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Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 11/6/2011
Create a multi-camera target sequence
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Choose File > New > Sequence.
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Drag the sequence containing the multi-camera clips into a video track of the new sequence. (See “
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Select the video and audio tracks in the nested sequence, and then choose Clip > Multi-Camera > Enable. The
command is unavailable unless you have the video track selected.
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In the Multi-Camera Monitor, click the downward-pointing triangle next to Video 1 to open the Select Video Track
menu. Select the video track containing the multi-camera nested sequence. Then click the downward-pointing
arrow next to Audio 1 to open the Select Audio Track menu. Select the audio track containing the multi-camera
nested sequence.
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Record multi-camera edits
You record a multi-camera edit in the multi-camera target sequence you have already assembled. (See “
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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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In the Multi-Camera Monitor, click the Record On/Off Toggle button
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Note: You can also switch into record mode during playback by clicking a camera preview in the Multi-Camera Monitor.
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To record audio from the selected camera to the audio track, select Audio Follows Video in the Multi-Camera
Monitor panel menu. Deselect this option to record audio from the audio track selected in the source sequence.
Note: In order to retain audio from more than one track simultaneously, mix all the desired tracks to a single track in the
source sequence, select the resulting audio track, and deselect the Audio Follows Video option.
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Click the playback button in the Multi-Camera Monitor to start playing the video from all cameras.
The footage from the active camera is recorded in the multi-camera target sequence. A red border indicates the active
camera, and the large preview shows the content you are recording.
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To switch to another camera and record its content, click its small preview in the Multi-Camera Monitor.
You can switch cameras using a keyboard shortcut. The 1, 2, 3, and 4 keys correspond to each camera.
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When you are done recording, click the Stop button or the Record button to get out of recording mode. You can
then use the playback controls to preview your sequence without recording over it.
The target sequence is updated to show the edit points where each camera switch occurs. Camera 1 is the default track
in the target sequence. No recording occurs, so no edit points are created until you switch cameras. Each clip in the
target sequence is labeled with the camera number (MC1, MC2).
Another method is to not use the Record button or play through the sequence, but to simply move the current-time
indicator to the frame you want and select a new camera.