023: Make Multiclip Magic in Final Cut Pro 7
023: Make Multiclip Magic in Final Cut Pro 7
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The key to a successful multi-cam project starts with good planning. So, this session is in two parts: Part 1 covers what you need to think about during pre-production, pre-editing, and editorial to avoid problems and simplify your work. Then, in Part 2, we’ll shift gears and dive into Final Cut Pro and show you how to build, modify, and edit multiclips. Whether you are new to multiclips or an experienced hand, you’ll discover lots of new techniques to simplify, speed, or supercharge your work!
Presented: Dec. 8, 2010
Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, online, training webinar discussing issues related to video post-production; often focused on Apple Final Cut applications. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.
Duration: 56:23
File size: 188.0 MB (ZIP file)
Format: Quicktime movie (1280 x 720)
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Tutorial Overview
Multiclips give us the ability to edit multiple cameras at the same time within Apple Final Cut Pro. This new technique is especially useful for creating performance videos, reality shows, action sequences, even sitcoms.
The key to a successful multi-cam project starts with good planning. So, this session is in two parts: Part 1 covers what you need to think about during pre-production, pre-editing, and editorial to avoid problems and simplify your work.
Then, in Part 2, we’ll shift gears and dive into Final Cut Pro and show you how to build, modify, and edit multiclips. Whether you are new to multiclips or an experienced hand, you’ll discover lots of new techniques to simplify, speed, or supercharge your work!
Audience Level
Multiclips require Final Cut Pro 5 or later. To make the most of this session, you should have a basic understanding of how to edit inside Final Cut Pro. Knowledge of multiclips is not required, as this training will take you from a standing start to become an expert.
BONUS FEATURE
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Content Outline
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- Define multiclips.
- Define multiclip specifications in Final Cut Pro.
- Present pre-production issues relevant to editing multiclips.
- Discuss the important of timecode and sync.
- Provide an option if timecode breaks prevent creating multiclips.
- Discuss hardware issues relevant to multiclip editing.
- Present a table of hard drive storage speeds necessary for multiclip editing.
- Present a step-by-step “cookbook” to successfully create a multiclip.
- Show how to successfully create a multiclip in less than one minute!
- DEMO: How to create a multiclip.
- DEMO: How to add an angle to a multiclip.
- DEMO: How to change the order of angles.
- DEMO: How to delete an angle.
- DEMO: How to edit a multiclip in the Viewer.
- DEMO: How to edit a multiclip using keyboard shortcuts.
- DEMO: Show how to add effects either before or after creating a multiclip.
- DEMO: How to trim multiclip angles in the Timeline.
- DEMO: How to resync a multiclip shot.
- DEMO: How to find the Master clip for a multiclip shot in the Timeline.
- DEMO: How to find all related angles once a clip is edited to the Timeline.
- DEMO: How and why to collapse a multiclip.
- DEMO: How to uncollapse a multiclip.