Unable to change Active Take after turning off Multicamera.

[Nigel O’neill]

To reset a range of time to use a single take (perhaps in order to redo the take choosing), select a range of events in the timeline and right-click one event. From the shortcut menu, choose Take, and then choose the take to use for all selected events

[John Rofrano]

[Dallas Bowden] ” After combining the 3 tracks to one multicamera track and making my edits, I split the tracks back out to work on my crossfades.”

Why? You can and should make the crossfades right on the master track. By splitting them out you removed the takes which is why they aren’t available any more to choose from. Once you make a multicam track you should finish your edits using that master track.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Dallas Bowden]

John, thanks for your reply. I am by no means a pro at doing this. I split my tracks back out so I can apply effects (mainly brightness and contrast) to an entire track instead of having to use a preset to apply a change to an entire video track (one event at a time) within the master track.

Based on your reply, I would have to assume that the recommended way would be to ‘fix’ all my individual video footage and then render to new tracks and then combine the new tracks into a multicamera track.

[Barry Hull]

Dallas,

If I read your question correctly, consider this solution:
After you have edited your tracks via the Multicamera tool and then expanded them back to three separate tracks, if you want to change the active take, right click on that take, click Properties, and either Mute or Unmute that selection by using the check box.

In Multicamera mode, Vegas uses the Split and Mute functions to determine which is the active video.

I edit this way often when I need to change from one camera to another for a particular shot. It is quick and easy.

Barry W. Hull

[John Rofrano]

[Dallas Bowden] “Based on your reply, I would have to assume that the recommended way would be to ‘fix’ all my individual video footage and then render to new tracks and then combine the new tracks into a multicamera track.”

No, I would apply all color correction at the Media level. This way no matter where you use that media it is already corrected. Just add Media FX instead of Event FX or Track FX.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Dallas Bowden]

Barry, thank you for your reply. Yes, you read my question correctly — that was exactly the answer I needed. I’ve look at the properties for the selected take several times and mute was unchecked. I guess that’s why it didn’t occur to me to look at the mute settings for the other track. Thank you to everyone who answered my post!

[Nigel O’neill]

Dallas

If you edit constantly in multicam projects like I do, you should look at a dedicated tool such as Vasst Ultimate S Pro or Vasst Infiniticam, both developed by John Rofrano. They are excellent tools which I highly recommend and you can apply media FX and make adjustments and tweaks at track and event level. When you are ready, you create a Master track.

It is also really easy to change takes, and it is a simple as moving the take marker.

Ultimate S Pro also has a whole bunch of time saving tools such as lower thirds, a marker tool, photo montage, DVD tools etc.

You can trial the tool for free for a limited time.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Barry Hull]

Nigel, thanks for the tip. I use Ultimate S Pro for all sorts of other stuff, but have never tried the multicamera tool on it. I’ll give it a whirl, sounds like it might save some time.

Barry W. Hull