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multicam
has anyone worked with multicam in final cut pro? i have a 3 camera shoot coming up and wondering if we shoot it with 3 cameras and a switcher so i would get an edited version then i can add to that? any coments? or should i gen lock the cameras and do the multicam switching in final cut? is this easy to do and how do you do it? any problems with this in final cut?
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I’d consider both… but what makes it really easy to do in FCP is if the cameras are running sync’d timecode. Then in FCP is really a breeze to edit muliclips.
Jerry
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how do i do this in final cut?
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in FCP –
You select the clips logged from the tapes in the BIN then right click one of the select clips.
In the submenu it will say make multi-clip. (Mulicam clip)The next box will ask how you would like to connect the clips … you can connect them by either Timecode or In Points or even Out points. (In points are great when you footage has time code breaks, common on DV footage.)
Once you do all that … a new Multi clip will populate in the bin.
Double clip that and it will pop in the Viewer as a 4 quadrant video. From here it is like having a virtual switcher at your finger tips.
** FYI – if you are thinking about doing this in HD Formats … I would make sure you have a Very powerful Video card and Lots of ram. Or you will get a lot of errors**
Good Luck.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Editor -
I’ve done both DV and Uncompressed 8-bit (which was a beast with my setup), but it went perfect. Fortunately, I learned on the DV project and by the time I got to the uncompressed project, the only thing I had to do to improve performance, was to use a nice fast SATA RAID.
The only thing I would add, is that once you’re finished with editing the video, I would collapse your multicam clips. This will save you some headaches when you need to send to another program like Color or Motion.
Winston A. Cely
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how do i collapse the multicam clips? and how do i switch between clips to add to the cut?
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I would suggest you create a test project with three or more clips in it, crack open your manual, and learn how, step by step. That way you won’t have a deadline to meet or clients looking over your shoulder while you get comfortable with the process.
There are various other tutorials available. I used Tom Wolsky’s DVD when I first started using FCP. You might also take a look at lynda.com to see if they have a multicam specific tutorial you could buy access to.
Regards,
David -
I believe there is a tutorial ONLINE … here is a link
https://www.studiodaily.com/main/richmedia/6577.html
It is done in FCP 5 … but there wasn’t a big difference from FCP 5 to 6. You can use that to get you started.
good luck with your project.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Editor
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