Display the multi-camera monitor, Add clips for multi-camera editing, Synchronize clips – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual
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Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 11/6/2011
Display the Multi-Camera Monitor
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Select the multi-camera target sequence in a Timeline panel, and then choose Multi-Camera Monitor from the
Window menu.
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To hide the recorded sequence preview and display only the camera previews, deselect Show Preview Monitor from
the Multi-Camera Monitor panel menu.
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To resize the Multi-Camera Monitor, drag an edge or corner.
Add clips for multi-camera editing
You can use any type of media in a multi-camera editing session, including footage from various cameras and from
still images. You assemble the media into a sequence of up to four video and four audio tracks. You can add more than
one clip to a track to accommodate the use of multiple tapes in a camera.
After the clips are assembled, you synchronize them and then create and enable the target sequence.
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Choose File > New > Sequence.
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Place clips from each camera on a separate track. Use video and audio tracks 1–4. You can edit the clips as
necessary.
Note: Video and audio clips placed above track 4 will not be available for multi-camera editing.
Synchronize clips
Make sure that you’ve marked the sync points for each camera’s footage before you attempt to synchronize them. You
can mark the sync points by setting similarly numbered markers for each clip or by reassigning each clip’s timecode.
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Set timecode manually for a clip
Note: Premiere Pro uses an overlay edit when synchronizing clips. Take care not to overwrite adjacent clips if you have
multiple clips on the same track.
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Select the clips you want to synchronize.
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Target a track (by clicking its track header) to align the other clips to it.
For example, if you synchronize clips on their Out point, the end of each clip aligns with the Out point of the targeted
track. A clip will be trimmed if synchronization causes its In point to fall before the sequence zero point.
Note: If one track of a linked audio/video pair is unselected, the pair will become out of sync. Out-of-sync indicators will
appear on the clips.
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Choose Clip > Synchronize, and then choose one of the following options:
Clip Start
Synchronizes clips at their In points.
Clip End
Synchronizes clips at their Out points.
Timecode
Synchronizes clips to the specified timecode. If you use the hours value in source timecode as a camera
designator, select the Ignore Hours option to use only minutes, seconds, and frames to synchronize clips.
Numbered Clip Marker
Synchronizes clips to the specified numbered clip marker. Choose the marker number to use
from the Marker menu.
You can also use the Synchronize command to sync several video clips on separate tracks or unlinked audio and video
tracks when you are not editing a multi-camera sequence.