Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) User Manual
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Chapter 10
Advanced editing
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If performance becomes an issue while you’re working on a multicam project, do any of the
following:
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Set Final Cut Pro to use proxy media by choosing Proxy in the Media section of the Viewer
Options pop-up menu (in the upper-right corner of the Viewer). Proxy playback allows you
to play back more angles at a time. To use proxy playback, you must have proxy versions of
your media available, or you must create proxy versions. For more information, see
optimized and proxy media files
on page 425.
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Make sure that “Create optimized media for multicam clips” is selected in Playback
preferences. For more information, see
on page 443. This option
transcodes video to the Apple ProRes 422 codec format, which provides better performance
during multicam editing. This option is turned on by default. If the original camera format
can be edited with good performance, you can deselect this checkbox.
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Make sure that the hard disk holding your multicam source clips is fast enough to play back
all of your media at once. You can check hard disk performance by choosing Final Cut Pro >
Preferences and selecting “Warn when frames are dropped due to hard disk performance.”
To find out if something else is causing playback issues, select “Warn when dropping frames
during playback.”
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You can use photos (from a still camera) in a multicam clip. If the date and time (Content
Created) information matches the contents of the other angles, the photos are automatically
adjusted in duration to “fill in” the angle.
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