editing techniques

L CUT- is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from preceding scene overlaps the picture from the following scene

J CUT- is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from a following scene overlaps the picture from the preceding scene

CUT ON BEAT- Cutting to the beat is a way of editing a video so that each clip changes at the same time as the beat of the track. Most clips use a ‘cut’ transition, so you generally ‘cut to the beat’ of the music.