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Multicam help
I have never worked with the Multicam function before. I am editing a conference that was covered with 2 cameras. One camera had a 3 hour load but the other could only do a 40 minute load. The people who taped the conference didn’t sync the timecode (and even worse one timecode is drop and one is non-drop!). Is there a way to easily sync up the footage since Camera 1 uses one media file but Camera 2 uses two files?
I would really like to use Multicam because it seems much quicker. Any help would be appreciated!
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6 Replies
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You might consider syncing in points. I believe that is offered as an option. If you need to (and I haven’t tried this but it should be doable) you could split the longer piece into two clips that roughly coincide with the shorter clips and find inpoints that sync. As far as drop and non-drop you’ll have to experiment or perhaps someone else can offer some insight into this. You may experience some drift, but it shouldn’t be too hard to slip back into sync.
Let us know how it goes.
Arthur Vibert
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sync up ther audio waves, and hope that no one switched the cameras off and on!
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yeah, thats how I used to do these kind of things. I was just hoping I could use the realtime multicam feature. oh well – maybe next time. If anyone else has ideas, I’d love to hear them!
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Did you try using in points with the mi=ulti cam feature? It should work.
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In points won’t work because I have 2 clips to match one clip – they don’t all share an in- point.
But I did figure out a way, for those who have the same problem: I synced up the clips in the sequence and then changed the timecode on the larger clip. Once they had matching timecode, I could make a multiclip based on it.
I didn’t know you could change the timecode of a file (and switch it from drop to non-drop)! Once I found that out, it was easy.
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Actually, if you make subclips you could have done it with inpoints, but it sounds like you solved it another way.
Which is why we love FCP.
Arthur VIbert
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