Adobe Audition: Unlinking and trimming clips

Demo summary
The user shows how to unlink video and audio tracks to move or delete them independently on the timeline.
Step-by-step
- Select the 'C' tool to make a cut in the animation
- Select both the video and audio clips on the timeline
- Click 'Unlink' to separate the tracks
- Select the unwanted video or audio clip independently
- Press 'Delete' to remove the selected clip
- Identify and delete any dead frames to clean up the transition
Tips
- Unlink files when you need to move or delete video and audio tracks independently of each other
- Remove dead frames at the end of a clip to ensure a clean visual transition to the logo or next scene
Highlights
“now I can move the video file and the audio file independently of each other”
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