FCPX Multicam edit issue (not syncing angles?)

[Trevor Asquerthian]

sounds like FCPx has done the syncing for you… and you don’t like what it has done?

If you open it in the ‘Angle Editor’ (alt+cmd+o) can you see the GH2 in that timeline?

Personally I think 10.0.5 is likely to be the first really usable revision.

[Andy Neil]

Have you only tried the automatic sync controls? Have you tried using markers to help out the sync? I recommend looking at my multicast tutorial. It goes over how to use it and use the custom controls.

It’s a two part tutorial:

FCPX INs and OUTs: Multicam PT 1

FCPX INs and OUTs: Multicam PT 2

Hope this helps,

Andy

https://www.timesavertutorials.com

[Mark Davies]

Hi Andy,

Apologies for the delay in replying to you, and thanks for the links.

I will certainly check out your tutorials in the morning as I was just going with the auto-sync aspect.

The strange thing about the issue I had, is that it seemed to put the GH2 footage on the same ‘track’ as the GH1 – but with that black space – very odd!

I’m hoping that I’ll find the answers in the tutorial vids you were kind enough to create and link me :0)

Thanks again for the reply,

Best wishes,

Mark

[Mark Davies]

Hi Trevor,

Apologies for the delay in replying, and thanks for posting.

You’re right – I let FCPX do it for me (I thought it was the only way to be honest, until Andy also posted, indicating that we can gain more control over the sync – which is great).

For some reason the GH2 was being put at the end of the timeline of the GH1 in the timeline of the angle editor, with a minute of slug/black space in between (if that makes sense?) – I’m going from memory and still getting to grips with the new functionality etc.

I think you’re right about the next upgrades. It’s so nearly there now. I actually really enjoy using it – especially being able to ‘see’ the audio much easier. I know it’s had a lot of grief (and much of it rightly so) – but at least the recent upgrade means I can actually use it now, as opposed to it ‘gathering dust’ on my hard drive.

Thanks again for your reply :0)

Best wishes,

Mark

[Andy Wilson]

I don’t know if you have found a solution for this yet? I have the same problem and found this works…

Select only the file from camera 1 in the Event Library and create a multi clip. In the Multiclip editor, add another Angle then drag the file from camera 2 in the Event Library onto the new and empty Angle in the Angle Editor. This way you have forced the video files to be on different tracks.

Now you can sync camera 2 with camera 1 using either the audio waveform or the marker option.

I hope that helps.

Thanks

Andy Wilson

[Juan Luis lopez fons]

Hi, I have a problem similar to this post. Can you guys look here if you got the time and see if you have encountered this problem before and found a solution? thanks in advance

(https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/344/15176#15176)

Juan Luis

[James Ewart]

me too. Adding markers solves the problem as below but what exactly is the problem I wonder?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMts4EFeun0

[Andy Neil]

If the camera metadata from the two clips confuses FCPX into thinking that the clips were shot with the same camera, FCP will try to place both clips in the same angle, hence the problem.

Andy

https://www.timesavertutorials.com

[James Ewart]

Hi thanks for this.

So two Panasonic Cameras shooting AVCHD same codec same time of day, both on SD cards sounds like that would do it.

So some kind of bug no?

because just giving camera numbers and angle names does not solve it. It needs those markers.

Because I like to use the same cameras as they are easier to line up (actully I don’t bother and match them in post).

No big deal I guess but it should work how they say it should work.