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Trim Cuts Before Multicam Edit?
I have 2 long video clips (about 80 mins each) with unwanted footage at the beginning of each clip. I need to cut about 10 to 20 minutes off the beginning of each clip so I’m left with my 2-camera shoot that I need to do a multicam edit. I could delete the unwanted footage of each clip and render (Share) each out as MP4 files, and then use those for my multicam edit. Is there a better, fasted way?
THX
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4 Replies
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How about setting an In point in each clip, then creating your multicam clip? FCP won’t include anything prior to the In points of the clips.
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Import all of the footage into FCP X. SYNC The clips to create the Multicam.
Drop the clip into a timeline
Trim the unwanted 20 minutes in the timeline.
Edit your mutlicam
Export finished movie from FCP X (make that your only render)
David
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Import the full length of each clip using “leave files in place”. That will not take up any additional room. Batch label all clips from each camera angle and separate audio source in the Inspector (CamA, CamB, MainAudio, etc), then sync them as a multicam. See below tutorial on this.
Then use the angle editor (SHIFT+CMD+7), skim the multicam clip in the event browser, marking rejected ranges, favorites and (if needed) keyword ranges. After marking rejects, run the browser filter (top right) in Hide Rejected or Favorites. Also mark the original parent clips as rejected to prevent inadvertent use in the timeline.
After skimming, rating and filtering the multicam clip in the event browser, each marked range will appear as a subclip in the browser. You can then add those to the timeline and fine-tune as needed.
Easy multicam edit setup:
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Thanks for the quick feedback.
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