# Silences and retakes

> Montage finds the pauses, the lines you said again and the starts you dropped, and keeps only your best take of each line.

## What Montage finds

| In your footage | What Montage does |
|---|---|
| A line said again later | Keeps the last one, drops the earlier try |
| A line cut off or left unfinished | Marks it, and leaves it out |
| A start dropped: one or two words, then a pause of a second or more | Leaves it out |
| A pause longer than 0.4 seconds between two kept lines | Cuts it |

It leaves a few hundredths of a second before and after each part, so the first and last words are not clipped.

## Ask for it

1. Say it when you describe your video on **New video**, or later in **Ask**: « Cut the silences and the retakes ».
1. Watch it. If a cut is too tight, comment on its moment: « @0:17 too fast here ».
1. Or ask for one take back: « Keep the first try of the intro ».

> **Your footage is never cut.** Montage only chooses which parts play. Every word stays in your original, ready to come back.

## Questions

### Does it work on music?

It works on anything with words: a footage, or a sound where someone speaks.

### Can I keep some pauses?

Yes. Say where: « Keep the pause after the joke at 0:42 ».