Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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Important:
Make sure to log an angle number for each clip you capture. Final Cut Pro
uses a clip’s Angle property to determine how it is sorted within a multiclip.
If you capture entire reels using Capture Now, you can break your footage into shorter
subclips. For more information, see
Stage 3:
Creating Multiclips, Assigning a Clip from Each Camera to a Different Angle
In the Browser, select the clips, subclips, or bins of clips that you want to group together
into a multiclip. You can create multiclips using either the Make Multiclip or the Make
Multiclip Sequence command.
• Make Multiclip: Creates one multiclip at a time, synchronizing each angle by In point
or Out point (such as the frame where the slate closes), or timecode.
• Make Multiclip Sequence: Creates many multiclips at once and places them in a new
sequence in chronological order. This command uses timecode to synchronize angles,
and gives you options for synchronizing clips that were recorded with the same
timecode, but have slightly different starting and ending timecode numbers.
When creating a multiclip, you can choose one of several methods to synchronize the
clips, such as by In point, Out point, or matching timecode. After a multiclip is created,
you can rearrange, add, and delete angles in the Viewer.
For more information, see
“Working with Multiclip Angles in the Viewer.”
Stage 4:
Editing Multiclips into a Sequence
Once you edit a multiclip into a sequence, you can turn on the Multiclip Playback option
to watch all angles simultaneously in the Viewer while switching or cutting to different
angles in real time in the Canvas. The Multiclip Playback option allows you to cut an entire
show as if it were live, and then fine-tune your edits in the Timeline just as you would for
any other program.
You can cut and switch between video and audio at the same time or independently.
For example, you can use the audio from angle 1 while switching the video between
angles 1–4. For more information, see
“Editing with Multiclips in Real Time.”
Stage 5:
Collapsing Multiclips to the Active Angle
After you have finished editing, you can collapse multiclips in the Timeline to the currently
active angle, at which point you can work with them as regular clips. This is useful when
you transfer your project to a color correctionist, effects artist, or audio engineer who
only needs to see the active angles you chose during editing. Collapsing a multiclip is
not permanent. If you need to make multiclip changes later, you can expand the multiclip
and all of the angles become available. For more information, see
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Working with Multiclips