. i am tralking about the red box with the text that shows the offset between audio and video.
perfect
I have live music I've recorded on my Canon cameras. I've used a higher quality external stand alone audio recorded along with it. How do I replace the camera audio with perfectly synced recorder audio?
There are a few ways to do this. One simple way is to sync the good sound in the media page with selecting both clips - right click - auto sync audio - based on waveforms. You can also line them up on the timeline to sync them, create a multicam clip, or sync bin. Some good stuff on this video fro ya - th-cam.com/video/7LoYeWJgSoQ/w-d-xo.html
Kind of a crazy time for me in the middle of moving . As soon as I have time I'll try from these methods . Thank you so much for your timely response. Your channel is awesome !
how to fix phase alignment issues between Boom & lav mic in resolve, like when we use Sound Radix Auto Align before starting the work, kindly help
Can I not do this with video content? Make lining up a filmed performance to audio pretty difficult
Chadwick, thank you so much for the tutorial. I see this often when I bring in a video from a VHS tape. I seem to have to try to line up the audio with the video link. Do you recommend a setting I should use to bring in the clip so I won’t have to always do this? I am using 640x480 29.97fps. Thank you ~ Paul
Hey Paul, in general I don't sweat sub frame sync too much unless its very critical. In the case of a VHS capture, the resolution of the visual is so low that it would take an eagles eye to notice a subframe sync issue. So while you can spend time doing this, this way. I personally would leave it as is. Your capture settings are good.
@@CreativeVideoTips Chadwick, thank you for the quick reply and information. Much appreciated. 😊
hi, Is there a chance to cut the video on sub frames? When I record some music loops I need to cut it everywhere to get a perfect loop.
I sure would love if there was a way, but nope. Video frames are always distinct, you can go in pretty far to the sample with audio, but only at the frame level with video.
And how to do the same for the video file, because if I have a full audio song and multiple video files this method is not good ????
but how do i select only 1 clip, in a pair of linked clips, on the fairlight page!
Man, I swear I bind anything to slip audio and it just doesn't work. It's Resolve 18. Do you know why and how can I fix that?
Is there any way to that on the video?
You can move video 1 frame at a time, so to really get precise sync, you always are moving the audio.
sub frame editing with the mouse doesn't work for me with resolve 18.... This is so frustrating.
??? i want to move sub frame not frame by frame... no answer
Are you asking about moving a video clip in between frames? If so, this is a common mis-conception but it’s like dividing by 0. It doesn’t exist.
1 frame of video is the most zoomed in you can get to a sequence. And timelines are set to that same frame rate as the source clip ideally.
So for perfect sync to audio you always move the audio because it does have 48,000 samples. More detail in audio waveforms.
For some reason every now and then the audio will only move a frame at a time.
How to sinc recorded gameplay on Nvidia?
the best option is if you have similar audio on both files - to right-click them in the studio version and you can align them by waveforms automatically.
I love the videos. I wondered if you have a video on an issue I have in the Media Page > Add Folder (Create Bins)
th-cam.com/video/VfdbwDWDR6I/w-d-xo.html
I want to import the SFX folders I have, but resolve won't recognize any files that are "read only" and I can't change that. Have you encountered this?
slip audio one subframe is my new girlfriend. I think she's the one
🤣 - I can tell you must be a perfectionist. I like it!