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xpress pro 5.6.4 PC multi cam camera switching
I am an editor doing some work for a school play, this is the academic version of the software. I haven’t cut on avid since ’99 so I am in the midst of a crash course. I have 3 cameras of footage that I synced and made a group clip out of. I set up a new sequence and have the group clip in the preview monitor that shows the cameras playing in sync. I have the command pallette opened but it will not allow me to map the M keys on my keyboard. All attempts to change angles, clicking on clips and the M keys in the command pallette stops the clips from playing and the angles are not saving to the sequence. How do I get real time switching? Any assistance would be great, I thank you in advance for your help.
Steve
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There are three buttons on the bottom of the command pallete – make sure the ‘menu to keyboard’ button (I think that’s what it’s called – I’m not in front of my Avid right now) is active.
Jon
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Thanks for the help Jon, I have the keys assigned now but the next step alludes me I still can not get it to work. Do you know of any quick reference guide that I could use to get a step by step tuorial?
Thanks
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This is from an earlier post…
Well, I’ll give you the standard operating answer first – read the manual. I’m not being flip – there’s really some good info in there.
Now, for some real world advice.
First, check your settings. I have seperate settings for multicam, and have F5 thru F8 assigned as source buttons – think of it as a switcher. I also use quad split (I think that’s what it’s called) and several others – you’ll customize to your liking once you get going.
The names of the tapes are not really important, other than when you redigitize (you did start off digitizing at 15:1, right? Multicam works best at this resolution) you’ll know what tape the machine is asking for.
Open up each clip and mark a standard in point. If you have common TC, that’s great – you don’t even have to open them up. If you select a common inpoint, you must use inpoint on all clips – same goes for outpoints. Hilight all your clips, go to CLIP>GROUP CLIPS (please bear in mind I’m doing this from memory – I’m not in front of my machine – I’m also assuming you are working on XPress – you didn’t say). A dialog box will come up asking what you want to sync your clips on (in, out, TC, AUX TC). Pick your poison.
Next, load that group clip into the source monitor. USe your quad split button to show up to 4 (in XPress) or 9 (in MC) clips. Select the clip with the best audio – click on an individual window, and hit play. At the top of the source window, to the center you’ll see something like “V1/A1-2”. That’s your audio follow video assignment. You can assign what your main video is, as well as your main audio – otherwise, cut that main audio into a sequence. Mark an in to out and slap it in there – you can fix it later.
Once you have your main audio laid into a sequence, go to SPECIAL>GROUP CLIP MODE – you’ll notice the hash marks in the source monitor are gone. When you move the blue line on the sequence, you’ll notice your source is (hopefully) synched up, and all (in your case) 3 clips will move at the same time. If your clips are not synched up, you’ll have to delete the group clip and start again (unless someone knows a way to do it).
At this point, you can work it like a switcher – hit play, then go through and hit your source buttons as appropriate. Don’t worry about screwing up. You can go back and tighten up the edits, trim bad cuts, etc. Keep in mind: When you click on a source IN GROUP CLIP MODE, it will edit that clip into wherever your blue line is in your sequence.
That’s all I can think of right now. Post back if you have anymore questions!
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I appreciate the help, I am in the same boat as the media 100 user was that posted a few days ago. I know the skills, I just got to translate them from Premiere Pro to Modern Avid. I would read the manual if there was one, I was able to get one from Avid in PDF but it was the basic manual so it did not elaborate on the multicam. The help files gave me a direction but did not put it all together. I really truly appreciate you taking the time to assist me. I have deadlines from my Adobe based main gig so I have not been able to have enough chair time to kick it out. I will use your post to hash it out. Thanks again for taking the time, I greatly appreciate it.
Steve
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