Multi-Cam in FCP

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markinhifi

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Hey guys,

I'm shooting with 2 Canon 7Ds. We shot a band rehearsal last night and i'm trying to sync the footage up from the 2 cameras but FCP isn't letting me do it.

I followed this tutorial.

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/harrington_richard/final_cut_multicam_edit.php

Everything went just right, except the final multiclip wasn't synced up at all. I noticed he mentioned to create two in points. However, when I press "I" the second time, my first in point disappears. Is that normal?

I also read this tutorial
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/multicam_editing_martin.html

And I noticed that where it shows the media alignment, it's supposed to show where the clips overlap, but mine always keep both getting pushed all the way to the left.

Does anybody have any idea what I could be doing wrong?
 
You need to create an inpoint in each clip that represents the sync point (ie: if you used a flash strobe to sync the cams, you'd create an inpoint on file one where the flash was and an inpoint on file two where the flash was), not two inpoints in the same clip. At any given time in the preview window there can only be one in point and one out point.
 
No, they were separate clips. I put them in the timeline, one right after another.

Say the clip from camera 1 is 1 minute long. The clip from camera 2 is 2 minutes long. The camera 1 clip syncs up right at the 1 minute mark (half way) of the 2 minute clip... So I click on clip #1 and set my in point at the beginning. Then I clicked on clip #2 and set my in point at half way into that clip.. That deleted my first in point on the first clip.

Does this make any sense? This is the first time i'm doing multi cam, so excuse my ignorance.
 
Here's what I would do - though it may not be the right way it should work.

You said on a timeline you have 2 clips synced up, so I'm guessing one of the clips is on its own track.

disable track 2 export a self contained quicktime for track 1, then disable track 1 export enabled track 2.

Import both new clips back into Final Cut Pro. In the browser highlight both new clips (best to name them Basically the same so highlighting them is easy. Right Click. Click make multiclip sequence. Use Starting Timecode, Hit OK.

You should now have a fully serviceable multiclip sequence. Then make sure your Viewer is set to Open and you should be good to go.
 
He shouldn't need to do an export really - unless he's trying to trim footage, he should be able to set an inpoint in each master clip (to the OP:the master clips being in the asset window, not on the sequence) then create a new multiclip sequence and select use in point to sync it up.
 
Nethfel said:
He shouldn't need to do an export really - unless he's trying to trim footage, he should be able to set an inpoint in each master clip (to the OP:the master clips being in the asset window, not on the sequence) then create a new multiclip sequence and select use in point to sync it up.
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So I may be completely wrong here, but from reading his post on how he synced it up, it sounded like he did so manually - with clip 1 starting halfway through clip 2.

If he uses the in points would it not sync up Clip 1 to the beginning of Clip 2 instead of halfway through?

If he started the cameras at relatively the same time and used a clapper or something then yes the in point method should work, but if the cameras were shot at different timings and he had to sync up manually I know the method I mentioned should work as I had to use it when I received multi cam work from cameras that were not synced up at all.
 
When you set in points for your clips, FCP can sync the clips based on in points. So set an in point at your sync point (strobe flash, clap, etc.) for both master clips by double clicking the clip in the bin, setting the in point, and repeating that for the remaining clips. Then select all the clips that you want to sync (in the bin), right click, and make multiclip. There should be a dialog window that comes up, asking how you want to sync (timecode, in point, out point, etc.) You want in point.
 
edinc90 said:
When you set in points for your clips, FCP can sync the clips based on in points. So set an in point at your sync point (strobe flash, clap, etc.) for both master clips by double clicking the clip in the bin, setting the in point, and repeating that for the remaining clips. Then select all the clips that you want to sync (in the bin), right click, and make multiclip. There should be a dialog window that comes up, asking how you want to sync (timecode, in point, out point, etc.) You want in point.
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This worked! Thank you. Every tutorial said i had to put it in the timeline first, but I guess not - this is so much easier.
 
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