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Switching ‘camera bank’ in multiclip editing
Hi does anyone know of a way to switch the bank of cameras viewed in the viewer for all instances of a group in the timeline?
eg. When editing with more than 9 cameras I do the first pass with the first 9 cameras but then to look at the next cameras I have to go through and change the viewer with open gang on to show the next 9 cameras for every edit in the timeline because otherwise the Open Gang function just pulls up the cameras you selected when you edited the clip in.
On an avid you just select which cameras you want in the viewer and off you go, which is obviously much quicker.
I still prefer multicam editing on FCP because of the better resolution but having to jog through each edit on a two hour concert for each pass of cameras is fairly timeconsuming. There has to be a way!Thanks,
Reg.Reg
2.7 Dual G5
FCP 5.1.2
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MIght read the chapter on working with Multiclips in the Viewer. You can see more than 9 at one time too if your system is up to the task (up to 16 in fact). And you can rearrange them, add them, delete them all from the Viewer after you’ve created the Multiclip.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Hi Jerry,
Thanks for the reply, I’ve had another read of the manual but it kind of skims over this bit really, saying “if your multiclip has more angles than are currently displayed you can scroll up or down in the viewer using the multiclip scroll arrows that appear when you place the pointer in the Viewer”(II Ch16 p267) This is true but I need to do it for every instance of the group in the timeline so I can do another real time pass with the next selection of angles. It would be great if the scrolling would affect all selected edits in the timeline, but it doesn’t. Oh well, it gives me a chance to check the sequence for flash frame edits I suppose!
I can run 9 angles on my system which is great and maps nicely onto the number keypad for live switching.I have worked with drives that run 16 but that’s just too much to look at at once! Often it’s only a couple of passes I need to do but I have 30 cameras on the project I’m working on at the moment so a solution would be great if there is one.Reg
2.7 Dual G5
FCP 5.1.2
OS 10.4.8
4Gb Ram Kingston
750Gb Graid SATA
500Gb Graid Firewire 800
Kona LS -
I’m confused. If you put all cameras in the multiclip, they are all available to switch to. If you have more than 16 cameras, you can hit that down arrow key to see the rest of them… what could be easier? what is it that you cannot do that you’d like to do?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Yes that’s fine until you play through to the next edit in the timeline when the group in the viewer jumps back to the selection of cameras you had when you last looked at it. In Open Gang it’s pulling up the instance of the group in the timeline into the viewer so you need to arrow up or down for each cut individually.
What I’m doing is a pass on ,say, the cu cameras then going back to the beginning and doing a pass on the wides, so a way of selecting the wides in the viewer for all edits in the timeline is what I’m after. It does sound confusing when you write it down but if you have a go it’ll be more obvious what I’m trying to do.
Hope that’s clearer!
Reg.Reg
2.7 Dual G5
FCP 5.1.2
OS 10.4.8
4Gb Ram Kingston
750Gb Graid SATA
500Gb Graid Firewire 800
Kona LS
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