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Synchronize Different Videos for Editing
I am new to using Movie Studio v. 8.0 (just got it yesterday).
One thing I want to be able to do with it is to make one video of my wedding using the three different videos that were taken during the ceremony. Each one has different starting points and ending points. They also have three different views: the photographer filmed from the back of the church from a tripod, my uncle also filmed from the back of the church on the other side holding the camera, and my husband’s camera was set up at the front of the church looking out to the congregation.
In order to be able to make the audio come through smoothly, I need to be able to synchronize the three videos before dicing and splicing. Is there an easy way to do this?
Thank you!
Ava Kinsey
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2 Replies
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You remember back in the old days when watching takes from a production set, you always saw that guy come out in front of the camera with the that thing that snaps? Action!
The whole point of doing that was to give the editor a cue to later synchronize the audio. While things have advanced pretty well in the digital world, I’m not aware of any automagic way of syncing the audio through the program.
Ideally, all three cameras had the same time set on their internal clocks, then you potentially do some quick math get in the ballpark of a sync point. Then it’s just a matter of zooming in on the audio track timeline and visually(looking at the waveforms) aligning the tracks, which sometimes does not end up “perfect” for me but it’s close enough for government work as they say.
On a side note, you may just want to approach the edit differently. You may just want to use the audio from the best mic, or switch back forth between audio track at your cut points. Also, if you lay some music underneath, that may help smooth it out some things as well.
Good luck and congratulations!
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There was probably a photograpgher gtaking flash shots. Find the frame with the flas in each cameras take and line them up. It makes it a wole lot easier if the different cameras were run constantly without pausing. Otherwise you have to realign each segment. A real pain.
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