Multicam Troubles in FCP
by ugadtp
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Jan 20, 2007 at 4:26:51 pm
I am working on a simple two camera edit from a wedding. The footage is continuous but not jamsynced. I have set up the multicam in FCP by matching in-points. When I load the multicam in the viewer everything plays right. I am switching only video between the two pices of footage. I have set sync to open, allowed multicam in the RT options. I have done all that I see that I am supposed to BUT...
When I begin editing in realtime my edits do not take. One of two things happen. If I click on a diferent angle the playback either stops, or it changes the whole multiclip to that angle. So when I get done editing onthe fly and I return to the beginning of my timeline all I have is whatever angle I left on at the last edit. And it stays that way for the duration of the 30 or so minutes of the footage.
You will see my machines below. I am on the MacBook Pro with this problem.
Re: Multicam Troubles in FCP by Arniepix on Jan 20, 2007 at 6:39:43 pm
[ugadtp]"I am switching only video between the two pices of footage...
When I begin editing in realtime my edits do not take."
This is because you are switching when you should be cutting. Multicam allows for both. Cutting actually makes the cuts in your timeline & changes the angle, switching merely changes the angle of the clip under the playhead.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
Re: Multicam Troubles in FCP by Danrnw on Jan 20, 2007 at 7:30:35 pm
You don't load the multiclip into the viewer, you drag it to the sequence.
Then you play and switch between the cameras in the viewer.
Or you load the multiclip into the viewer and then just overwrite (red button)
what's in the viewer into the sequence, the do the same as I a mentioned.
Is this what you are doing? And it still doesn't work?
Re: Multicam Troubles in FCP by ugadtp on Jan 20, 2007 at 8:55:54 pm
Thanks for the help. Turns out it was the difference between switching and cutting. I discovered it when I enabled the keyboard layout for multicam editing. It then enabled me to use the mouse in the viewer to change angles and also to use the numeric keys.
Thanks!
Travis Paulding
Dir. of Technology
St. Simons Community Church
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