Multicam

[John Rofrano]

Apply the color correction to the media itself. Go to the Project Media pool and find the media file and right-click it and select Media FX…. Then apply color correction there and every event that uses the media will be corrected.

~jr

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[Joe Mantaratz]

The inherent problem I see with that is depending on the what is happening during the filming your color correction needs can change across your timeline. I’m not sure what you are filming but I have worked many live events where the stage lighting is so varied that you have to treat each one on it’s own. I’m not a big fan of the multi camera function in Vegas for this very reason and I don’t use it.

[Danny Hays]

Do you manually white balance your cameras before each shoot?

[Roger Bansemer]

We try and do all that is necessary when we shoot but it’s just my wife and I filming entire programs on location and sometimes it’s simply impossible to get everything right. We’re the “talent” so to speak, the videographers, sound, lighting, and janitors.

[Bob Peterson]

I use multicam to figure out where the cuts are and which camera is displayed after each cut. I then transfer (manually) that information to composite envelopes. That process helps me find the best cut/camera points while preserving the option of corrections to the underlying video. Obviously, it takes more time to do this.

[Joe Mantaratz]

Sounds similar to what I do except I make use markers to denote those cuts with reference to which camera I am on.

[Nigel O’neill]

Roger

This is the main reason I use the UltimateS plugin from Vasst which supports ‘quadcam’. I do wedding reception shoots where the light can change dramatically and you don’t have the opportunity to white balance on the fly. UlimateS keeps the video and audio tracks separate for individual manipulation.

It realise this doesn’t help you in your particular situation, but it is something to consider in future.

Intel i920, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 9 (X64), Vista x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S 4.1

[Dave Brandt]

after doing your multicam edit click on source file for camera 1 in Project media Window
right click the event in project media, -> select events in the timeline, this will select all the clips in the multicam track from that camera

Grab one of these clips and drag them to a new track. this will give you the opportunity to work on that camera on that track only.

You can repeat this procedure for all cameras, or even if you have multiple source clips for each camera such as tape change in longer project. just make sure you dont move left or right while dragging down and you should remain in sync

Hope this helps

Dave

[John Rofrano]

…just make sure you dont move left or right while dragging down and you should remain in sync

You can use NumLock+UpArrow to move events to a higher track and maintain their position. UpArrow normally zooms in on a timeline but once you engage the NumLock key, Up and Down arrow moves events to higher and lower tracks respectively.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Roger Bansemer]

Wow! That’s a great tip. I think that is what I was looking for. Thanks.

This looks like a better solution for me than the plug-in. I’ve purchased plug-ins in the past which now don’t work with Vegas 64bit so that is often a disadvantage.