[Tangier Clarke]

Here’s what I get:

“Import Failed:
The following clip encountered an error and is still referencing media on the camera…”

I typically use File->Import->Media
I direct FCP X to the top folder (the reel) that I want to import, and proceed.

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

So was the result multiple multicam clips? Just to be clear, you essentially selected a group of unrelated clips and FCP X figured it out?

T

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

That’s it!. Perhaps I just wasn’t articulating it well enough. We’re working on a production using FCP X in post, but one of our editors used PluralEyes to do the sync work first. I used it in the same way a few years ago – lots of clips thrown on a sequence along with the zoom audio and let PluralEyes do the work.

Never having had to do deal with that scenario in FCP X, I wanted to find out if it could do this rather than go to a third party app; an office test if you will.

I prefer selecting my clips, adding the appropriate metadata, creating my syncs, and setting up my keyword collections appropriately in FCP X. Though I can see how valuable the PluralEyes way toward a more “set it and forget it” means could be valuable.

Thanks Bret.

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

I’ve been selecting clips based on the reel, duration, angle and creating multicams from there, but I like this method.

I was just trying to see if FCP X could generate multiple multicam clips without a lot of setup in the way that PluralEyes can organize on a timeline several isolated synced clips. Granted, I’d then have to take those from the timeline and drag them into the browser window (making sure they stay linked) to actually work with them as clips, but just wondered how far FCP X could take it’s syncing ability before I have to tell it (by selection and adding angle names) which clips should go together; perhaps for example strictly be evaluating audio.

It’d be nice if I said effectively (making up numbers)- OK here’s 100 video clips and the zoom audio clips that go with it, and FCP X returned 12 multicam clips in sync or even just 12 synced clips.

Thanks everyone for all of your insight.

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

That’s a nice solution. However it only give me one multicam clip. I’m wondering if FCP X can look at clips and generate multiple multicam clips. Thanks for that video!

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

There’s something that sounds a little dangerous here. What I’m hearing is that you have to manually make sure the “reel” field is the same for all clips. Changing reel names is not something I’m sure I want to do.

If I have an AF100 (hold two SD cards) and a GH1 as a B cam. My reels will be as such:

shoot-camA-01
shoot-camA-02
Shoot-camB-01
zoom-audio

So if I want the clips created from these cameras (considering potential start/stops), in FCP X, I have to change the reel names before selecting all of the clips and zoom audio and choosing make multicam or sync for this to work?

Like timecode, I treat the reel as sacred unless forced into a situation where I have to change it or for some reason it was missing on import.

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

Hmmm. could you elaborate on that process a bit more please. I somewhat understand what you’re saying, but if you could explain that workflow. Are you stringing it out on a storyline first or doing selecting in the event? Are you saying that FCP X will (based on a selection of a lot of audio and video clips) will figure out which ones go together and therefore will make multiple multicam clips?

Thanks for the response.

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

Lol – figured it out. Never the less if anyone has insight into this, it’d still help.

I suppose I should have just used Blender to “really” do it right.

T

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

Sorry for that lack of detail. I quit FCP X before adding the project to my drives projects folder.

We have identical events – yes.

Tangier

[Tangier Clarke]

We tried that next. The other editor duplicated the project only. I moved the project folder (at the finder level) into the Final Cut Projects folder on my drive so that FCP X would see it. Then things went crazy. One of my own events lost all the keyword collections. After restarting FCP X, it all came back, but a project assigned to that haywire event had the media missing and now even modifying the event doesn’t even work.

We deleted that project (the one the other editor gave me) immediately as it caused problems.

Tangier