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  • Multi-clip playback

    Posted by Michael Mazur on October 3, 2006 at 6:52 pm

    When I create the multi-clip, I cannot get the clips in the viewer to play back in real time, pretty much defeating the purpse of the whole feature. I have the open gang mode on and have followed all the right steps, i think. Everything else is acting correctly, what can I do to make the viewer play back in real time instead of refreshing when I stop play-back?

    Dean Sensui replied 19 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Dean Sensui

    October 3, 2006 at 8:06 pm

    Here’s how I do it. This is my standard checklist for users asking how it’s done:

    — Select clips for each camera angle.
    — Find “slate” points and cut the clips there.
    — Move clips to a bin.
    — Highlight clips.
    — Go to Modify dropdown menu and select Make Multiclip
    — Select “Sync using in points”.
    — Check “on” all clips.

    Your multiclip will then be created and can be found in the bin.

    Drag this multiclip into a sequence.

    — In Viewer: Show Multiclip Overlays; Show Source Angle Effects should both be “on.”
    — Go to View dropdown menu — Playhead sync — Open
    — Go to View dropdown menu — Multiclip Active Tracks — Video + Audio
    — Go to View dropdown menu — External Video — All frames (not sure if this is essential)

    When you click on your sequence and hit the space bar, you should see all camera angles in the viewer playing simultaneously and the “program” or selected camera angle should be playing in the canvas as well.

    To select a camera, just click on the angle in the viewer.

    At the end your multiclip will be cut into their respective camera angles. You can go back and fine tune the cuts, too.

    Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii

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