Adding additional multicam to a project

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Shoulda used Ultimate S or infinitiCam :p

I don’t use Sony’s multicam (so my “cool trix are limited), but I believe you could render to new, then add another cam from that point, using the new content over the render as a take. Conversely, what happens if you duplicate a track and add new as a take?

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST

Certified Sony Vegas Trainer
Aerial Camera/Instructor

[Stephen Mann]

First make a backup of your veg file.

You have to “un-multicam” your existing multicam track. When asked to preserve takes, I say “No” then you can add the new camera to a new track.

I am sure there’s a more elegant way to handle this, but the Multicam track uses “takes”, and I’ve never mastered takes.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Ok, just did this with four, adding a fifth. PITA.
As mentioned, save project.
Unmulticam it.
Add new cam. you can preserve takes if you wish, but this will create other, new problems.
Add new track. Add new video
Re-enable multicam.

Sony assumes you know all your cam tracks in advance. Ultimate S and infinitiCam don’t make these assumptions.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST

Certified Sony Vegas Trainer
Aerial Camera/Instructor

[Nigel O’neill]

Roger, are you using Infiniti-cam?

Intel i7 920, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Roger Bansemer]

I have not used Infiniti-cam but it sounds good and I probably should get it but if Vegas does the job I sometimes hate to get yet another program that I have to learn and remember. I’ve also had trouble with plug-ins in the past where they don’t work in a new version of Vegas and on occassion I’ve had plug-ins actually keep my project from loading if the plug-in isn’t installed.
That and I’m trying to keep my budget on track.

[Roger Bansemer]

I have not used Infiniti-cam but it sounds good and I probably should get it but if Vegas does the job I sometimes hate to get yet another program that I have to learn and remember. I’ve also had trouble with plug-ins in the past where they don’t work in a new version of Vegas and on occassion I’ve had plug-ins actually keep my project from loading if the plug-in isn’t installed.
That and I’m trying to keep my budget on track.

[Roger Bansemer]

I’m going to give this a try. I’ll have to look up on how to unmulticam it first. Even when using Vegas constantly, if I haven’t used a feature in a while it evades me as to accomplish it. Thank goodness for the forum.