Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 - Manual (Page 164)

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1. Add clips from multiple cameras to a sequence.
Stack the clips from each camera on separate tracks of a sequence. (See “ Add clips for multi-camera editing ” on
page 159.)
2. Synchronize the clips in the sequence.
Mark the sync point with numbered clip markers, or reassign the sync point for each camera to a specific timecode.
(See “
Synchronize clips ” on page 159.)
3. Create the multi-camera target sequence.
The final edits are made in a target sequence. You create the target sequence by nesting the sequence of synchro-
nized clips into a new sequence. Then you enable the clip in the target sequence for multi-camera editing. (See
“
Create a multi-camera target sequence ” on page 160.)
4. Record the multi-camera edits.
In the Multi-Camera Monitor, you can view the footage of all four cameras simultaneously and switch between
cameras to choose footage for the final sequence. (See “
Record multi-camera edits ” on page 160.)
5. Adjust and refine edits.
You can rerecord the final sequence and substitute clips with footage from one of the other cameras. You can also
edit the sequence like any other sequence—using the standard editing tools and techniques, adding effects, or
compositing using multiple tracks. (See “
Record multi-camera edits ” on page 160 and “ Adjust multi-camera edits
in the Timeline panel ” on page 161.)
For a tutorial on how to sync and switch multiple cameras, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_dv_tutorial_multicam .
For a video on multi-camera editing, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0234 .
See also
Sync and switch multiple cameras, easily
Editing a multi-camera project
About the Multi-Camera Monitor
The Multi-Camera Monitor plays the footage from each camera and a preview of the final edited sequence. When
you record the final sequence, you click a camera preview to make it active and record footage from that camera.
The active camera is indicated by a yellow border when in playback mode and a red border when recording.
The Multi-Camera Monitor includes the standard playback and transport controls and keyboard shortcuts. The
Play Around button
plays the sequence in the preview display, including any preroll and postroll frames
specified in General Preferences.
Note: If the Multi-Camera Monitor displays the same frame in large previews on both the left and right side, the
current clip is either not a multi-camera clip or a multi-camera clip that is not enabled.
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