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Multicam track to further cuts.
Hi,
I have a project (1080i) with a multicam track with synced audio. I have already made all my camera takes on this track. Now I need to further cut n paste out specific parts to create a new project from that multicam track. I’m not sure of the best way to do this while not messing up the takes I made and preserving the audio sync too.
My first thought was to render the project so that I could make sub clips using the trimmer. After 4.5 hrs. to render, I tried to add it back onto the timeline, I found out Blu-ray is not compatible for timeline. If this is the best method, then what should I render as to not lose quality.
I wish there was a way to just select several regions on the timeline and create sub clips but I guess this is not possible?
I am using Vegas Pro11
Thank You,
Mike G -
8 Replies
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Tried a nested project?
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Hi Norman,
What is going on is, I shot a dance competition straight through continuous with two cams. I usually do dvd’s for parents of ballet recitals. This project was a dance competition, and has different requirements. There were 4 dance schools competing and 54 different dances. Some schools had up to 20 different dances, one school only had 5 or 6 dances. The deal is parents can only order dvd’s with dances from their child’s school. I shot continuous with both cams and edited as normal with multicam etc. Problem is now I have to select only the dances needed and blend them as needed to make dvds of each schools dances.
Not sure what a nested project is or how it will work.
Thanks,
Mike -
The way I handle this is to make a copy of all the video tracks after they are synched, but before making a multicam track. I then group, mute and minimize the duplicate tracks. I rarely need them, but sometimes it’s just nice to have them if I need to make a different cut later.
Nesting, to answer your other question, is when you put a .veg file on the timeline.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
I just completed a (3)HD cam + audio recorder multi-cam shoot and edit for 4 days of a legal seminar presentations. Had to pull specific sections of various presenters, fine-tune them and then upload to corporate HQ. My work flow was to multi-cam edit in Vegas 12 the entire presentation. Then, un-group and re-group just the pertinent takes, copy and then paste them into another instance of Vegas running at the same time. Finish the specific edit, encode and upload. Have done multicam this way in Vegas numerous times.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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Wow, so far your solution is exactly what I was looking for. Thank You.
Mike
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Your welcome. Hope it all comes together for you.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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One way I would handle this is to create a region for each dance, render regions only using scripting, then combine as needed in DVDA.
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Thanks – thats a great suggestion. However, my issue is that Vegas did not recognize my Sony MTS files (from 2 3D HDR-TD20 Camcorders) for the Multi-Camera option. It did not find either timestam or timecode. Is there a way to get these into the project timeline as a multi-camerea track?
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