Multicam Editing in FCPX is not working?

Challenge:

Multicam Editing in FCPX isn't working.

In my earlier post: Multicam Editing in FCPX -- I explained about how to do multi-cam editing. But now we were facing one strange issue i.e. Multicam wasn't working. I tried my best to find out the solution to a problem but after lot of search on google i wasn't able to figure out why it isn't working. Why Final Cut is just combining all the clips of both the camera together. Here is what I was getting in multi-cam clip when I try for Multicam in FCPX.

 

Solution:

So, I pushed myself to give best efforts for getting the solution to a problem.[As it is rightly said -- There is always a solution to a problem]

After giving couple of hours I did look at both the Clips Information in Inspector for two different Camera. And I saw that Camera Name is same for both as it should be different. This might have arrived because I imported the folder which contains the clips from both the camera in single Import.

I hope with this you must have got the solution -- It is just to provide the different Camera Name for both the Clips.

Do share if this helped you. Sharing is caring. :)

Happy Video Editing. :)

Multicam Editing in FCPX

Hello Folks,

I hope you are doing well.

This post will quickly guide you on how to do Multicam Edit in FCPX.

There was a requirement for a Multicam Edit for a Project, where we were was also responsible for video shoot. In a beginning i was clear that i have to do Multicam edit, so we took a challenge and completed the shooting with three cameras.

I knew that it is required to shoot perfectly(without recording stop) in one of the camera, so we kept the centre camera ON, where continues recording get's started before the actual dance starts for each performances. And for other two camera's, they can stop and start the recording as and when required.

Now it was a time to start the Multicam Edit.

Our camera's were divided with three different angles so i created three different folder in Library and imported the clips accordingly.

After doing this i tried to search on google for how to begin as this was our first project on FCPX and i had no clue on how to begin on FCPX, we had done on Grass Valley Edius earlier but not on FCPX.

After doing lot of search on google, i was not able to understand on how to do it. I tried by my way.

Now i was required to work on Song one by one, which were recorded with three different Angles(Cameras). And centre camera was continuously ON for each song. So i started with picking up the first song. In the library browser, select the clip for the first song of the centre camera, and also clip of the other cameras recorded at that time for that particular song. You need to track the clips for each song. Now as we have selected all the clips for first song we just need to click on Multicam Clip.

As you click on Multicam Clip - It will ask for Clip and as well as how you want to synchronize!, Based on Clip Recording Timecode, Start of the First Clip, Content Created, First Market On an Angle. We kept as it is i.e. Automatic.

We checked the checkbox- Use audio for synchronization that means it will combine all the clips. Use audio for the synchronisation for the clips of three cameras. It's benefit is if there is a start/stop recording in any of the camera in between the song than also it will synchronise accurately based on the Audio Waveforms, and it's result is outstanding. We haven't found search feature in any other Editing Platforms.

As you select OK- It will take some time to synchronize, and after that it will create a new Multiclip Clip and it will appear in your Library Browser. 

If in your library browser there are lot of clips than you just search with the name of the file that you gave while creating the Multiclip. Select the Multicam Clip, drag and drop it to timeline and double click on the Multiclip. It will display the accurate synchronise that FCPX has done for you. You no need to manually synchronize the timeframe for each second of your clip.

Now, I got confused on how to edit or how to mix the clip as per the requirement or song. As i move the cursor i was just able to scroll the clip of only one camera. What should i do for breaking the clip as and when needed. I googled but no didn't got the clear information. I tried pressing all the keys one after the other but none helped.

After hard trials got the solution. Go back from the Multiclip Sequence and just be at a place where single Multiclip file is present on the timeline. You can use the back arrow over the top left at Timeline Window in order to come out of the Multiclip sequence.

I got confused between Event Viewer Display-> Show Angles and Viewer Display -> Show Angles, when i googled, it's very confusing. I tried to understand by my own.

Event Viewer Display: is just like a preview window. It will only preview the different angles(camera tapes) in Preview window. You will not be able to edit with it. So select - Event Viewer Display -> Hide Angles.

We need the Viewer Display-> Show Angles: It will display the different angles in the display(output) Window.

Select Show Angles in Viewer Display.

You can also enable show angles in your display window directly:

It will show you the output of the three different camera(angles).

Now we can begin editing. Start playing the clip on the time line. It will play the clip of all angles at a time and then when you want to switch to next clip just press “1” or “2” or “3” and you can watch a cut in multiclip on your timeline. At the end you will get a single clip with all the clip switching that you wanted on you timeline.

It’s very easy and quick way to do Multiclip editing in FCPX.

If you have any other suggestion or other way to work with Multicam then do comment below.

Happy Editing… 

Copy Filter/Settings from one clip to another - Final Cut Pro X

It's very simple and easy to copy filters and settings from one clip to another in final cut pro X.
It was added in version 10.0.6.

Step 1:

Select the clip from which you want to copy filter/settings/attributes.
Select Command+C (Copy)

Step 2:

Select the clip where you want to paste these settings.
Select Command+Shift+V (Paste Attributes)

You will get the screen where you can select what settings you want to copy.

Notice this menu at the bottom> If you don’t have keyframes applied to any effect, you can ignore this. If you DO have keyframes applied, this determines what happens to them.

Maintain Timing. With this setting, keyframe positions are not changed, they are copied to match the new clip with the old.

Stretch to Fit. Here, keyframe positions are adjusted based on the differences in duration between the original clip and the new clip. If the new clip’s duration is shorter than the original clip, keyframe positions are moved closer together, proportional to the difference in duration. If the new clip is longer, keyframes are moved farther apart.

Click on Paste.

It will paste the settings/filters that you selected on another clip.

If you want to paste all the settings/filters without selecting each and every settings individually, you can just press Option+Command+V or select Edit -> Paste Effects. It will apply all the setting to another clip.

Now what if you want to save these settings for later use in this project or for your next project. Now that's where i felt Final Cut Pro X should provide some solution to it. Here you can look how to save your settings for future use : http://goo.gl/8puvhr

Enjoy Editing.

Final Cut Pro X & Final Cut Pro 7

Hi,

This time i would tell you about Final Cut Pro X.

I have used this software since last one month and personally feel that this software is faster than Final Cut Pro 7.

Here i would like to highlight you few things about fcp x.


Dislike :

Feather : In FCP 7 we have option to provide Feather to the Cropped footage, that is directly available below the crop option, but in FCP X if you have cropped your footage than you can't apply feather to that easily, you have to apply masking which is very tedious job and also it's difficult to set the mask in your footage, you cannot re-size your mask i.e in fcp 7 once you applied Mask Filter than you have option to resize your mask but in FCP X it's fixed, once you applied the mask you cannot re-size it.

Bin : The bin structure of FCP 7 is better than of FCP X. In FCP X the bin structure is seriously very fuzzy. Once you add any clip into bin than by default it will create a date wise bin folder and put your file into that folder. So if you add lot's of different files than you will get confused where are they located in bin.

Like :

Stabilization feature is really awesome, if your clip is really flickering than Stabilization will surely make it stabilize to a high extent approx 80% of your flickering footage can be stabilized.

Color Correction : Now you can correct the colors in your clip easily it's really a good feature and it's available in the Inspector Window directly.

Real-time applying filters that is you can now see the output by putting your mouse over any filter, you can see how your clip will be look after applying any filter and if you didn't like you can put your cursor on next and next filter to see how your clip will look after applying filters and once you like any filter just double click on that filter and it will be applied.

Importing : Importing is faster than FCP 7, which saves a lot of time.

Exporting : Exporting is also faster than FCP 7 and you can now work on another sequence( Project in terms of FCP X), while rendering of another sequence(Project) is running.

Memory Utilization : In FCP 7, when i import M2TS files than it takes about 50+ GB, while in FCP X, if the files, that is M2TS files are of 20 GB than it would take less 20 GB and would give me the same result as it is in the clip. So lot of memory is saved and you can keep more number of projects in your internal hard drive.

Thank you for reading this post, this is not everything i like or disliked about fcp x, this post is written while currently learning or working on fcp x and will update this post as and when i like or dislike something about fcp x.

Adding Cross Dissolve in Final Cut Pro X

Applying Auto Dissolve or Cross Dissolve to all the clips in Final Cut Pro X.

It's very easy to apply Auto Transitions to all the clips.

Which ever transition you make as default will be applied to all the clips in your project.

By Default Cross Dissolve is auto set.

You can make any transition as Default by going to that transition 

-> Right Click -> Make Default

By this your Default Transition will be changed to the one you made now.

Now import all the clips to your project.

Select all clips (where you want to apply the default selected transition)  and then press Command + T or go to Edit and Select Add Cross Dissolve.

Importing AVCHD Footage in EDIUS/Adobe Premier Pro/ Final Cut Pro

This is very general problem occurring now onwards because all the  video camera manufacturing companies did is they divided the meta-file(clip info) and clip. When you record any movie it will keep the info of the clip in meta-file(i.e. in clip info) folder and will separate the clip in different folder say "STREAM". So if you have recorded the long file of say 1 hour in an avchd camcorder and that also in full hd so it will take nearly 10 gb of capacity. Disk is made up of track and sectors so the clip is stored in different sectors and different tracks.