Multiclip sync Retarded

[John Pale]

[Donkey Dave] “Is the multiclip sync function retarded or is it just me.”

I don’t know anything about your mental faculties, but the multiclip sync function is not retarded. If you have never used it before, or the similar function on Avid, then you need to read the manual.

If your source timecodes don’t match (which is quite often the case, unless you are lucky), you can set a common in point among all the angles using a visual or audio cue.

Volume 2 (Editing) Page 247 in the Final Cut Help would be a good place to start.

[Frank Nolan]

Well Dave,
We all know Donkey’s are a little slow, but retarded?

[Donkey Dave] “the in / out points don’t match up either”

What in/out points are you talking about? What you need to do is set in points that do match up, then make your multiclip using the in points.

[Tony]

The only thing retarded is the guillty party who allowed or created the mess in the first place during the shoot.

Was this a case of a producer not being willing to pay for an engineer or gear necessary to provide jam sync timecode to all the camcorders?

Well suck it all up and bill them double for all your extra time.

The phrase “We’ll fix it in post” does not apply here ….. at least not cheaply.

Tony Salgado

[Tim Phillips]

After 12 years on an Avid I switched to Final Cut about three months ago. I had a need for multiclip for the first time just three days ago in a situation just like yours with two cameras and different timecodes. I did some quick reading, found a great tutorial on the Ken Stone website and was multiclipping along in no time. I couldn’t believe how easy and incredibly handy it was.

It was in no way difficult. Or retarded. And by the way, if you know anyone with children that have mental challenges, you’ll realize that using that word in your everyday life to explain things like edit functions makes you look very bad.

Tim