Showing Multiple Cameras from Multiclip at Once

[Herb Sevush]

Tom –

Is it a difficult process to show more than one camera at once using FCP 6?

The short answer is that no, it’s not hard to do and yes final cut does it.

I can’t seem to find much information on the subject!

Not to be snooty about this but I don’t think you’ve looked very hard. In final Cut this feature is called Multi-Clips. In the Manual it’s Book II Chapter 16, Pgs 241 – 284. If you search the cow for “multi-clips” you’ll find more threads than you can handle.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Shane Ross]

FCP Manual…Chapter 16, page 241. That is the section on working with multiclips.

Multiclip Playback is in Part IV, page 630.

In the HELP menu is the PDF of the manual. You can search for specific topics this way.

I am saying “read the manual” not to be rude, but because the answer is there, and can be much to long for someone here to retype. Especially since the answer is in the book…and it lengthy.

Shane

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[David Bogie]

[Tom Watson] “nd is it possible to show an array of cameras from a multiclip at once? “

I read this differently from the other boys. Are you asking if you can take the multiclip display, showing all cameras, and use that online? The answer is, not really. You wouldn’t be using the multiclip, you’d have to build it the old fashioned way scaling each camera on its own track.

bogiesan

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[Tom Watson]

Thanks for your response, the first two however misinterpreted what I was asking as I’m currently working with multi-clips but would like to view them, as mentioned by the last post, as ‘online’ and in-sync.

Instead of viewing one angle of the multi-clip at a time, what I would like to achieve is view say 3 of them, scaled down on the same screen giving you a view of say the interviewee and the interviewer simultaneously.

You mentioned “scaling each camera on it’s own track” which I guess is the way to go…

Is this specifically called something so I can look it up?

Thanks again!

[David Smith]

You might want to take a look at DH-Box. You can certainly built the effect in FCP by hand, but this is an inexpensive tool to perhaps ease your way:

https://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/fcplugins/dh_box.php

[Don Greening]

[Tom Watson] “You mentioned “scaling each camera on it’s own track” which I guess is the way to go… Is this specifically called something so I can look it up? “

In your sequence you can stack all the camera tracks and sync them using whatever method you normally use: a camera flash or an audio hit, etc. Make sure “Image and Wireframe” is checked in the rightmost drop down menu at the top of the canvas window. Highlight one of your video tracks and the wireframe dimensions for that track become visible in the canvas. Take you selection tool and mouse over one of corners of your frame. The arrow will turn into a cross hairs tool. Press the option key (to constrain the frame’s proportions) click the mouse button and drag towards the centre of the frame. The image will shrink. Now centre your cursor in the middle of that smaller image and you can drag the whole image anywhere in the canvas window, which will reveal the next camera track below. Do the same for all your tracks, arranging them to size and placement, season to taste, and you’re done 🙂

– Don

[David Bogie]

[Don Greening] “Press the option key (to constrain the frame’s proportions) “

Not necessary. FCP’s default is to have constrain always on. Totally non-Macintosh and against the usual paradigm but it makes sense in a weird Apple way. Video frames are almost never scaled to anything but constrained dimensions.

[Tom Watson] “You mentioned “scaling each camera on it’s own track” which I guess is the way to go… Is this specifically called something so I can look it up? ”

Actually, I said “its own track” not “it’s” which would be a contraciton of it is, The proper possessive form of the pronoun it is its just like the possessive of her is hers, not her’s.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Tom Watson]

Thanks for the replies – great help. I’ve been playing with DH_Box which looks like it will do the job with ease!

Cheers!