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FCP: Link/Merge multiple video clips with one audio clip in timeline
Hi,
I am trying to create (ideally) a merged clip that contains multiple video clips, with their own audio (Canon 7D footage) with one long audio take of a performance. I have these synced in a timeline, and have tried linking all and dragging into the browser, but this only works with one video and multiple audio clips.I have also gone down the route of creating a QT reference video and re-importing, but I don’t want to have clips that are outside of the scope of batch capturing the whole sequences from archived disc images, if possible.
Obviously, merging the clips has worked as usual on single items. In this instance I would like to have one long clip for the performance, which has black when there is no video (just audio) and audio and video together in sync for when the camera was running. I didn’t want to cut up the audio at this stage to fit only the audio clips, as I would like to have one clip to find for the performance, instead of one for whole audio, and five separate for the video clips with the same audio synced. It really needs to be able to be easily archive restored, whatever the method.
I might be missing something simple, but I can’t seem to find anything that fits the bill. If anybody has any ideas, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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2 Replies
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Look in to Multiclip editing. You can have multiple video sources with their audio. Very useful if you have multiple cameras filming the same thing. It just references from the original source material. Maybe that is what you want?
Alternatively you could make a Nest (select all clips and press ALT+C). This makes a new sequence with the clips, but on the original sequence you will see they all appear as one video and audio track. You could then drag this to your browser. This is only really useful if you have lots of video and audio tracks and want to cut them down. So your main sequence isn’t a mass of video/audio tracks. More of an organisational tool than anything, although there are other uses for it.
The down side is that it is still a sequence so you can only see the upper most video track as you would when normally editing. If all you want is a way to jump to certain points and cut out sections as needed by your edit this might be a good option.
I think Multiclip editing is what you need.
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Hi there,
You may have considered this already, but try Pluraleyes software (https://www.singularsoftware.com/pluraleyes.html). It is automatic syncing software that works a treat, especially with 7D footage.
Not sure if it creates ‘clips’ for you, but check it out and hopefully it provides what you need.
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