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take a deep breath. relax a moment. think about the real problem and the possible outcomes.
a) you are in over your head and can't do the editing.
b) you are learning how to deal with the material and problems you've encountered, so next time you know how to deal with it without some deadline you can't meet.
What's the worst that can happen ? You don't do it. You fail at doing it. So what ? It's not the end of the world.
You learn from it and move on.
So, take it easy and don't panic, and learn and make notes about solutions you've already come up with. On paper.
It's stupid for me to think that I can teach you how to make movies or edit from a forum because there are 6 year programs in universities that struggle to teach people the same stuff … at great cost to the student. These are called "film schools" in general.
Just do the best you can and don't panic. My personal opinion is that you should just be honest with whoever gave you this stuff ( as you stated you have a deadline you want to meet ) and see if you can work with them to give you more time to finish it.
After that it's a matter of sorting out what you have for source material. If you have sound files that are totally unrelated to video clips ( in terms of timecode or slates or any kind of sync indicator... then you have to try and do it by watching some 'action' and painstakingly MOVING the sound to match the action. Once you have that done for all the clips that are screwed up by being given to you haphazardly ( by idiots ) you LINK the video clip to the sound and SAVE IT ( maybe as a subclip or whatever ). You have to spend the time and effort to get your resources straightened out despite the junk you GOT ( no jammed timecode, no slates, no in-camera sound embedded).
Just take a breath and deal with it as best you can. Obviously you CARE about the work and what you do, so you can trust yourself that you will continue to invest yourself the same way with everything you do.
I hope this pep talk has been helpful, and please continue to believe in yourself and what you can accomplish.
In my imagination, when you say, " sound is overlapping" … I think the following...
link a clip that has actor 1 yappin that is in sync with sound clip and save it even if the 'sound clip' is longer than the video clip. ( cause you got crap to begin with it's a mess ).
Then you want to make a cut to actor 2 who starts moving his mouth ( sound has to be in sync ). If the first clip has sound from actor 2 as well ( off screen ) you can just insert the cut to actor 2 video only, and leave sound running.. start doing J and L cuts.
Nobody can tell you what to do without seeing and hearing what you got to work with.
good luck
here's a sample ..
it's not about changing the UI to make things work.. it's about organizing and the actual " task " of editing with what you go to work with.
I'll put up a link... at end of post..
birds, motor boat, more birds, bar / restaurant all wild track ( stock sounds .. nothing used from camera or source materials ).
Basically the sound from camera was junk.
Next: person talking into camera lens... he is STILL TALKING while cut to jet airplane happens and jet noise fades in... ( happens to be wrong jet noise but I was in hurry doing this for you ).
It's a matter of putting puzzle pieces together to tell a story ( edit ) … and use everything you can. You'll do a great job !
good going
WOW !
That's like amazing !
I won't waste your time trying to ask you stuff like, is it picture in picture ( PIP) type stuff within the main well sync'd versions and so on, but in general I think I would have tried to sorta whittle it down by doing it is sequences first...
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track 1: the mask for glow effect on the little versions (video blend)
track 2: the good one little version MEDIUM SHOT (chroma key)
track 3: the bad one little version MEDIUM SHOT (chroma key)
track 4: the fool/funny one little version MEDIUM SHOT (chroma key)
track 5: the the background for MEDIUM SHOT
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sequence named for example, " MEDIUM LITTLE VERSION"...
track 1 = good medium
track 2 = bad medium
track 3 = fool medium
track 4 = glow effect
track 5 = background for key
I don't use PPro much at all now, so you have to move stuff around as needed to do your key for background and glow effect
The audio tracks would be the noisy stuff on audio levels equal to the video... E.G. if video 1 = good medium then audio 1 would be good medium.
When done I would export each one (good, bad, fool ) instead of nesting. Just export to some really good uncompressed lossless format matching your dimensions and specs (resolution, fps, etc.). Those would maybe be much larger files than your original source ( if your source is pro res or DNxHD or CinemaDNG, etc. ). Maybe something like apple animation ?? Who knows. Someone else might have better idea ( nesting ? )
Anyway, now you have 3 video tracks for MEDIUM little version and 3 audio tracks. You've eliminated 2 ( background and glow).
Do same (another sequence) for other group ( CLOSE UP little version).
Now you've eliminated 2 more video tracks. That's 4 total you got rid of.
don't forget you can add video and audio 'before or after' selected tracks, so you can bump stuff around to add stuff ( sound effect, music, etc. ) as you move toward final rough cut ...
So now you have 3 well sync'd video sources left … and that's another sequence ….there may be some cutting you do with those before you have to get into inserting your little versions ??? When you're ready bring in the little versions as needed.... ???
That's one heck of a project you have and if you've not gone crazy already I'm sure it will work out really well ! Good luck !
If you are having trouble seeing the relationship between the audio and video components of a clip on the timeline, try using the Label function to give the clips distinctive colors, so you can see the related clips easier:
Also, you can scroll the audio track portion of the timeline up or down to hide or reveal tracks to simplify the view:
MtD
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