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Flatten vertical gaps in a multicam sequence without using Simplify Sequence?
I have long audio files that have many camera files associated with
them, and when I make them into a multicam sequence, the timeline ends
up with each camera clip on a new track, ascending.I want to clean it up so all the clips are on 2 tracks (V1 for A cam, V2 for B Cam, for example).
But if I use Simplify Sequence to close the vertical gaps I lose the fact that it’s a multi-cam sequence, or it messes up my audio tracks and mushes all my 6+ channels onto one mono track.
I know I can use ALT + Arrow keys to move tracks up and down, but I have dozens of clips within each single multicam sequence, and then dozens of other multicam sequences from full-day shoots.
Any way to make or clean up the sequence so the files stay on 2 video tracks without spending hours holding the ALT key or losing the multi-cam sequence?
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4 Replies
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Hey TB,
Am I right in thinking that the audio was recorded separate from the camera files?
If so, could you make a multicam sequence for camera A, and then one for camera B, and “merge” them afterwards?
I would also check whether you are leading on the audio, or the camera?
But, by the time you’ve figured it out, it might still work fastest moving the files into the track that you want them on.
There is one slightly old suggestion out on the Adobe forum where you put each camera in a nested track.Although it is too late on this job, I always ask my crew on location not to stop the camera, unless told to – better having one one continuous video file to sync, rather than multiple clips that Adobe treats as separate camera channels.
But Adobe has many years ago been informed that this is an issue, which
IMHO could be mitigated by PPro treating each “camera folder” in the project as a separate camera channel. However, Adobe is currently busy with
developing Adobe Express A.I. tools and killing off the Cloud in Creative Cloud, so do not hold your breath on that one.Hope that this helps – there are smarter people than me around here, who might have found a way of doing it.
Atb
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Hi Mads,
Yes, the audio was recorded separate from the video, and everything kept in line via a Tentacle Sync. It’s for an unscripted reality show, so each audio channel is one mic-ed up person and audio and video are both equally important. (And this means audio and each camera are all often running around in 3 separate locations and don’t coordinate when they start and end recording…)
I’ll try your suggestions of merging or nesting the footage though, thank you!
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I think this will work: simplify sequence, then copy all clips and open multicam sequence in timeline, delete everything and paste copied clips.
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Hi Maia,
I did try that – unfortunately when I tested flattening the sequence after edits were finished, Premiere didn’t recognize the audio as being linked to the video and only flattened the video, leaving the audio in a limbo state where it marked it as still being part of a multicam sequence and refused to flatten. It did this whether I copy-pasted just the video from the simplified sequence into the multicam, or both the audio and video from the simplified sequence into the multicam.
Sadly it looks like the only option in my particular case is to keep moving the media down onto the bottom tracks manually.
Thanks for trying though!
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