Hi Baie dankie ...This ws explained very well!!! Love your channel. I am a newbie 'editor'....I don't seem to be able to move my different Cam angles to setup for numbers edit?
Hi 🤙🏼 Glad you enjoyed the video 😊 That’s odd, it should work without needing to set anything else up. I would try going into your keyboard shortcut settings and resetting them to default to see if that activated the number shortcuts again. Let me know if that works 😊
Stellar tutorial 🏆 Yes, there is a multi-angle edit I'd like to know how to do. I'm not using a separate audio recorder. Normally I do a 3 camera shoot (3 angles), so I import 3 video files. Angle-1 has the best quality audio. .... My Question: How do I switch between angles but always use the audio attached to angle-1 ?
Thanks so much! 😊 When you drop the full multicam on your timeline you can right click on it and set your Active Audio angle to angle 1 with the good audio. In your multicam window, make sure you have it set to only change the video angle and not the audio angle when you make cuts and then it will always keep angle 1 as your audio source 😊
THANK YOU so much!! I'm editing a music video for the first time and have been tearing my hair out and watching video after video about Multicam. Yours was by far the most succint and informative! All the necessary information, cleanly presented. Amazing!
This was a very simply demonstrated and I enjoyed this tutorial, it was one of the best i've watched in a while when it comes to being able to easily follow along with no fluff. Great Job.
This was incredibly helpful, thank you. I assumed Multicam would be quite scary and difficult but you made it seem so easy and now I can't wait to jump in and try it myself. Thank you!
@@Brad_West : Always enjoy your videos: plain language, down to the point, no overly geeky stuff, and explained the way so every body understands. PS: your channel is one of the few channels where I watch all advertisements to "pay" you back for your generosity !
Great job, Brad. I rarely say this, but you could slow down, just a touch. I love pace, and I can keep up, but maybe take one breath (or two).....great work. Much appreciated.
Thanks Jeff. Yeah I’m a naturally fast speaker but I’m learning to slow down for these videos. I think I have started to slow down a little since making this video 😉
Great tutorial! I just added a second camera to create more effective guitar lesson videos, and this is just what I needed to start learning how to edit multi-cam footage! There are some new commands I’ll need to learn, but it looks like this won’t be as complicated as I thought - especially with just two cameras.
@@Brad_West One question I have is how to sync multi-cams after selecting favorite sections? For example, when I record and unboxing video, rarely do I get everything in a single shot and I need to select my favorite sections from the face & overhead shots. Is there an easy way to sync favorited sections from two clips recording the same shot? Hope this question makes sense.
@@mynustenI think the easiest would be to first sync the clips and then you can select the multicam clip in the browser window and favorite sections on the multicam clip. Hope that helps!
Is there a tutorial for adding transitions between the cuts on the multicam and additional things freeze frames masking effects etc? or you cut and duplicate above the main timeline then edit on there
Thanks for this crisp tutorial. I have started a 4 camera Multicam edit, each camera having more than 1 hour of recording time. Have transcoded to proxy while importing, and, I have this doubt: how to optimise the media after finishing the editing and before sharing the project?
Using the drop down in your view window you can set the playback options from proxy back to optimized media. Then I would do a color grade if necessary to try to match the camera angles. I would suggest doing that inside the multicam so you’re only grading 4 clips as opposed to each clip in the main timeline. Hope that helps 😊🤞🏼
Hey always very helpful to see your videos. Thanks. I do have a quick question about the audio - like you suggested I do have a audio track which is what I would like to use - how do I shut off the 2 camera track and only use the good audio from my lab?
Thank you for making this video. If I want to add a two different luts to two different angles and color correct/grade different because they are using two different cameras (trying to match both) what should I do?
You can open up the multicam clip and apply your individual luts to each angle. You can also try to color grade them to match better. I did a video about matching different cameras: th-cam.com/video/w4zzIo9YHlo/w-d-xo.html Or this one: th-cam.com/video/md5Qnz-3x-w/w-d-xo.html
@@Brad_West I'm trying to match footage from S5mII V log and G9 V Log L. The colors are similar enough, I was trying to adjust the exposure and brightness a bit because full frame vs micro 4/3s but as long as I have the exposure settings exactly the same or one F stop down and one level of ISO down with the G9, the footage looks close enough. Now, I am trying to match different interview locations with slightly different lighting, that is the real challenge. I have a 5600k light on the subject roughly at the same distsance away in each location, but the ambient lighting, I can't really control that. Do you have any video tips on that?
@@kyleledotnet I don't have any videos specific to that issue, but what you'll want to try is to use a shape mask on the subject for the interview. You can then grade the inside mask (subject) differently from the outside mask (the background where the ambient lighting is different). At around 1:14 in this video: th-cam.com/video/bfe15QsvCPo/w-d-xo.html I show the inside/outside using a color mask. The principle is the same, but you can use the shape mask. Hope that helps!
Great Video Brad, may i ask you how can i do a picture in picture with multicam? My Use case: i have a Microsoft Teams Recording, 2 Camera Live Recordings and one clean Audio file. I would love to switch between the presenter, Guests and the presentation. Thanks in advance!!
Hey Dennis! Glad you enjoyed it. I would drop the multicam clip on the time and then duplicate the clip on top of itself (using Alt + Click and drag) and make sure that they stay in sync with each other. Mute the audio on the top clip and scale it down and reposition it to get the picture-in-picture look you want. Then every time you want to swap angles, you can make a cut on both clips and change the angle from 1 to 2 on the main clip and from 2 to 1 on the PiP clip. When you change angles you might lose the scale and position parameters so you can copy the PiP clip where the scale and position is correct and then paste attributes using (Cmd Shift V) to the rest of the PiP clips on top of the main clip. Hope that was clear enough and that it helps 😄🤞🏼
If you open up the multicam, you can select the clips and mute the second channel. In your timeline, you can right-click on the clips and select the audio angle too.
You're welcome! You can add a new track, make sure the track you want to sync to is set as your monitoring angle and with the new clip selected you can click on the drop down arrow for that track and select "Sync selection to monitoring angle." Hope that helps 😀
Yeah I’ll add that to my list. Most of the newer Mac’s can handle 4K files without proxies but I’ve never done a video on proxies so it might be worth doing 😄👍🏼
Great instructional video. If you were to record audio on a separate device, what format should you record in? Should it always be WAVE or can you use mp3 etc?
Great question Peter 😊 MP3 would be fine but I would always recommend WAV files instead because audio is captured at a higher bit depth. The quality will be much better, especially if you are going to be adding a bunch of audio plugins like a denoiser, compressor or EQ for example. By recording WAV files you give those plugins more “data” to work with. Hope that helps 😊
Question, if you place a marker on the clap sound on each clip. That should allow you to line up your audio dead on, correct? I know markers will all line up on time. If you move them to wherever the playhead is in your project.
Yes you can definitely use markers on each clap to line up the audio. That will work within a multicam clip but also without a multicam clip, if you’re just trying to manually sync a few clips on the timeline. 😊
Thank you for this video! Great job! I have followed all of the instruction. Everything is great! All is synced and appears in the work area and timeline. But i have lost the ability to cut (edit). Any idea why? thank you
Absolutely superb. I've subbed. Once I've expanded my multicam clips how do I collapse them again into one timeline? I can't seem to find it. Be merciful to a senior citizen :-)
Glad you found value in this video! To go back to your timeline, you can simply click the back arrow at the top of your timeline (next to the name of the multicam clip or timeline). Alternatively you can double click on the timeline in your browser window to go back 😄👍🏼
@@Brad_West Thanks for the reply. No matter what I try (back arrow, double click, etc.) it all stays as multiple clips without reverting to a single multicam on the timeline. I have 6 clips plus separate audio. However, the B rolls start and stop throughout as the camera person was walking around with a gimble. Maybe I need to go back to the old way but multicam seems so much faster. Sigh . . .
I’d suggest creating a new timeline and then dropping the multicam from the browser window directly onto the timeline. That should do it. Let me know if you’re still struggling?
Thank you for your reply. I still can't get it to work. Perhaps it's because I went in on individual clips, did some cropping and time alignment and I screwed it up big time. Maybe I'll just go back to magnetic timeline. It will be harder to sync external audio but it may beat banging my head against a wall. I had great hopes for multicam. Sigh . . .
Hi. Awesome video thank you!!!!! Would you mind helping me with this question? If you have created a multi video clip and expanded it so you can see all the separate tracks (by clicking in the top left hand corner of the multi clip with 4 small clips) in the timeline, how do you then collapse it again so you can edit the main video and edit the story / main video? Your help would be so very much appreciated!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial! At the top of your timeline, where the name of your project is, there are two arrows on either side of the name. When you open up the multicam to see all the angles, all you need to do is hit that back arrow to go back to your main project/timeline 😄👍🏼
@@Brad_West Thank you so much for the response! Unfortunately it hasn't worked. The arrow buttons don't seem to do anything. Do you have any other suggestions / ideas? Thank you so very much!
Thank you for your excellent tutorial on this subject. I have one small suggestion. I found I had to view some of the information several times because you speak very fast. I think if you could slow it down just a little it could make it easier to absorb all the content.
Thanks for your feedback Guy. It’s my normal talking speed but I’ve actually slowed down in my other videos since making this one. Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼
Hypothetically, if I needed to add another camera angle and I've already edited the previous angles, would I have to manually synchronize the new clip?
Well, yes you could definitely do that. But you could also select the clips in the new angle you create and click on the down arrow on that angle and select "Sync Clips to Monitoring Angle"
Your videos are really helpful, one question though: what should you do when you have footage with different frame rates? is 29,97 fps and 30 fps footage a problem or not notieable? what about 30 and 60 since its exactly the half? just slow down the 60fps footage by 50% to match the 30fps?
In that case I would go with the lowest frame rate (29,97fps) and there shouldn’t be a noticeable issue with 30fps footage. If you’re syncing 60fps footage I wouldn’t slow it down in the multicam clip. FCP will play it back just fine on a 29,97 or 30fps timeline by just dropping every second frame. 😄👍🏼
All you need to do is click on the back arrow next to the project name at the top of the timeline. That will go back to the main timeline. Hope that helps!
How do you switch between angles using the timeline? Personally I think having the only way you can switch between angles is to do so like it was a live video shoot is ridiculous for a professional level program.
You can click on each angle in the angle viewer using the mouse, you can use the shortcut keys 1, 2, 3, etc or you can write click on each clip and change the video angle from there.
You can put all of those angles on the same track in the multicam and they will stay in order. In the browser window, if you select all the clips from one angle, you can type in a camera name in the inspector window. Do this for each camera angle and your multicams will stay organized and will sync faster 😄
Hi Brad, one question please. If I have an interview with 4 people miked individually, is there a way I can use multicam and, when needed, use two overlapping audio tracks (because the interviewees may speak at the same time)? Unfortunately it only lets me select one audio track at a time...😔
Yeah you most certainly can. All you need to do is select the multicam clip on the timeline, head over the the audio inspector, scroll down and enable the audio for each of the angles you need for that section. Hope that helps 😄👊🏼
Brad, I've made my multicam Zoom clips - all synced nicely. It's ignoring my main audio file though, and keeps wanting to use the worst video I have. I've moved my audio file to the top and also selected the blue speakers, and untagged it the video with the audio clip I want to avoid. Any tips, shortcuts to help?
When you’re in the multicam the blue speaker is just to monitor the audio, it doesn’t change the actual audio track. When you’re in the timeline however, you can right click on the multicam clip and select the audio angle to change it. Let me know if that helps?
@@Brad_West Cool. I’ll try that in the morning. If I have three sources plus the audio, should the blue button be selected on all clips to monitor all of them? One other question. What happens if one of my sources had additional video (just a few seconds more) in the middle of the video than the other two source? If I blade and remove content, will it affect lip syncing further down the line.
So the little blue speaker is just to monitor playback within the multicam. It’s basically a way to listen to each track (or more than one track at the same time) while you are in the multicam. It doesn’t affect your edit at all. If you’re removing a section of the multicam in your timeline, it won’t affect sync. But if you mean, removing a section within the multicam clip it might affect sync. But it depends. Are both sides of what you want to remove currently in sync?
Is it possible to link three clips that were imported into the timeline separately, and make them into a multicam editing clip, or do I have to re-import them for them to connect via audio with each other?
I'm not 100% sure I understand your question. If you select those 3 clips in the browser window, you will be able to make your multicam clip from there.
Great tutorial, thank you. Is this as seamless as it looks when you're using a camera that can only record 30 minutes at a time and you have to stop/start when other cameras continue recording i.e. if you import all camera clips, one or more will have a second or 2 gap in recordings on that camera's timeline. Will FCPX detect that and pull those clips apart to account for this?
Thanks for watching Jack 😊 Yes, FCPX will detect that and will keep that gap. FCPX will put each clip in a new angle when you create the multicam, so you can move all the clips from camera 1 to one angle and all the clips from camera 2 to another and then delete the empty angles to make your life easier. Hold down the shift key when moving the clips so that you don’t drag them out of sync 😊👍🏼
If I have an external audio source or want the audio from a specific angle/camera only what sequence in choosing should I use to work best? If I chose the audio wave sign then clicked on the selected audio source in the angle viewer followed by the switch camera angle only, would that work?
Yeah you could do that. You could also select the multicam clip and in the inspector window, scroll down to the bottom and select the audio source there. Then you can just click to change camera angles on the timeline 😄
@@njbestvideo5977 Yeah that was a bug that a lot of people experienced. I believe that bug was (mostly) fixed. If not, you can select all of your mutlicam clips/cuts and hit Option T to create small crossfades and that gets rid of the clicking sound at each cut.
You can record the different angles with multiple cameras and you can use a free plugin like the XEffects Video Conference plugin to display them all on the screen at the same time. More on that free plugin here: th-cam.com/video/AB8sy14cLLY/w-d-xo.html
Another quick question Brad - Instead of creating 'Multicam' - I created 'synchronized' clip - is there a way for me to go from synchronized to making that into a 'Multicam' or would I need to red all my clips :( Thanks
As I found out, problem with Multicam edit is that you cannot export this to DaVinci for Color Grading meaning if your workflow is - FCPX -> Davinci -> FCPX you have stay within FCPX, unless someone found a way around?
I do all my grading in FCPX so I’ve never tried to take it into Resolve. If the XML route doesn’t work I can only think of exporting individual clips to grade in Resolve but that will probably be far more hassle than it’s worth. I’d be interested to know if anyone else has a workaround 😊
Hey Brad, Question. You said in multicam clip use the same fps. However whqt about music videos. Filmed in 24 fps for performance and 60 fps for b roll and slo mo. Can this still be put into a multicam clip?
Yeah you can still sync those clips in a multicam but it might make slowing the 60fps clips down for slow mo a little tricky. You might also notice a slight drift in the sync between clips. But they will definitely sync in a multicam 😊👍🏼
Thank you for this awesome video. What do you press to go from your “main timeline” to your “multi cam clips” viewing? I’m stuck in the multi clip view and can’t see the main timeline where it shows the my multi cam clip as one clip.
At the top of the timeline, where the name of your timeline is, there is a left and right arrow on either side. You can click on the left arrow to go back to the timeline and out of the multicam clip. Or you can double click on your project in the browser window. Hope that helps 😊🤞🏼
@@Brad_West I super appropriate this! I know it doesn't mean much, but you definitely got a new subscriber I was stuck for like 3 hours. I started working on my other projects that didn't have multi-cam clips, it was so frustrating.
You just need to click on the back arrow at the top of your timeline to go back to your project. Or double click on the project again if n your browser window. Hope that helps! 🤞🏼
I have a question about multi-cam editing. A few years ago I shot a sporting event with two cameras. The main camera was a prosumer camcorder that recorded 4K video at 29.97 fps. The second camera was an iPhone, which recorded 4K video at 30 fps. While the difference between 29.97 and 30 fps is very slight, it's enough to cause one stream to drift gradually out of sync with the other. At the time I produced this event, I didn't yet know how to use FCP's multi-cam editor. So I just took the footage from the main camera and laid it on the primary storyline, and then I took the footage from the iPhone and laid it on top as a connected clip. I synced the two up using spikes of audio I could clearly see in the waveforms. Getting the two clips in sync was not that hard. But every 10 or 15 seconds, it would fall a frame or two out of sync. Since I didn't stay on one shot for more than a few seconds, this discrepancy wasn't obvious to anyone watching the finished edit, but only because after each cut of the video, I would nudge the connected clip to the right on the timeline a frame or two to get it back into sync in time for it being used for the next edit. I'm wondering how these differing frame rates would have affected my ability to put these two clips into a single multi-cam clip container so I could use FCP's multi-cam editing capability. I'm guessing I would have needed to convert the 30fps clip to 29.97 first before putting the two clips into one clip container. But would that even work? Since after all, once the fraction of a frame is gone, it's gone. I guess my question is simply this: How does the multi-cam function work of you've got two clips whose frame rates are fractionally different? Here was the final edit when I synced everything up manually,, which worked alright. But I've been hesitant to try this again without buying another camera that shoots in 29.97 to match the other one. This show is something I do strictly for fun, with a budget of $0. th-cam.com/video/bOyPDOCk7mw/w-d-xo.html
That’s a tricky one. I’ve resolved a similar sync drift issue in the past by doing the following: Find a spike on the audio on both clips near the beginning and make a marker on both clips. Go to the end and find another spike and make markers on both clips again at the spike. On the 30fps clip, hit Cmd R to open up your retime editor and retime the clip until the markers at the end line up perfectly. Make sure the markers at the beginning still line up. That should fix the sync drift issue 😊👍🏼
How do I go back to the main timeline? It doesn't let me go back after I double clicked on the multiclips, and the arrow I usually click on to go back (thats also used in the video) is not letting me return. Is there another way to go back maybe using a shortcut? Also thank you for the video! It was very helpful :)
You're welcome 😊 You can either double click on your project again or use the shortcut Cmd + { (left square bracket) to go back to the previous timeline which should be your main timeline. I hope that helps 😄
In your timeline, you would need to duplicate the multicam on top of itself and then you can scale the top one down and reposition it to wherever you need it 😊
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Is there anything about multicams that I missed that you’d like to know more about? Let me know in the comments below 😊👇🏼
Hi Baie dankie ...This ws explained very well!!! Love your channel. I am a newbie 'editor'....I don't seem to be able to move my different Cam angles to setup for numbers edit?
Hi 🤙🏼 Glad you enjoyed the video 😊 That’s odd, it should work without needing to set anything else up. I would try going into your keyboard shortcut settings and resetting them to default to see if that activated the number shortcuts again. Let me know if that works 😊
Stellar tutorial 🏆 Yes, there is a multi-angle edit I'd like to know how to do. I'm not using a separate audio recorder. Normally I do a 3 camera shoot (3 angles), so I import 3 video files. Angle-1 has the best quality audio. .... My Question: How do I switch between angles but always use the audio attached to angle-1 ?
Thanks so much! 😊 When you drop the full multicam on your timeline you can right click on it and set your Active Audio angle to angle 1 with the good audio. In your multicam window, make sure you have it set to only change the video angle and not the audio angle when you make cuts and then it will always keep angle 1 as your audio source 😊
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THANK YOU so much!! I'm editing a music video for the first time and have been tearing my hair out and watching video after video about Multicam. Yours was by far the most succint and informative! All the necessary information, cleanly presented. Amazing!
That’s awesome to hear! I’m so glad you found it helpful! If you have any questions as you edit the music video, let me know. Happy to help 😊
Thank you Brad , this really helped me
Glad it helped, appreciate you watching!
This was a very simply demonstrated and I enjoyed this tutorial, it was one of the best i've watched in a while when it comes to being able to easily follow along with no fluff. Great Job.
Glad it was helpful! 😄 This is actually a pretty old video of mine. If you enjoyed this one, you’ll enjoy the more recent ones even more 😄👍🏼
Epic! Nice pace, and no unnecessary info. Perfect.
Thanks for watching and for the feedback Tony 😄👊🏼
Most useful tutorial for ANY topic on TH-cam. Thanks!
Thanks so much for that 😄🙏🏼 Glad it was helpful!
This literally just saved me 3-5 hours of editing. Thank you!
I’m so happy to hear that 😊 You’re welcome! 👊🏼
Best multicam tutorial I've found! Seriously thank you!! Very informative!!!!
You're very welcome! I'm glad it was helpful! 😄
THANK YOU. Simple & to the point!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊👊🏼
Best multi cam run through I've seen. Thanks man! 🇿🇦🤙
Thanks David. Appreciate it 😄👊🏼🇿🇦
Thanks. This was just what I needed.
I’m glad you found it helpful 😊👊🏼
Dude. This just made my life 1000% easier. Thanks!!
So glad to hear it Morné!
That intro is such a flex, and I'm so here for it haha! Literally.
Haha glad you enjoyed it 😆👊🏼
Superb tutorial, thank you!
Really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 😄🙌🏼
Great to the point tutorial. Thanks!!
You’re welcome. Glad it was helpful! 😄
Thank you Brad for your tutorial, Precise, Informative and Complete! Keep it up.
Thanks so much. I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊🙌🏼
Thank You for this Tutorial.
You are welcome!
This was incredibly helpful, thank you. I assumed Multicam would be quite scary and difficult but you made it seem so easy and now I can't wait to jump in and try it myself. Thank you!
You're very welcome! That's great to hear! Good luck 😊 If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Absolutely fantastic information. Best one yet on multicam editing and you’ve cleared up so many issues for me. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful! Appreciate you watching. This video is probably due for an update 😆
Another great quick tutorial! notes taken will be giving it a try!
Thanks so much. Appreciate that 😊🙏🏼 Hope you found it useful 😊
Cool tip ! Well explained ! Thx !
Thanks 🙏🏼 Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@@Brad_West : Always enjoy your videos: plain language, down to the point, no overly geeky stuff, and explained the way so every body understands. PS: your channel is one of the few channels where I watch all advertisements to "pay" you back for your generosity !
Thanks for the feedback and for your support! That’s amazing 😊🙏🏼 I truly appreciate that 🙌🏼
Great job, Brad. I rarely say this, but you could slow down, just a touch. I love pace, and I can keep up, but maybe take one breath (or two).....great work. Much appreciated.
Thanks Jeff. Yeah I’m a naturally fast speaker but I’m learning to slow down for these videos. I think I have started to slow down a little since making this video 😉
@@Brad_West Thanks for the reply. Nice presentation, though and great production value to the session.
Appreciate your feedback Jeff 😊🙏🏼
Very clear!Thanks
You’re welcome!
Thanks Brad ... this is a time saver 🙌
I’m glad you you found it helpful Jerian 😊👊🏼
@@Brad_West I'll be do some tutorial next year ... so this will come in handy
Awesome! When you try it out, if you have any questions feel free to ask 😄
LEARNED A LOT AND I'M NOT EVEN NEW TO FINAL CUT PRO. AWESOME TUTORIAL! 🏆💯
I’m so happy to hear that Cris! Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼
Thank you for the video, really helps. I've been using sync clips but this is much easier. You did a good clear job of explaining. Subscribed.
So happy to hear that! Yeah I prefer multicam clips over sync clips any day. Appreciate the support!
Great tips! Thank you🙏
You’re welcome 😊👍🏼
thank, it is clear explain about Multicam.
You’re welcome!
Great tutorial! I just added a second camera to create more effective guitar lesson videos, and this is just what I needed to start learning how to edit multi-cam footage! There are some new commands I’ll need to learn, but it looks like this won’t be as complicated as I thought - especially with just two cameras.
That’s awesome Godfrey! I’m glad this was helpful to you! 😊 Yeah 2-can multicams are easy to work with 👊🏼
Thank you for the tutorial. I am much more confident editing multicam clips!
I’m so happy to hear that this tutorial was helpful to you. Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼
VERY easy and clear! THANK YOU!!!
You're welcome!
Really well done Thank You
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼
Great video! Thank you.
Thanks Oliver! Glad you enjoyed it 😊🙌🏼
Thanks for this!
You are the best. Thank You 😊
Thanks for watching 😊👊🏼
Cheers Brad - this was super helpful and well explained.
Glad it was helpful Rob! Pretty old video, maybe it's time to do an updated one with a few new tips.
Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!!
You’re welcome! I’m glad you found the video helpful! 😊
How do I close up the multicam clips so I can start cutting and editing ? You literally showed every step (wich I'm so grateful for) but that one :-(
Once you have created the multicam clip you just drag that from the browser window onto your timeline to start editing it 😊
waooo absolutley this is a great tutorial. 👍🏻🔥
Thanks so much! 😄🙏🏼
Thanks, great video
Thanks 😊🙏🏼
spot on! good pacing straight to the point. my man!
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍🏼
Wow - great multicam video!!!
Glad it was helpful. I probably need to do an updated version though 😄🤙🏼
Thank you!!
Wow! You're welcome! Thanks so much for the support Kate 😄🙏🏼
Great explanation as normal. Really informative video. Will use it as a reference for sure. Liked, Subscribed, and watched 100% of the video😀
Glad it was helpful! Multicams are a super useful feature in FCPX. I use them all the time!
Absolutely awesome tutorial! Life changing. Many thanks!
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
@@Brad_West One question I have is how to sync multi-cams after selecting favorite sections? For example, when I record and unboxing video, rarely do I get everything in a single shot and I need to select my favorite sections from the face & overhead shots. Is there an easy way to sync favorited sections from two clips recording the same shot? Hope this question makes sense.
@@mynustenI think the easiest would be to first sync the clips and then you can select the multicam clip in the browser window and favorite sections on the multicam clip. Hope that helps!
@@Brad_West That's a HUGE help! Never thought of that approach and will give it a try this weekend!
Easy to follow. A great introduction.
Thanks Dan. I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊👍🏼
Hey Brad nice tutorial as always, clean and clear. Thanks 🙏
Thanks very much. Appreciate the support 😊🙏🏼
Thank you very much!!!!it's always interesting to be with you
Appreciate that 😊🙏🏼
Lekker man! Thank you! This is one of the most efficient and effective Multi Cam clip tutorials that I have heard....well done!
Thanks Paul! I appreciate that 😄🤙🏼
You changed my life I love you 😘 lol
Haha glad I was able to help. Thanks for watching 😄🙏🏼
Thank you
You're welcome!
Is there a tutorial for adding transitions between the cuts on the multicam and additional things freeze frames masking effects etc? or you cut and duplicate above the main timeline then edit on there
You can do it directly on the multicam clip in your timeline or duplicate it, depending on what you are trying to accomplish.
wow, there is some very useful stuff in here that I did NOT know! Thanks!!
My pleasure Max. Glad you found some useful tips in the video 😊
Thanks for this crisp tutorial. I have started a 4 camera Multicam edit, each camera having more than 1 hour of recording time. Have transcoded to proxy while importing, and, I have this doubt: how to optimise the media after finishing the editing and before sharing the project?
Using the drop down in your view window you can set the playback options from proxy back to optimized media. Then I would do a color grade if necessary to try to match the camera angles. I would suggest doing that inside the multicam so you’re only grading 4 clips as opposed to each clip in the main timeline. Hope that helps 😊🤞🏼
Hey always very helpful to see your videos. Thanks. I do have a quick question about the audio - like you suggested I do have a audio track which is what I would like to use - how do I shut off the 2 camera track and only use the good audio from my lab?
When you’re inside the multicam clip, at the top left of each track you can mute and unmute the different audio tracks 😊
Really awesome tutorial!!
Thanks so much 😊🙏🏼
This was so helpful. Just saved me hours. Thank you!
I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼
Great video.
Thanks so much 😊🙏🏼
Thank you for making this video. If I want to add a two different luts to two different angles and color correct/grade different because they are using two different cameras (trying to match both) what should I do?
You can open up the multicam clip and apply your individual luts to each angle. You can also try to color grade them to match better. I did a video about matching different cameras: th-cam.com/video/w4zzIo9YHlo/w-d-xo.html
Or this one: th-cam.com/video/md5Qnz-3x-w/w-d-xo.html
@@Brad_West thank you Brad!~
My pleasure!
@@Brad_West I'm trying to match footage from S5mII V log and G9 V Log L. The colors are similar enough, I was trying to adjust the exposure and brightness a bit because full frame vs micro 4/3s but as long as I have the exposure settings exactly the same or one F stop down and one level of ISO down with the G9, the footage looks close enough. Now, I am trying to match different interview locations with slightly different lighting, that is the real challenge. I have a 5600k light on the subject roughly at the same distsance away in each location, but the ambient lighting, I can't really control that. Do you have any video tips on that?
@@kyleledotnet I don't have any videos specific to that issue, but what you'll want to try is to use a shape mask on the subject for the interview. You can then grade the inside mask (subject) differently from the outside mask (the background where the ambient lighting is different).
At around 1:14 in this video: th-cam.com/video/bfe15QsvCPo/w-d-xo.html I show the inside/outside using a color mask. The principle is the same, but you can use the shape mask. Hope that helps!
Great Video Brad, may i ask you how can i do a picture in picture with multicam? My Use case: i have a Microsoft Teams Recording, 2 Camera Live Recordings and one clean Audio file. I would love to switch between the presenter, Guests and the presentation. Thanks in advance!!
Hey Dennis! Glad you enjoyed it. I would drop the multicam clip on the time and then duplicate the clip on top of itself (using Alt + Click and drag) and make sure that they stay in sync with each other. Mute the audio on the top clip and scale it down and reposition it to get the picture-in-picture look you want. Then every time you want to swap angles, you can make a cut on both clips and change the angle from 1 to 2 on the main clip and from 2 to 1 on the PiP clip. When you change angles you might lose the scale and position parameters so you can copy the PiP clip where the scale and position is correct and then paste attributes using (Cmd Shift V) to the rest of the PiP clips on top of the main clip. Hope that was clear enough and that it helps 😄🤞🏼
Great bro
Thanks Rakesh 😊👊🏼
Fantastic. Thank you.
You’re welcome! 😊👊🏼
Thank you, this has helped me
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching 😊
great and useful but I need to eliminate the voice of the 2nd angel, but I can't in a multicam.
If you open up the multicam, you can select the clips and mute the second channel. In your timeline, you can right-click on the clips and select the audio angle too.
Amazing love your tips
Thanks so much! Appreciate it!
Thanks for the amazing simple video. Quick question - How do i add another clip in the same Multicam stem with the Audio sync up.
You're welcome! You can add a new track, make sure the track you want to sync to is set as your monitoring angle and with the new clip selected you can click on the drop down arrow for that track and select "Sync selection to monitoring angle." Hope that helps 😀
Very good tutorial
Glad you liked it. Appreciate you watching 😄
excellent video very useful ! thanks a lot.
Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful 😊
Bakgat!! To the point and no fuss...Lekka!!
Glad you enjoyed it Ettiene 😉🤙🏼🇿🇦
The files are so huge. Can you give us a tutorial on how to work from camera proxies? I cannot figure it out. Thanks for all your videos!
Yeah I’ll add that to my list. Most of the newer Mac’s can handle 4K files without proxies but I’ve never done a video on proxies so it might be worth doing 😄👍🏼
Great instructional video. If you were to record audio on a separate device, what format should you record in? Should it always be WAVE or can you use mp3 etc?
Great question Peter 😊
MP3 would be fine but I would always recommend WAV files instead because audio is captured at a higher bit depth. The quality will be much better, especially if you are going to be adding a bunch of audio plugins like a denoiser, compressor or EQ for example. By recording WAV files you give those plugins more “data” to work with. Hope that helps 😊
Question, if you place a marker on the clap sound on each clip. That should allow you to line up your audio dead on, correct? I know markers will all line up on time. If you move them to wherever the playhead is in your project.
Yes you can definitely use markers on each clap to line up the audio. That will work within a multicam clip but also without a multicam clip, if you’re just trying to manually sync a few clips on the timeline. 😊
Amazing tutorial. You gained a sub from me! Thank you very much!!
Thanks for the sub! Appreciate the support 😄🙏🏼
Great video, love from India 👌
Thank you so much 😀🙏🏼
Good job :-) Thanks from Norway
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😊🙌🏼
Thank you for this video! Great job! I have followed all of the instruction. Everything is great! All is synced and appears in the work area and timeline. But i have lost the ability to cut (edit). Any idea why? thank you
Seems like you were able to solve the problem from one of the other comments. Let me know if you need any additional help 😊👊🏼
@@Brad_West thank you!
Thanks so much...
You're welcome!
Absolutely superb. I've subbed. Once I've expanded my multicam clips how do I collapse them again into one timeline? I can't seem to find it. Be merciful to a senior citizen :-)
Glad you found value in this video! To go back to your timeline, you can simply click the back arrow at the top of your timeline (next to the name of the multicam clip or timeline). Alternatively you can double click on the timeline in your browser window to go back 😄👍🏼
@@Brad_West Thanks for the reply. No matter what I try (back arrow, double click, etc.) it all stays as multiple clips without reverting to a single multicam on the timeline. I have 6 clips plus separate audio. However, the B rolls start and stop throughout as the camera person was walking around with a gimble. Maybe I need to go back to the old way but multicam seems so much faster. Sigh . . .
I’d suggest creating a new timeline and then dropping the multicam from the browser window directly onto the timeline. That should do it. Let me know if you’re still struggling?
Thank you for your reply. I still can't get it to work. Perhaps it's because I went in on individual clips, did some cropping and time alignment and I screwed it up big time. Maybe I'll just go back to magnetic timeline. It will be harder to sync external audio but it may beat banging my head against a wall. I had great hopes for multicam. Sigh . . .
Feel free to send me an email with some screenshots of what’s happening. I’m sure we can sort it out together 👊🏼
Hi. Awesome video thank you!!!!! Would you mind helping me with this question? If you have created a multi video clip and expanded it so you can see all the separate tracks (by clicking in the top left hand corner of the multi clip with 4 small clips) in the timeline, how do you then collapse it again so you can edit the main video and edit the story / main video? Your help would be so very much appreciated!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial! At the top of your timeline, where the name of your project is, there are two arrows on either side of the name. When you open up the multicam to see all the angles, all you need to do is hit that back arrow to go back to your main project/timeline 😄👍🏼
@@Brad_West Thank you so much for the response! Unfortunately it hasn't worked. The arrow buttons don't seem to do anything. Do you have any other suggestions / ideas? Thank you so very much!
The next best suggestion is to double click on the project in your browser window to go back to the project/timeline. Does that work?
@@Brad_West Yes it has!!!!!! Thank you so so much!!!
Awesome videos by the way! I have subscribed to your channel and will be watching them all 😁
Thank you for your excellent tutorial on this subject. I have one small suggestion. I found I had to view some of the information several times because you speak very fast. I think if you could slow it down just a little it could make it easier to absorb all the content.
Thanks for your feedback Guy. It’s my normal talking speed but I’ve actually slowed down in my other videos since making this one. Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼
Hypothetically, if I needed to add another camera angle and I've already edited the previous angles, would I have to manually synchronize the new clip?
Well, yes you could definitely do that. But you could also select the clips in the new angle you create and click on the down arrow on that angle and select "Sync Clips to Monitoring Angle"
@@Brad_West oh okay , that makes sense
Your videos are really helpful, one question though: what should you do when you have footage with different frame rates? is 29,97 fps and 30 fps footage a problem or not notieable? what about 30 and 60 since its exactly the half? just slow down the 60fps footage by 50% to match the 30fps?
In that case I would go with the lowest frame rate (29,97fps) and there shouldn’t be a noticeable issue with 30fps footage. If you’re syncing 60fps footage I wouldn’t slow it down in the multicam clip. FCP will play it back just fine on a 29,97 or 30fps timeline by just dropping every second frame. 😄👍🏼
Thank you! But how do you collapse the Multicam clip on your timeline once you open it up?
Yes - this!
All you need to do is click on the back arrow next to the project name at the top of the timeline. That will go back to the main timeline. Hope that helps!
How do you switch between angles using the timeline? Personally I think having the only way you can switch between angles is to do so like it was a live video shoot is ridiculous for a professional level program.
You can click on each angle in the angle viewer using the mouse, you can use the shortcut keys 1, 2, 3, etc or you can write click on each clip and change the video angle from there.
what if there r multiple takes in the camera angles ? how to organise then ?
You can put all of those angles on the same track in the multicam and they will stay in order. In the browser window, if you select all the clips from one angle, you can type in a camera name in the inspector window. Do this for each camera angle and your multicams will stay organized and will sync faster 😄
Hi Brad, one question please.
If I have an interview with 4 people miked individually, is there a way I can use multicam and, when needed, use two overlapping audio tracks (because the interviewees may speak at the same time)?
Unfortunately it only lets me select one audio track at a time...😔
Yeah you most certainly can. All you need to do is select the multicam clip on the timeline, head over the the audio inspector, scroll down and enable the audio for each of the angles you need for that section. Hope that helps 😄👊🏼
@@Brad_West Thanks a lot!
You're great!!
Brad, I've made my multicam Zoom clips - all synced nicely. It's ignoring my main audio file though, and keeps wanting to use the worst video I have. I've moved my audio file to the top and also selected the blue speakers, and untagged it the video with the audio clip I want to avoid. Any tips, shortcuts to help?
When you’re in the multicam the blue speaker is just to monitor the audio, it doesn’t change the actual audio track. When you’re in the timeline however, you can right click on the multicam clip and select the audio angle to change it. Let me know if that helps?
@@Brad_West Cool. I’ll try that in the morning. If I have three sources plus the audio, should the blue button be selected on all clips to monitor all of them?
One other question. What happens if one of my sources had additional video (just a few seconds more) in the middle of the video than the other two source? If I blade and remove content, will it affect lip syncing further down the line.
@@Brad_West And I guess my other question is what is the blue speaker monitoring for? Is it anyway syncing?
So the little blue speaker is just to monitor playback within the multicam. It’s basically a way to listen to each track (or more than one track at the same time) while you are in the multicam. It doesn’t affect your edit at all.
If you’re removing a section of the multicam in your timeline, it won’t affect sync. But if you mean, removing a section within the multicam clip it might affect sync. But it depends. Are both sides of what you want to remove currently in sync?
Is it possible to link three clips that were imported into the timeline separately, and make them into a multicam editing clip, or do I have to re-import them for them to connect via audio with each other?
I'm not 100% sure I understand your question. If you select those 3 clips in the browser window, you will be able to make your multicam clip from there.
great tips
Thanks 😊
Great tutorial, thank you. Is this as seamless as it looks when you're using a camera that can only record 30 minutes at a time and you have to stop/start when other cameras continue recording i.e. if you import all camera clips, one or more will have a second or 2 gap in recordings on that camera's timeline. Will FCPX detect that and pull those clips apart to account for this?
Thanks for watching Jack 😊
Yes, FCPX will detect that and will keep that gap. FCPX will put each clip in a new angle when you create the multicam, so you can move all the clips from camera 1 to one angle and all the clips from camera 2 to another and then delete the empty angles to make your life easier. Hold down the shift key when moving the clips so that you don’t drag them out of sync 😊👍🏼
@@Brad_West Thanks a million. That's great to know, i will test it. It will make my flow much much faster!
Yeah it definitely will! Let me know if you have any other questions about it. Happy to help 😊
If I have an external audio source or want the audio from a specific angle/camera only what sequence in choosing should I use to work best? If I chose the audio wave sign then clicked on the selected audio source in the angle viewer followed by the switch camera angle only, would that work?
Yeah you could do that. You could also select the multicam clip and in the inspector window, scroll down to the bottom and select the audio source there. Then you can just click to change camera angles on the timeline 😄
Thank you. In the past I did the first method and there was slight Distortion with the audio whenever I switched back and forth between cameras
@@njbestvideo5977 Yeah that was a bug that a lot of people experienced. I believe that bug was (mostly) fixed. If not, you can select all of your mutlicam clips/cuts and hit Option T to create small crossfades and that gets rid of the clicking sound at each cut.
how can i record all angles at the same time? output all angle footages in one screen?
You can record the different angles with multiple cameras and you can use a free plugin like the XEffects Video Conference plugin to display them all on the screen at the same time. More on that free plugin here: th-cam.com/video/AB8sy14cLLY/w-d-xo.html
Another quick question Brad - Instead of creating 'Multicam' - I created 'synchronized' clip - is there a way for me to go from synchronized to making that into a 'Multicam' or would I need to red all my clips :( Thanks
Unfortunately I don’t think you can easily “convert” that into a multicam clip. I think you may need to redo them 😬
Thanks for watching! 😊🙏🏼
@@Brad_West Thanks Brad.
As I found out, problem with Multicam edit is that you cannot export this to DaVinci for Color Grading meaning if your workflow is - FCPX -> Davinci -> FCPX you have stay within FCPX, unless someone found a way around?
I do all my grading in FCPX so I’ve never tried to take it into Resolve. If the XML route doesn’t work I can only think of exporting individual clips to grade in Resolve but that will probably be far more hassle than it’s worth. I’d be interested to know if anyone else has a workaround 😊
Hey Brad, Question. You said in multicam clip use the same fps. However whqt about music videos. Filmed in 24 fps for performance and 60 fps for b roll and slo mo. Can this still be put into a multicam clip?
Yeah you can still sync those clips in a multicam but it might make slowing the 60fps clips down for slow mo a little tricky. You might also notice a slight drift in the sync between clips. But they will definitely sync in a multicam 😊👍🏼
@@Brad_West Love for that bro
Thank you for this awesome video. What do you press to go from your “main timeline” to your “multi cam clips” viewing? I’m stuck in the multi clip view and can’t see the main timeline where it shows the my multi cam clip as one clip.
At the top of the timeline, where the name of your timeline is, there is a left and right arrow on either side. You can click on the left arrow to go back to the timeline and out of the multicam clip. Or you can double click on your project in the browser window. Hope that helps 😊🤞🏼
@@Brad_West I super appropriate this! I know it doesn't mean much, but you definitely got a new subscriber I was stuck for like 3 hours. I started working on my other projects that didn't have multi-cam clips, it was so frustrating.
Appreciate the support 😊🙏🏼 That means a lot! Happy editing! 🎬
double click to expand the muticams on timeline, but how do I shrink them back? Can't believe no one talks about this anywhere
You just need to click on the back arrow at the top of your timeline to go back to your project. Or double click on the project again if n your browser window. Hope that helps! 🤞🏼
I have a question about multi-cam editing.
A few years ago I shot a sporting event with two cameras. The main camera was a prosumer camcorder that recorded 4K video at 29.97 fps. The second camera was an iPhone, which recorded 4K video at 30 fps. While the difference between 29.97 and 30 fps is very slight, it's enough to cause one stream to drift gradually out of sync with the other.
At the time I produced this event, I didn't yet know how to use FCP's multi-cam editor. So I just took the footage from the main camera and laid it on the primary storyline, and then I took the footage from the iPhone and laid it on top as a connected clip. I synced the two up using spikes of audio I could clearly see in the waveforms. Getting the two clips in sync was not that hard. But every 10 or 15 seconds, it would fall a frame or two out of sync. Since I didn't stay on one shot for more than a few seconds, this discrepancy wasn't obvious to anyone watching the finished edit, but only because after each cut of the video, I would nudge the connected clip to the right on the timeline a frame or two to get it back into sync in time for it being used for the next edit.
I'm wondering how these differing frame rates would have affected my ability to put these two clips into a single multi-cam clip container so I could use FCP's multi-cam editing capability. I'm guessing I would have needed to convert the 30fps clip to 29.97 first before putting the two clips into one clip container. But would that even work? Since after all, once the fraction of a frame is gone, it's gone. I guess my question is simply this: How does the multi-cam function work of you've got two clips whose frame rates are fractionally different?
Here was the final edit when I synced everything up manually,, which worked alright. But I've been hesitant to try this again without buying another camera that shoots in 29.97 to match the other one. This show is something I do strictly for fun, with a budget of $0.
th-cam.com/video/bOyPDOCk7mw/w-d-xo.html
That’s a tricky one. I’ve resolved a similar sync drift issue in the past by doing the following:
Find a spike on the audio on both clips near the beginning and make a marker on both clips. Go to the end and find another spike and make markers on both clips again at the spike. On the 30fps clip, hit Cmd R to open up your retime editor and retime the clip until the markers at the end line up perfectly. Make sure the markers at the beginning still line up. That should fix the sync drift issue 😊👍🏼
@@Brad_West - Excellent advice. For some reason, I never think of using markers.
They are super handy in a situation like that 😊👌🏼
@@Brad_West - So it would appear. Thanks!
How do I go back to the main timeline? It doesn't let me go back after I double clicked on the multiclips, and the arrow I usually click on to go back (thats also used in the video) is not letting me return. Is there another way to go back maybe using a shortcut? Also thank you for the video! It was very helpful :)
You're welcome 😊 You can either double click on your project again or use the shortcut Cmd + { (left square bracket) to go back to the previous timeline which should be your main timeline. I hope that helps 😄
@@Brad_West Thank you so much!!
My pleasure 😊
Finaly,How can I share Multicam ?
You’ll need to drop your multicam on a timeline to edit it and from there you can go to File > Share and export a master file 😊👍🏼
@@Brad_West Thank you
If one Angel need Picture in picture，How can I do that？
In your timeline, you would need to duplicate the multicam on top of itself and then you can scale the top one down and reposition it to wherever you need it 😊