The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Audition 2.0

Adobe Audition 2.0 incorporates a new Media Player that can handle a larger range of video file formats. Along with AVI files Audition 2.0 now supports QuickTime, mpeg, mpg, mp2 and windows .wma formats.
| Note | You will need QuickTime installed on your computer before you can import QT files into Audition. Go to http://www.apple.com to download. |
Having the ability to import video into your Multitrack View enables you to add sound FX, music and voice over to specific time code points along the timeline using the video as a guide.
To Import a video file:
From the Multitrack View go to File>Import Video File
Locate the Video File from your hard drive
Press Import
| Note | Only one Video File (track) can be loaded at a time. Once imported into your Project Folder, simply drag the file into the Multitrack Main View onto its own video track. You may wish to set the display format to SMPTE time code instead of Bars and Beats for editing sound to picture purposes. |
There are a few different Display Modes for viewing videos in the Multitrack View. You can choose all thumbnails, no thumbnails or just the first frame thumbnail within the clip.
To change the display settings:
Right click the Video Track and go to Thumbnail Options
Choose No Thumbnails, First Only or All
Once the video has been imported into the Main View you can move it around exactly...