multicam crashes

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Recovery33 Author

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multicam crashes

I have 2 cameras. Lets call them A & B.

Cam A starts rolling before Cam B.

I synch up Cam A to Cam B and make a multicam clip.

I edit the multicam clip in the time line.

Cam A runs out before Cam B.

I take my second tape from Cam A and synch it to the end scene on Cam B from my first tape.

I make a multicam clip.

System crashes.

In other software I get the the choice of synching multicam clips to either a front marker or an end

marker. FCPX seems to only allow for a marker therefore I have to make a second long multicam clip just

for a short scene at the end of the first multicam clip. Therefore I am making two very long multicam

clips.

Any suggestions on how to work around this?

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 2:41 AM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Sep 19, 2012 3:39 AM in response to Recovery33

You don't have to have long multicam clips.

For each clip, mark the an In and an Out point and hit F - this will make that selection a Favorite. It can be any part of the clip you want, and you can even have multiple sections of the same clip as Favorites.

At the top of the event browser, swith from "All Clips" to "Favorites". All your Favorites will appear as if they were separare clips. Create your multicam clips from those.

Alternatively, you can use Keywords to achieve essentially the same effect. All clips marked with the same keyword appear as a "Keyword Collection". Clicking on this keyword collection, you can act as before.

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Tom Wolsky

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Sep 19, 2012 7:08 AM in response to Recovery33

Are you making a single multicam clip or two multicam clip? Why not make one, with the two shots from the same camera on the same angle? Can you sync based on audio, or only by markers? If you add markers you can adjust the sync manually by slipping the markers into position in the angle editor.

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Recovery33 Author

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Sep 19, 2012 7:50 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Luis, thanks for the hot tips on favorites and keywords.

This does mean that I end up with two multicam clips

though but does the job and solves yhe problem.

Thanks for sharing your skill and knowledge.

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Recovery33 Author

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Sep 19, 2012 7:55 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Tom. exactly my point. I only have sound from

Cam A. It is really my master cam so cannot use

audio synch. So what you are saying is that Cam

A multicam clip can have more than one marker

to synch to? Hmmm........I will try this and see what

happens.

magic moments bro.

Thanks for sharing your expertise.

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