Mulit-camera editing in PPro?

[Steven L. gotz]

No, that’s about it. You generally take the wide shot on track one and the closeups or moving shots on track two, then cut out all of the stuff you don’t like and track two. Unless you want to buy a plugin.

https://www.unitedmediainc.com/multicam/

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Craig Howard]

Personally I cut a multi camera seq. differently to Steven.

I run the take of the “most interest to the edit / story ” on video Tk 1 and that is not (usually) the Wide Shot. It may be the lead actor or it may be the Vocalist (what ever). I treat the other cameras (takes) as intercuts to be used to support the “interest shot”.

My edit method is to overlay them from the source Window to the targeted track(s) above TK1. I avoid the Razor Tool for this purpose.

Once additional tracks build up – I use the “EYE” to toggle vision on and off and I lock the track(s)when satisfied or to protect the edit.

Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand

(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)

[Steven L. gotz]

That’s the great part about modern software. Everyone gets choices!

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Jack Kelly]

Great, thanks a lot for your replies guys.

Am I right in thinking that both FCP 5 and Avid Xpress HD both have multi-camera editing tools built-in?

Jack.

[Steven L. gotz]

I know that FCP5 does because I have seen the video on their web site explaining how to use it. Maybe Adobe will buy a plugin to compete for when they release the next Premiere Pro. Or design their own Muliticam feature.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Jack Kelly]

That would be awesome…

…any news on when the next version of PPro will be released?

Jack.

[Tim Kolb]

Adobe usually doesn’t start the promotional process until the development process is pretty much complete. It prevents the “vaporware” syndrome many of us experienced in the early 90’s…

I would be surprised if we saw something before fall. Now that all the apps are working together like they do with copy/paste, etc., I’m sure that development takes a bit longer.

I wouldn’t look for Adobe to stay in the wings when it comes to features like multi-cam… PPro has been competing rather aptly with it’s software contemporaries and I suspect that Adobe has no intention of dropping back now.

TimK
Kolb Syverson Communications
Creative Cow Host
2004, 2005 NAB Post Production Conference Premiere Pro Technical Chair
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net

[Vjohn]

I’m green at this so my method may be flawed, but I leave track 1 empty and put cameras on 2 and above.

Synchronize using sound tracks, assuming each camera recorded one and the tracks share a spike or two. Apply any general effects as necessary to each camera track.

Then start from the beginning and select scenes from among the cameras and copy the best camera down to track one. To do that, razor cut both sides of the clip you want to use, copy it with Ctrl-C (PC version), make sure track 1 is highlighted as the target and the hairline is on the left cut, paste it with Ctrl-V. Ctrl-D plops your default transition onto the cut, and you’re on to the next scene.

I actually like to leave the camera tracks uncut, so I erase the razor cuts right after the copy. The sequence is position at right of desiged scene, razor, move to left (PgUp), razor, copy (Ctrl-C), delete razors (Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-Z), paste (Ctrl-V)

[Steven L. gotz]

Tim is correct. I think Adobe announces when they send the master media to the printer to be pressed on to the CDs. Why take the chance? They got burned with an early release announcement on 1.5.1 so my guess is that they will continue to be a bit gun shy. They will not pull the trigger until the shot is lined up perfectly and they can not miss.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5