Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 309)

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Multicam clips have the following characteristics:
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You create multicam clips in the Event Browser only, from existing event clips.
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You edit and adjust multicam clips in the Angle Editor, which looks similar to the Timeline.
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When you add a multicam clip to the Timeline, you create a direct and active relationship
between the “parent” multicam clip in the Event Browser and the “child” multicam clip in
the Timeline.
Event clips
Project 3 Project 1
Child clip Child clips Child clip
Project 2
Parent multicam clip
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When you open any multicam clip in the Angle Editor (whether from the Event Browser or
the Timeline) you are in fact opening the parent multicam clip from the Event Browser. Any
changes you make to a multicam clip in the Angle Editor are inherited by all of its child clips,
in all projects. These changes include sync or trimming adjustments, clip speed retiming,
video or audio effects such as color correction, and added or deleted angles. For example, if
you delete an angle from a parent multicam clip, the angle is deleted from all child clips. For
more information about the Angle Editor, see
Sync and adjust angles and clips in the Angle
Editor on page 324.
Multicam editing workflow
The process for creating a multicam project is outlined below. The procedures are presented in
rough chronological order, but you can rearrange the order to suit your workflow.
Shoot an event with multiple cameras and record appropriate sync information
A multicamera shoot uses multiple cameras to record the same subject or event from different
angles and distances.
For multicam projects, it’s a good idea to set the date, the time, and the time zone on your
camcorder or recording device before you shoot footage for your multicam project. This provides
useful information to Final Cut Pro during the automatic multicam clip creation process.
In professional multicamera shoots, each camcorder or VTR receives the same timecode from
a master timecode generator, or you can jam sync the timecode generator of each camera at
the beginning of the shoot. If you’re using consumer camcorders, which cannot accept external
timecode, you need to record a visible or audible cue, such as a clapboard closing or a camera
flash, on all cameras. You can use this cue to synchronize the angles in your multicam clips.
Because you can use the sophisticated automatic audio sync feature in Final Cut Pro to help ensure
multicam synchronization accuracy, it makes sense to record audio on every camcorder and
recording device in your multicam production. (Clear audio recordings provide the best results.)
Import media for a multicam edit
Although importing media for multicam projects is the same as importing for any other project,
there are steps you can take during importing to help streamline the multicam workflow.