Slipping one track and viewing another?

[Stephen Mann]

You may call it fundamental, but in twelve years of editing this is a first. What NLE does this?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Steve Olive]

Well I only ever worked on Avid (various), Fire and then Smoke. Those are high-end bits of kit for sure.

But…surely even the most basic system should allow an editor to look at a frame on a timeline and then slip source media to match that frame?

Maybe I’m just wrong, I haven’t edited for a few years 🙁

[Tom Pauncz]

Actually Vegas can do this – ‘sort of’!

When you are in multi-camera editing mode, if you place the cursor at a camera switch, hold down Ctrl+Alt and then drag you should see the two clips side-by-side in the preview window so you can adjust the timing of the cuts between cameras.

I think this is what the Op is looking for, but you need to be in multi-camera edit mode.

This trick also works if you place two clips on a single timeline, right click the t/l header, expand the track and then with Ctrl+Alt drag either the end of clip on Track A or the start of the clip on Track B, you’ll see the same effect.

Cheers for now,
Tom Pauncz
(30WEST MEDiA GROUP)

[Tom Pauncz]

Steve,

Another way I can think of would be to:

1. place each clip on a separate track
2. use track motion on each track to size and position so that you can see both on preview monitor
3. place cursor/playhead at the select point on the first track and then drag the event on the second track until they line up.

Unless I’ve missed it, you haven’t said what you want to see in the final video – one or two windows. That may make a difference how you go about this.

Cheers for now,
Tom Pauncz
(30WEST MEDiA GROUP)

[Steve Olive]

Hi Tom

I need two frames in the final output as shown above. I’ve got a golf swing shot on two cameras. I chuck one shot into the timeline, and chuck a track motion on it, shrink it and place it left.

Then I do the same with the other angle and put it right.

Now all I want to do is go to the point of impact on the left image in the timeline, and slip the right image to be at the same point.

Of course, if my little Canon Ixus 115HS cameras generated timecode…. 🙂

[Tom Pauncz]

OK .. that’s what I thought you needed.

Then the way to do that is as I described in my last post.

Use track motion to position the two windows as you want them.

Put cursor/playhead at point of impact on track one and optionally insert a marker so you can come back to it.

Now without moving the cursor, go to track two and drag that clip around until you match the point of impact.

Simple enough, no?

Cheers for now,
Tom Pauncz
(30WEST MEDiA GROUP)

[Steve Olive]

Yes indeed (I think). I shall try that tomorrow, and thanks for your help.

Steve

[Mike Kujbida]

To add to what Tom suggested, use the 1 or 3 keys on the numeric keypad to move track 2 forward or backward one frame at a time until it’s lined up.