Syncing offset TC...
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You can add auxiliary timecode tracks to any media file in FCP after capture. You can adjust these to be slightly of from the original (source) timecode and make them match between multiple clips. You can then sync a multiclip using the auxiliary tracks. Just make sure you don't adjust or delete the original source timecode in the process. You can find more about this in the FCP manual (ch. 51 - Working with Timecode in FCP7).
Personally, I wouldn't even bother with that, just line the tracks up in a sequence and create multiclips using a common in or out point.
You can add auxiliary timecode tracks to any media file in FCP after capture. You can adjust these to be slightly of from the original (source) timecode and make them match between multiple clips. You can then sync a multiclip using the auxiliary tracks. Just make sure you don't adjust or delete the original source timecode in the process. You can find more about this in the FCP manual (ch. 51 - Working with Timecode in FCP7).
Personally, I wouldn't even bother with that, just line the tracks up in a sequence and create multiclips using a common in or out point.
Dont you make multiclips from different camera shots... correct? Thats how i have been doing it is selecting to footage i want and then create a multiclip but the problem is i used 2 DVX and 1 Sony pdx and i got the DVX in sync but the PDX is off a few seconds. So i was making clips based on TC for the DVX's but that leave me the PDX i need to match up to the DVX's ya know. So how would i do the sequence way?
In your case, what you can do is create a multiclip for the DVXs using TC. Then open the resulting multiclip in the viewer and drag the PDX clip onto it and hold it till you get an overlay and drop it over "Insert New Angle". Next, move your mouse over the new angle, press and hold ctrl + shift and drag left and right with the mouse. This will let you scrub through the particular angle till you have the angles roughly matched up.
You can create multiclips using TC sync or through in or out points. For the later method, you have to sync by eye and set an in or output for multiple clips at roughly the same "moment" in your footage. Then in the multiclip creation (Sequence > Make Multiclip) dialog you can select either in or out point (depending on which you set in all your clips) under the Synchronize Using drop down menu.
It's often easier to sync by eye by having all the clips involved stacked (superimposed over each other) in one sequence. Then you try to find a good moment (a flash, etc) to match in your footage and move the clips forwards and back among themselves until they all line up (you can quickly hide and show a clip in the timeline using ctrl + b). Once you've done that you move to the earliest (or last) spot where all clips overlap. Next, select a clip and use match frame (f) to go to the same spot in the master clip (the clip in the browser). Set an in point (or out point if using the last place where the clips overlap) on the master clip. Then repeat for the rest of the clips in your sequence.
After you've gone through this process, you can sync the master clips in your browser using the in (or out) points you've set.
Hopefully I've explained it well. Check out the manual for more information (ch. 42, Working with Multiclips if you are using FCP7).
You can create multiclips using TC sync or through in or out points. For the later method, you have to sync by eye and set an in or output for multiple clips at roughly the same "moment" in your footage. Then in the multiclip creation (Sequence > Make Multiclip) dialog you can select either in or out point (depending on which you set in all your clips) under the Synchronize Using drop down menu.
It's often easier to sync by eye by having all the clips involved stacked (superimposed over each other) in one sequence. Then you try to find a good moment (a flash, etc) to match in your footage and move the clips forwards and back among themselves until they all line up (you can quickly hide and show a clip in the timeline using ctrl + b). Once you've done that you move to the earliest (or last) spot where all clips overlap. Next, select a clip and use match frame (f) to go to the same spot in the master clip (the clip in the browser). Set an in point (or out point if using the last place where the clips overlap) on the master clip. Then repeat for the rest of the clips in your sequence.
After you've gone through this process, you can sync the master clips in your browser using the in (or out) points you've set.
Hopefully I've explained it well. Check out the manual for more information (ch. 42, Working with Multiclips if you are using FCP7).
So your method worked great the only thing is i had the 2 dVX as stills and i was manning the PDX on shoulder mount i kept in on stby and only recorded little bits here and there, so upon import it found all the TC breaks and basically created about 17 sub clips from that tape making there 1 clip per DVX and about 17 clips all in order for the PDX, so i could add them as seperate angles and then drag them but multi clip edit will be harder to watch so many angles... But it does work to line them up