Why Your Final Cut Pro Sync Button is Greyed Out (And How to Fix It)
Look, we have all been there. You just imported your footage, you are ready to dive in, and you just want to get the boring technical stuff out of the way. You select your video clip, you select your external audio, and you go to click "Synchronize Clips." But you can’t. It’s greyed out. It’s mocking you. Nothing kills your creative momentum faster than software that refuses to do the one thing it is supposed to do. You haven't even gotten to the part where you figure out how to split clip in final cut pro because you can't even get your audio and video to talk to each other. It’s frustrating, it’s common, and frankly, it’s a bit of a mess in Final Cut Pro sometimes. The Most Common Reason Your Sync Is Failing It sounds almost too simple to be true, but the number one reason that "Synchronize Clips" option is greyed out is user error regarding selection. Final Cut Pro is very particular. It demands that you select exactly one video clip and one audio cli...