Breaking Clips

When the actor's facial motion affects the accuracy of lip-synching, then you may adjust the applied motion clip. In this example, the actor's facial motion affects the accuracy of lip-synching.

1. If you do not want the last half-motion, then press F3 to access the Timeline, and find the clip in the Motion Clip track.
   
2. Drag the play head to the time frame where you need to break the clip into new clips.
   
3. Click the Function button on the Timeline toolbar, and select Break from the clip editing drop-down list. You may alternatively right-click on the clip and select Break from the pop-up menu.
   
4. The clip will then be divided into two parts. Select the second one and delete it.
   
5. Playback the project and the actor's facial motion will not affect the lip-synching when talking.
   

You may extract partial clips of the loaded background music.

1. Click F3 to access the Timeline and find the clip in the Music track.
   
2. Drag the play head to the time frame where you need to break the clip up into new clips.
   
3. Click the Function button on the Timeline toolbar, and select Break from the clip editing drop-down list. You may alternatively right-click on the clip and select Break from the pop-up menu.
   
4. The clip will then be divided into two parts. Select the second one and delete it.
   
5. Click the Background Music button on the Timeline toolbar, and adjust the Fade out slider.
   
6. Playback the project and the background music will fade out at the end of the newly trimmed clip.