Multicam timecode burn in

[C. Kauffman]

Sorry, I was unclear in my previous post.

For the sake of experimentation I tried flattening the multicam sequence to see if the TC from A cam is preserved when exported if it is the only angle used and found that it is not.

I went back and applied TC to all A cam clips and that works fine. For the sake of this project I’ll keep the A cam burn-in for reference and generate new seq. timecode to work off of from here on out. Although I like the crop trick as a fallback option.

With regards to best multicam workflow practices, when all cameras and audio are jammed, I’m assuming you would apply TC effect to all clips as a burn-in for reference, synch with timecode and then create your multicam seq?

As an aside, how do you deal with small amounts of TC drift? I read an interesting post on a Sony forum about the importance of keeping a consistently connected genlock cable between all cameras and audio to avoid small amounts of drift even when TC is hard wired for the duration of the shoot.

Thanks for all the insight!

[Herb Sevush]

[C. Kauffman] “when all cameras and audio are jammed, I’m assuming you would apply TC effect to all clips as a burn-in for reference, synch with timecode and then create your multicam seq?”

If I needed a TC reference for a client, that would work. It’s never been an issue for me, no one has requested it.

[C. Kauffman] “I read an interesting post on a Sony forum about the importance of keeping a consistently connected genlock cable between all cameras and audio to avoid small amounts of drift even when TC is hard wired for the duration of the shoot.”

There is definitely drift when cameras are jam-synced and then unplugged – I’m not aware of any drift when cameras are hard wired during a shoot, but then that’s not my department.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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