editing 4 cameras in Vegas 4.0 e

waycooljr

waycooljr

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Well its my first attempt editing multi camers in Vegas. Just wonder whats the best way to lay out the video tracks on my time line? I'm doing a 4 camera shoot of a concert soon and want to mix all footage. Here is my layout.

Camera 1 - wide shot from (center) front of house near sound board. This camera will cary the main audio as well.

Camera 2 - stage right

Camera 3 stage left

Camera 4 extreme close up shots, front of stage.

What would be the best way to preview and edit scenes from each camera to use in the main timeline?

Ray
 
i believe there's 2 3rd party scripts for multiple camera's to make editing easier in Vegas .. BUT i'm not sure if they work with V4 ?

1) is ultimate S
http://www.vasst.com/product.aspx?id=c8cec3c4-7ec3-43db-8d32-f703f5050400

2) excalibur
http://www.jetdv.com/excalibur/multicam.php


back in V3 i would edit multi cam shoots ..
1st put up my master cam ..
i would then match each camera under master track ..
in the event that any camera was shorter or had sections missing ( just leave those section black and continue to syc up the rest of clip) ) - in the end after all camera's were in sync in TL i would then render off each video track so they would be the exact same length .. i would then take those rendered clips and add them to TL as TAKES ... i would then preview the video and use the "T" key to change tracks at any time .. then i would start cutting - at any cut you can right click and choose which TAKE you want or just hit the "T" key ..
 
donatello said:
i believe there's 2 3rd party scripts for multiple camera's to make editing easier in Vegas .. BUT i'm not sure if they work with V4 ?


back in V3 i would edit multi cam shoots ..
1st put up my master cam ..
i would then match each camera under master track ..
in the event that any camera was shorter or had sections missing ( just leave those section black and continue to syc up the rest of clip) ) - in the end after all camera's were in sync in TL i would then render off each video track so they would be the exact same length .. i would then take those rendered clips and add them to TL as TAKES ... i would then preview the video and use the "T" key to change tracks at any time .. then i would start cutting - at any cut you can right click and choose which TAKE you want or just hit the "T" key ..
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Very cool tip, I'll try this first.

Ray
 
Excalibur v2.0 works perfectly with Vegas 4.0e.
The Multicam wizard is worth the price by itself...it's saved me a whole lot of time on 2-4 camera shoots.
I know the program has been "updated" for Vegas 5+, but the older version may still be available.
Hope this helps.
Ken
the Screen Skins guy
 
To see many different methods of editing multi-cam in Vegas, you might take a look at Vol 1 #9 of my newsletters at jetdv.com. The newest version of Excalibur that works with Vegas 4 is 3.x and can certainly still be acquired. Just e-mail me for details.
 
jeditdv said:
To see many different methods of editing multi-cam in Vegas, you might take a look at Vol 1 #9 of my newsletters at jetdv.com. The newest version of Excalibur that works with Vegas 4 is 3.x and can certainly still be acquired. Just e-mail me for details.
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I did print your newsletter and will try some of your tips first. I really need to spend more time with VEGAS. Adding as takes will be new to me and I always wanted to try it.

Ray
 
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