Synch multiple clips by timecode

[Bobby Cullipher]

Looking for the same feature… would be very helpful when editing multiple cameras synced via TC.

[Victor Perez]

Multicam is supported in Premiere CS6. Adobe says you have an unlimited number of cameras depending on how powerful your machine is. Syncing is mostly the same as with FCP 7 after that its a bit different. Here is a tutorial that got me started after moving from 7 to Premiere.

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/devis_andrew/Premiere-Pro-CS6-Basics_106/video-tutorial

Victor
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[Bobby Cullipher]

Not sure about first post, but i am looking for a way to search timecode… with over a hundred clips of footage to choose from, being able to search timecode would greatly speed the process.

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[Dennis Radeke]

Yes, you can sync via timecode, in/out point, or numbered marker (manual creation). Here’s a screen shot.

If you want to sync quickly via audio sync, then pluraleyes is still your best bet.

Dennis

[Alessandro Cofanelli]

The result of the method you described is a multiclip sequence with every clip on a new track. What I need is a sequence with all clips on a single tracks.

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Alessandro Cofanelli
Top Service Audiovisivi
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[Dennis Radeke]

I think you just need to get a handle on editing multicamera in Premiere Pro. You might try this quick video which has the bit you’re lacking at around 3:30

https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-premiere-pro-cs6/setting-up-multi-camera-sequences/

Cliff notes version.
Take the multicamera source sequence and put it into a new sequence.
Open Window>Multicamera Monitor
Edit your multi-camera sequence…

[Alex Udell]

I think there is a breakdown in understanding what you are asking for.

You have multiple clips from a single camera that currently end up on multiple tracks when you perform this function right?

It’s like the camera was shot start and stop as opposed to free run. (likely to cover a long event and conserve on storage)

So you question is not the syncing part for that camera…. that works…the problem is that Premiere thinks you are trying to sync multiple cameras, so you end up with the individual clips on discreet tracks.

ok…so here’s a possible solution for you….

just double nest… 🙂

Premiere multicam is based on nesting.

in a nutshell, you take a sequence in which all cameras have been synced (call it the multicam source) and drop it on a fresh timeline as a clip (call it the multicam destination), then enable that clip in the mc destinationas multicam “mode”

then you open the multicam monitor. It is what allows you to make multicam edits in the sequence…basically switching between what layer of that underlying multicam….

so what do I mean by double nest?

well let’s start from where you are having the problem….you end up with a sequence with tons of tracks, starting from time 0 that contains all discontinuous ftg from one single camera.

we’ll call that Camera 01 source

now make a fresh sequence for your “multicam source” and drag “Camera 01 source” sequence from the project panel to it. It will appear as a single clip, and Should start at time 0 just fine.

now make a fresh sequence for “camera 02 source” ..and use the sync procedure to put all the camera two source material on that timeline…again you end up with a ton of tracks…that’s ok…

because now we’ll take that camera 02 source sequence and edit as a nested clip on to your “multicam source” v2. It also should line up at time 0, no problem.

repeat these two steps until you have all your “camera source sequences” edited on to the multicam timeline

then proceed with editing the multi-cam source sequence on to multi-cam destination sequence and proceeding with the multicam monitor based editing as described above….

this should achieve, easily, the “collapse” you are looking for.

remember that PrPro’s multicam is purely a “video edit” in that, as it’s dealing only with the pass through of audio video information from sequence to another, it’s not possible to generate an EDL of source level timecode for moving to another system…just image data.. (not that many people do that anymore…but it’s worth knowing in case it’s part of your pipeline)

hope that helps!! 🙂

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Herb Sevush]

Alex –

Is there a speed/performance penalty for double nesting?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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[Alex Udell]

Herb….

since there’s no transformation or other processing hapenning….I’d think it would be ok….

Alex

[Bobby Cullipher]

Is there a way to search for timecodes via the media browser?

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
– Laptop –
Dell Precision
Win7 Pro
I7 2860QM
712GB SSD Raid 0
NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
16GB Mem

– Older MacPro –
FCP 6 | 6.0.6
Mac OS X 10.6.5
2X3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
4GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM