Premiere Pro CS4 Multi-Camera Editing

[idory84]

Thanks! I didnt know multicam is that easy!

[eltiochaufita]

wow, muy buen tutorial, tengo 1 año usando premiere y nunca descubri este metodo para editar varias camaras

[keijimuto]

Can you tell me which videosettings you use and which video format you put out the vids on YT?

[nwil91198]

Thank You. I would have never figured this out on my own. I have to edit a 4 camera project for school soon and this will make it much easier.

[nashspinner]

Mr. David Teubner, this is my 1st time watching your tutorial video, and it took me less than 10 minutes to understand it and make it work, THANK YOU! Professional quality video. Crystal clear explanation, and enunciation too, even an Asian like me had no trouble at all with the instructions. David Teubner rocks!

[kyrilovesdancing]

wowowwwww

thnk u so much ....

i was on my pc for 2 hours and couldnt figure out much but now that i ve seen ur vids i can actually do some pretty nice video edits ... thnx and keep it up... thnkkkkkk u

[JR88352175]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! *-*

[jasonvincent027]

how do you remove or edit the slices after inserting them?

[saturnpictures333]

thank you

[hugsent]

Thank you! Now I earn more time in my work! Please! I have a doubt... why sometimes the audio from one of the cameras goes separating of the audio from another as time goes running? I like to use both audio mixing. I film music events, and I also record an clean audio separately ... but even if I put all the audios begining together, it becomes separated as time goes by...

[dteubner]

@hugsent Between two cameras I haven't seen audio go out of sync. Although sometimes when I match my camera's audio to an external audio recorder, the audio will be off by a 1/4 second after an hour. But that's easily fixed. It sounds like your audio is really going out of sync. Not sure why.

[doisneau]

Well explained, thanks! But I have a question:

How do you go back to AVCHD / higher quality after editing in SD? In other words, how to transfer the cuts onto AVCHD?

[dteubner]

@doisneau My comments about SD versus AVCHD were made before CS5 and the faster i7 machines and GPU acceleration and all the rest. Today I do edit AVCHD in the timeline and can do it easily with my new i7 computer and my nVidia card running the Mercury Playback Engine. Start with AVCHD using faster gear and you'll be able to do it all.

[manice08]

thank you very much. I know how to do it on final cut pro but not on premiere... but now i do :D

[thewii552]

Very helpful!

[jack40k]

That was just fantastic. Really professional, really helpful. A++

[Ikhtus]

great! this was very helpful! :)

[evillemonkey]

whats your computer specs for this video..?

[dteubner]

@evillemonkey That was my older Dell 630i. It had a basic quad-core. I have a newer i7 quad-core that I built. This new machine screams and doesn't have the slowness issues of the machine used in this video. A good i7 machine will handle AVCHD with multicam.

[mrkinyo]

Do you offer extended support with the video if necessary.

[dteubner]

@mrkinyo I'll answer a few questions if needed. A few of my customers have engaged me in a couple of questions. But my tutorials are very easy to follow. If you need more one-on-one help, we can figure out a payment plan via a paypal link. But we probably won't need to do that.

[mrkinyo]

Thanks for making me feel like an idiot and thanks for educating me. This is going to save me a ton of time. I am always using multicams and sitting not for hours but for days even weeks sorting through all of the footage. This is AMAZING! Thanks!

[dteubner]

@mrkinyo Cool. And get my 5-hour DVD training series. I go further than my YouTube stuff. Free shipping and only $20. Check out my website at HowNowVideo(dot)com. I've sold over 150 of these worldwide.

[TomasCimma]

Last step... buy a second camera :/

[bachelor0101]

best tutorial!! i havent seen on no other videos that do the "nest" on the beginning

many thanks!!

[dteubner]

@bachelor0101 No problem. Glad you liked it. I teach a bunch of other related stuff in my 5-hour DVD set. I've sold over 135 of these worldwide. Free shipping. Check out HowNowVideo(dot)com to learn more.

[osp1416]

on of the best



[SONYJEEPCJ7]

Hi can you help me?i made a multicam editing cutting the second video on little parts but in some places on the 1rst video (video 1) it's black ,i only heard the audio but not the image but it's not all the video ,just in some parts but is in the principal not in the video on the i did the cut.do you know why?.thanks.if not understand send me your email to send you a little video showing the problem.thnaks a lot.

[ktayor1]

Thats awesome, I was doing this the hard way lol. Thanks so much!

[MikeSteel1989]

SOMEONE HELP PLEASE!

I'm doing a multi cam edit for a college project and i import the footage i need but i need to know how to ensure the audio starts off at the same point so when i do the multi cam edit on the monitor everything isnt out of sync. ive looked at tutorials and stuff but it doesnt seem to be working. Anyone help?

[dteubner]

@MikeSteel1989 If you Alt-click the audio track, it will move independently of the video track. I've seen out-of-sync issues when I'm trying to match audio from a CD for a music video, for example. CDs are recorded in 44.1 khz and video captures audio in 48 khz. I've noticed a 1/2 second out-of-sync per hour. One work around is to do your best multicam, then when you feel you're done, slice out tiny bits of video (not audio) until the video matches again.

[wahiawabriank]

I am curious if I am doing something wrong! When I edit in multicam I dont see the audio tracks in the timeline just the video? Help!

[dteubner]

@wahiawabriank This happens if your audio doesn't end up on the track just below your video. Some video formats like P2 put audio on tracks much further down on the sequence. I'm not sure how to fix this particular problem. You could export the video so it's in another format that doesn't move the audio. Experiment. 

[JingchengZhao]

@dteubner Check if your audio tracks for that amount of time is clear of other tracks, then just use alt-click to move it to a track that you like.

[raybarber]

David, you produce the best Premiere Pro tutorials by a mile. You might like to know that I just had a go at multi-cam editing using two AVCHD 1440x1080i clips converted to Cineform avi using Neoscene. Even on my pretty pedestrian dual core machine it was as smooth as a baby's bum. Also, I accidentally left the orginal audio on tracks 2 and 3 so I had no audio on the nested sequence. I just copied and pasted the Cam1 audio from the original sequence. Thanks again for a brilliant tutorial.

[dteubner]

@raybarber Glad you figured it out. Try my 5-Hour DVD. It goes deeper into some techniques. Sold lots of these all over the world. Free shipping. Check out HowNowVideo(dot)com for details. Later...

[NADP555]

Hi,following your multi cam tutorial.great.Quick question. I'm using footage from Panasonic P2 and when footage dropped on to timeline audio uses tracks 4,5,6,7 & 8 for the two cameras. When following tutorial and nesting sequence in to a new sequence name multi cam. the audio is then taking up Audio 1. - But no audio present! - I assume this is because my original seq Audio 1 has no audio on it. How do I then bring my audio from original seq Audio 4,5,6 & 7 in to multi cam seq. Audio 1 please

[NADP555]

@NADP555 Not sure, but think I have found a work around, is this the best way ? I exported audio only from original seq. then on multi cam seq deleted audio file on Audio 1 (which did not have any sound) then dropped audio file exported from original seq. to audio 1 in multi cam seq!!

[dteubner]

@NADP555 I've noticed that P2 footage does move audio down to different tracks. I don't know how to get P2 audio onto the correct track. You could export out your P2 content and save as a different format that puts audio onto its typical track. If you really only need audio from one of your multicam sources, you could do your edits, then drag only the audio from the crucial camera into your final mix. There's probably a workaround, but I don't know what it is. Sorry.

[patmck2]

@dteubner Thanks for that infomation. Premiere Pro said i need ASIO Sound Card? Do I need it for AVCHD editing? Thanks

patmck2

[ktayor1]

@patmck2 I dont think you need it, my footage works just fine. Maybe its just one of those, nice to have, hardware choices that pro gives you!

[patmck2]

Did the Dell Quad Core you used to make this have a graphics card or inbuilt graphics?

I am looking at building a AMD AMD Phenom II X6 1090T pc.

Planning to use Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 with Two Panasonic AVCHD HDC-TM700s for Multi Camera. Output HD Blu Ray and SD DVD.

[dteubner]

@patmck2 Currently I've updated my system, running an overclocked i7 chip and using Adobe's Mercury Playback Engine to speed up exports. If your system will run in 64-bit (required for CS5) you can add a nvidia GTX470 and get some great improvements on exports and some other functions. My old machine, the Dell 630i, is retired now, but I had a basic graphics card, nothing special. But if you're building something new, add the GTX470 to the mix. It helps in rendering out your final files.

[TEVINPRAWl]

does the 4 camera have to start the same time?

[dteubner]

@TEVINPRAWl No. You can stagger the different cameras. But if the 4 shots need to be synchronized, because they were all shot at the same time, you'll need to match them up on the timeline before beginning to assure sync.

[pointsofhonesty]

excellent video thanks!

[NoBull408]

Question. During multi cam editing, how do we choose the audio source? I want to use audio only from Cam 2 but it always uses Cam 1. And i can't use "audio follows cam" option since I don't want Cam 1.

Thank you if you can help me out in any way.

[dteubner]

@NoBull408 While in multicam, there's a little dropdown button in the top-right. Click it and de-select Audio Follows Video. That will prevent the audio to keep changing. I think it defaults to video track one, however.

I teach this and much more in my 5-hour DVD set. I'm selling lots of these. Learn about it at HowNowVideo(dot)com. This is all new material not seen on YouTube.

[tommiegreen]

I've been editing in APP for 5 years and didn't know you could do this... wow

[NoBull408]

This helped me alot! THANKS for posting!

[dteubner]

@NoBull408 I'm glad I could help.

[testehvideo]

How do you add more video clips to the one Multicam timeline you made? i did what you did, but a day later added some more two-camera shoots and had to make a NEW Multicam timeline all over again. Can't I just add video to the original timeline? I tried,but the original Multicam sequence I was working with didn't update. I had to make Multicam sequence #2, do the work there, and when finished, I'll try to cut/paste the work from #2 into #1. Any ideas?

[dteubner]

@testehvideo @testehvideo You should be able to add more video (up to four streams). But if you're trying to "nest" two more streams after you've done cuts in your multicam sequence, I'm not sure if that will work. However, if you haven't made any cuts, then adding two new video streams should work. But I bet you already made cuts. Just experiment. I know lots, but I haven't tried what you describe. Good luck.

[testehvideo]

How about a tutorial regarding sound, specifically voice over work. Using the VU meters (levels of voice vs music), and some basics of improving sound with a plug in or two! Adobe should hire you for 'user-friendly' video tutoring! :)

[dteubner]

@testehvideo I'll consider that. But in a nutshell, I typically drop my video in a timeline and export out just the audio (Export - Audio Interchange File Format) then bring the exported audio into Adobe Auditions. There I use the Multiband compressor to even out the levels and pump it a bit. Then I save it and bring it back to Premiere Pro and lay it over the original audio in the timeline (it'll lay in perfectly). That way I have pumped audio. Good luck.

[testehvideo]

Wow! That was a very nice, friendly walk through for multi-cam. Well done! Thank you for doing this. I watched and followed along. Now I know how to do it very well. Keep them coming!! How about some Encore stuff? I'd like to see if Multi Camera view (while watching a DVD) can be set up in Encore authoring. Most DVD remote controls have a 'camera angle' button to immediately change points of view for multi-camera video. I know it has something to do w/ Group of Picture (GOP) marks & timelines.

[dteubner]

@testehvideo I haven't see the multi-cam option in Encore. There might be a way to do it, but as of yet I haven't had any need to try. Glad you liked my multi-cam tutorial in Premiere Pro.

[aunglinnaing]

how to make a live editing with this multicam

[dteubner]

@aunglinnaing You can't. You can only edit captured video after the fact. Typically, if you want to do a live edit, you need all your cameras going into a video switcher and the editor mixes them on the fly. You'll need a special piece of hardware which I think is called a video switch.

[VisionsU]

Great Tutorial...I had a difficult trying to understand this concept at first. Started to wonder if I was stoned or stupid Thanks for helping, I love this country and your explanation, All the best

[roastertruck]

This is a very good tip. Glad you shared it.

[NandyJKelen]

thank you very much!

[HyphenatedVlog]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! I had a hard time finding a tutorial or web help for the multicamera feature, and you explained it so perfectly.  I appreciate your thoroughness, friendliness, and style. I'm subscribing!

[goaheat]

Thanks, very useful info.

[juliosectionone]

Very Nice Dteubner did you use Camtasia to create the tutorial?

[dteubner]

@juliosectionone For the screen capture part, yes I used Camtasia. Great program.

[rojana84]

Really helpfull... All the best

[cratedigger89]

can you take away a cut? Like if I decided I didn't like a cut I made in Multi-Cam mode, could I take it away while in the timeline, and how? Thanks.

[dteubner]

@cratedigger89 Yes. In the timeline, right-click the segment that is an incorrect cut and choose a different multicam camera. I show that in this video. You can change any of your cuts after the fact.

[cratedigger89]

@dteubner ok, thanks

[direktorlis]

Great tutorial. Very well explained. Thanks. Keep up the good work.

[salaipapa]

great tutorial vid !!! what is your pc system properties which works smoothly to edit AVCHD in this tutorial coz i wanna upgrade my pc.

[dteubner]

@salaipapa I use a basic Dell 630i desktop computer. Nothing fancy. It's a Quad-core, 2.67 GHz machine with 6GB of RAM and three hard drives (one for system, one for video, one for non-video work). Any new system today should be faster. If you get a computer with Intel's i7 processor, you'll be fine. Also, Premiere Pro CS5 (not released yet) will speed up AVCHD editing even more.

[RickyRoe]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Your tutorial made what was unintelligible in Adobe's documentation simple. Thank you!

[KWG322]

Thanks! I've been using a Magix program

for multicam. Probably upgrading my Premiere Pro 1.5; Was wondering what the workflow was like.

[hikingbike]

Thanks!

[innomind]

Great tutorial thanks!

There is a great audio plugin for Sony Vegas Pro, called Plural Eyes, which allows automatic audio sync from multiple cams which recorded the same event. Hopefully soon this plugin will be available for Premiere Pro. Stay tuned for a usability review of this plugin that I will publish soon.

[gtafuture]

Great tutorial, got the basics down. thanks

[MeleeTV]

nice vid! keep helpin us diy-ers! great stuff...

[mjvii96]

Great Video BTW hows the new layout working out for you

[dteubner]

Glad you like it. And thanks for the layout, it works great.

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