Multi Camera Editing (CS4)

[Jon Barrie]

Hi Amit,
If you have selected the sequence in the timeline panel and hit the space bar it will play the program monitor because the timeline is the active panel and that is connected to the program monitor.
If you select the Multi-cam window and see that it is the highlighted panel (floating panel) and hit space bar it should play there and not in the program monitor.
– JB

Jon Barrie
aJBprods
http://www.jonbarrie.net

[Mel Torres]

Hi Amit,

When your using the multicamera monitor, and you want to preview the 4 clips from the 4 camers (the 4 smaller monitors on the left). you’ll need to click on the play button. I don’t believe the space bar short cut will function in the multi-camera monitor mode. If you want to create some multi-camera edits, then do the following. Activate the multicam monitor, click on record, (the red button next to the shuttle bar). This will enable the multicam monitor to prepar to record your edits. when your ready to record any multicam edits, simply click on the play button then click on any of the smaller 4 monitors on the left in the multicam monitor, that particular clip will be added to the timeline. Keep clicking on any of the 4 smaller monitors every time you want to use a different camera angle and add that clip to the timeline. when your done, you’ll have a timelime that will have the edited clips in the order of your clicks. Way cool!

Check with Adobe Tech support to verify the spacebar issue.

Good luck,

Mel

[Amit Zinman]

while on the issue, why can’t I see the sound wave on the nested comp?

[Jon Barrie]

You will have to render it, hit the enter key to render the audio only.
– JB

Jon Barrie
aJBprods
http://www.jonbarrie.net

[Amit Zinman]

I did render it.
Also, suddenly for every cut I have to wait four second to complete.
What’s wrong with Premiere’s multi camera? Also, can’t understand why I would need to render a regular DV frame when it’s selected from the multicam with no effects. It’s not changed, it’s the same frame.

[Eric Monroe]

As far as the spacebar issue….Jon is 100% correct. The spacebar does function in ppro’s multicam window (i work about 8-10 hours a day in it) you do however (as Jon said) need to have the multicam window activated by clicking in it. If you have a slower system, then sometimes after hitting the space bar, you might have to give it a second to start moving….but spacebar, along with the J-K-L keys fully function.
Another cool shortcut is instead of clicking on each of the 4 smaller windows with your mouse to make cuts, you can place your left hand fingers on the 1-2-3-4 keys along the top of your keyboard, and cut to each of the 4 cams respectively. when you multicam for any period of time, you will find this to be much easier to make precision cuts just where you want them. (the number pad does NOT work for this, only the number keys along the top of the keyboard)

[Johan Blok]

Hey, im still kinda new to the whole Adobe editting scene, but im getting the hang of it.

i have a question on the whole multicamera mode.
you have 4 camera screens when entering it.
is there any way to increase the number of camera screens you can have in multi camera mode ?

for instance

i had a production with 6 camera’s recording, is there anyway to see all 6 cameras in MC mode instead of just the first 4?

Sincerly yours,

Johan Blok