Multicamera Track Editing

sbinder wrote on 6/10/2009, 8:14 AM

Does anyone know if there's a way to get at the individual tracks once they've been combined into a multicamera track? I need to make some adjustments to one of the camera tracks that went into a multicamera track. I can turn off multicamera edit mode, but that still leaves the tracks combined. Is there a way to adjust one of them without starting over (and losing all of the multicamera edits)?

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musicvid10 wrote on 6/10/2009, 9:08 AM

No, not after you've created the multicamera track, at least in V8.

When I start a multicamera project, I always copy my raw synchronized tracks to new ones before creating the multicamera track, so they are there if I need something.

I know this doesn't help you much, and how hard this would be to do after the fact, I haven't tried.

SCS PBC wrote on 6/10/2009, 9:13 AM

There was a thread awhile back (don't have the link handy, sorry) made by rosebud, which included a script that would separate those events back to individual tracks after having done the multi-camera editing. Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but hopefully this helps.

baysidebas wrote on 6/10/2009, 9:37 AM

What kind of adjustments? I have done after the fact cc on footage by applying the FX to the media in the project media tab. Had to do this because the cc I had done at the track level got wiped out when the multicam track was generated. I imagine that all other adjustments you make there will also carry over into the clip on the timeline.

SCS PBC wrote on 6/10/2009, 9:46 AM

Another idea would be to save each camera angle in its own individual project. Apply Track Motion, cc, etc within that project.

In your Multicamera project, replace the original source media with the corresponding VEG file. All of your edits are still applied but you can adjust FX to your heart's content.

musicvid10 wrote on 6/10/2009, 1:24 PM

Having a copy of the original media on the timeline is incredibly handy if you are using a clip out-of-sequence or multiple times with different effects, such as in a music video.

Just remember to render the loop region of your finished tracks. If you leave this unchecked, it will render black to the end of the last event, even if it is muted.