Very awesome!! been looking for a new way to edit and this is gunna help with my editing i "THUMBS THIS ONE UP", also was wondering if u knew how to overlap different videos at the same time to make it look like there more than 1 of me in the same clip if so, please help.. thanks CaliLayne
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your tutorial came just in time. im about to shoot a music video and your tutorial makes it that much easier to edit and get creative with my shots. thanks great tut...
this is not the real way to do it. i think they added a feature where you can do multi cam editing without deleting the clips... but i cant find a video how to do it :(
Hey bro, Nice try with the video. You are giving yourself plenty of rope to hang yourself. A true multicam system allows you to see and hear all camera angles in real time all ganged together and allow you to not only switch between camera angles during playback, but then trim each shot easily and effectively without taking 5 hours for 30 seconds of video. FCPX does not do multicam - but you are pretending using multiple tracks, so back in the 90's you would have been a pioneer. Peace.
Wondering if this impacts final video size. Do all those layers get rendered into the final video? I tried this with 3 cameras and the resulting video file seemed way too big.
This method seems okay, but the main annoyance here is that you can only see the top timeline clip in the preview window. Is there a setting that allows the preview window to follow whichever clip is selected?
@CTKSchoolTech Use the blade tool (B) or the range selection tool (R) and hover over the clip you are making a selection of. Whatever you hover over will be in the preview window.
oh god! if this is the best work around for not having multi cam this is going to be a disaster.
YOU may not notice how tedious and annoying this method will become when you are doing larger multi cam edits if you've never actually had to do multi cam. And i can tell you've never used it because you don't seem to know how multi cam actually works. Final Cut Pro X needs to bring back multi cam editing soon
Thanks! I have 3 camera 30 minute play that I have to edit for my first time doing a real video gig with FCP X. Only concern I have is if the DSLR footage will play nice with syncing with the mts HD Cam footage.
This works but not for 3+ hours of a 5 camera concert shoot. I think I'll pick up FCPX when they add this feature in (curious how without a preview window) and the external monitoring.
Great video! I'm considering FCX but to my understanding, all of your clips must be the exact same length to synchronize...how did you get to that point? Thanks in advance!
Can someone direct me to a FCP 7 tutorial that show TRUE PROFESSIONAL multi cam editing. Or better yet, post a sample of your multi cam work using FCP so I can see the difference. This video took 7min and 5seconds for him to show us how to switch. Let me see with my eyes if it can be done easier?
@Snowvdo it can be done faster...but not in FCPX..and do u really need someone to direct you to a video? there is a search box at the top of every page..
@Snowvdo This video shows it pretty well watch?v=NzLxn39F5Dc - You're never going to appreciate multicam with a 20 second sample video, but you will when you edit an hour long concert or show. You can edit more like a live director would in real-time, then just clean it up a bit afterwards. For an hour long concert editing in the timeline could take days. I'm really excited to see it back in FCPX
Thanks for the video. Multicam is my favourite thing in FCP 6, and I miss it on my FCE at home, so I was amazed it wasn't in FCP X. I don't have FCP X yet (Mac too old...) but I'm glad they are putting Multicam in FCP X soon (Jan '12 I think I heard).
I think this is dumb that they took out two screen to edit multi cam. You have to guess what is in the other clip. The way I did it is put down the exposure, or whatever it is called so you can see the other clips. But this is very in accurate and time consuming. it makes no sense? I like it that it is easy to sync the clips, but what good is that if you can not see them?
Back to the future here. You're using techniques that we all did before true multicam editing was available. This video gives me (a professional editor) another reason to at least try FCP X. Thanks!
I'm not sure but I thought multi cam editing was editing with footage from different camera's... meaning x should support AVCHD so that you can edit them along with MOV footage, I have read that you can do it but AVCHD needs to be imported right off the camera and not a hard drive which sucks when you have backed the footage on storage drives due to re-useage of SDHC's.
All you did was cut to cameras as you called them out. That is not the same as editing 4 camera angles in a chase scene. You need to see all 4 cameras angles at once and use the best camera angle. You have to keep cutting and deleting several layers using your method. I admit your method will work but you should have watched a video about multicam editing in FCP 7 or Premiere Pro before doing this video. Putting all your clips in a PIP would at least allow you to see all the angles at once.
Hey, how do you do transitions in multi-cam editing? say you wanted to do a cross-dissolve between your ipad 2 and your point and shoot? I am having trouble figuring out how to do it while keeping the audio in sync as well. Thanks!
Thanks you so much for you clip, it really help me a lot as a beginner with FInal Cut Pro, btw I wish if you could show me how to edit the video that have 2 or 3 person in one video with the same person by using final cut pro.
Good grief. Not "multi-cam editing" but yes, this is the pre-multicam workaround we need to use over a decade ago - and it most certainly does work. It will do just what you need... except what we really need if FCP X is to be considered a professional tool is an actual multiclip feature... But no, you cant "multicam edit" in FCP X, you have to use a work around like this.
Avid or Premiere from now on, I guess.
(15 year professional broadcast editor, both Avid and FCP (up to 7))
This is good to know. Though true multi-cam would make more sense, and be much easier. If you have to work with FCPX, this is probably the best way to do it. Thanks for finding a work around.
Great Job man. So-called professionals are haters. I learned FCP 3.5 to 7, and wow, what a learning curve, not easy, complicated. Now that Apple makes it easier, professionals complain, and hate on others who embrace FCPX. Great Video. I Bought FCPX and love it. It's fast, the rendering in the background is awesome, FCPX makes me want to create even more. Thanks Great video.
Is there any way to see what's on the bottom clip? Short of deleting the clip above it, that is?
Your situation is easy, because you're looking at one of three different cameras. In my situation, I have two different perspectives of an event, and I need to know which perspective is best. Hard to do when you can only see one of the clips.
Nice work around. This 7 minute tutorial would have taken about 3 minutes in Sony Vegas with multicam. Each camera change is one click. Until fcpx adds multicam this will do. Thanks!
Hey Bill great video! Can you tell me how to make multi boxes in fcpx? I need 4 boxes on the screen and I will have footage in all 4 Thanks for the help homie.
This is a pretty standard way of editing 3 camera stuff, even when you use Multicam there are still 3 tracks. This is how anyone should be editing 3 camera stuff, he is just explaining it very carefully for all you slow people out there, which is making it seem more tedious than it really is. This would take less than a minute normally. Then again I've been doing this for 10 years. I was always faster stacking/chopping than setting up multicam. I only use multicam if its 4 cameras or more.
Well this is how I always do because sometimes we might have to use multiple layers showing at the same time... it is pretty easy on 2 or 3 cameras, cuz its only a few cuttings.. but when we come to programs with 6-10 cameras it would be a nightmare :/
Not yet, but it will. Multicam editing is an important and popular feature, and we will provide great multicam support in the next major release. Until then, Final Cut Pro X offers some basic support with automatic clip synchronization, which allows you to sync multiple video and audio clips using audio waveforms, creating a Compound Clip that can be used for simple multicam workflows.
Awesome! I'm gonna shoot a music video, where we're gonna have several takes of a song. So the music is gonna be the same, but the singing will be different, and probably the levels will be up and down depending on the location of the camera. Then I'm gonna add a mastered audio track.
Do you know if the sync feature will be able to sync that? I saw a FCPX plugin somewhere that could sync multicam, but it was $150, and with this build in feature it was great. Thanks a lot for the tips :)
@nicmarxp You're thinking of PluralEyes, which works ok but creates a new sequence and makes more of a mess than I'd like. I can manually sync just as fast, but I've been doing this a long time. All I do is live music with 3 DSLR's and separate audio, get the artist to clap at the beginning of the song and the waveform will spike and make it much easier to sync. The auto sync in FCPX works ok, it's been a few frames off from what I've seen.
This video is an indispensable resource for those who have not found a way to do such in FCPX, so thank you for sharing! To all who have used FCP7, yes you can regurgitate the same thing: "It's much easier in FCP7, why would I attempt this method?" The simple fact is, Apple is looking to engage the less professional consumer in the software, and multi cam editing is beyond the knowledge base of the average buyer. Really, economic experimentation was grossly overused in the release of it.
Lol, "I don't know anything about multi-cam editing... but I'm going to make a tutorial about it."
Next up on Tutorials I know nothing about - Quantum Physics and How to make Creme Brulee
Good try buddy, but multi-cam is the feature in FCP7 that saves you all the work you just did, and allows you to view multiple angles at once and cut in real time. What you're doing is just editing. And you're using the blade tool... why? Why would anyone use the blade tool?
Excellent starting point for the budding editor. Thanks for putting this out...made a huge difference for me!! I'll be sure to check your channel out more often. Keep up the good work.
In FCP, I could have sync 8 cameras properly (no echo) on my own, used another dual system audio source, edited down a 5 minute piece in the time it takes to do this. Sorry, but this is not a valid workaround for a professional that makes a living editing. Tight deadlines would never get done and blown budget would be all over the place. Going back to avid...
to get audio sync work properly you must analyze the audio. if not you can encounter sync problems.
as for deleting the audio. there is no need to detach the audio from the clips. simply select the clips, open the inspector and go to the audio tab. deselect the unwanted audio streams.
This is how I used to edit music videos BEFORE I learned how to use Multiclip. Multiclip editing is so much faster because you watch all three angles playing at the same time and to make an edit all you have to do is click on the angle you want. You do it in real time. Check out my tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=NhXIkfgOQ14
Okay, People let's grow-up and be nice. When some one try to help we need to be nice and pay attention, these young man is sharing his heart to us on how he figure out a way around Multi cam and till Apple FCP X fix it- never mind Finalcut Studio 6-7-8 it's dead so move on people mine you, i am sorry young man a had to say it enough is enough.
Very nice way of doing "multi-cam editing :) " ! I only have FCPX, and this is a harder way of doing it, but still much easier than what I did on iMovie :)
Great but, I think is still better to work multi cam with final cut pro 7, Apple really need to do a lottttttt of work with FCPX they need to fix lotssss of stuff with this new program and need to add lottts of things as well hope they come up with better updates
I've edited music videos like this for years... never used multi clip editing, and it will be kinda cool to be able to sync with just a click of a button.
this is just plain editing.. NOT multi caming. The method shown in this video is a destructive method.. you cannot go back and change or retake the cam angles, which was the whole point of the facility. In fact, this has nothing to do with Multi-Cam functionality in FCP7 whatsoever.
A real multicam solution is much faster than this old school workaround!
With multicam, you see all your cameras at all time in a quad or ninth split screen. All you do is play the timeline and in real time switch between your cameras.
Try to edit a 2 hours multicam shows with 4 cameras and you'll understand the need for a real multicam solution.
The problem is this is really tedious. With Multi Clip editing, you can sync up all your clips, play the video and switch camera angles like a live switcher. This makes the editing much faster, and you can still go back and fine tune the edit points. The way you are doing it is the old way, before FCP offered multiclip editing.
Ya that was a cool work around bro! Honestly the only "major" difference from that and actual Multi-cam edit is watching all 3 videos play at the same time on one screen and being able to select which shot you want to use with the click of a button while you are watching. Your solution definitely works though! People just want to complain about something...
All the camera angles you took, it looked like you manually started them at different times. In Final Cut Pro X you select all of these and click "Synchronise clips". Does this work with all videos and all audio? It looks like it lines up audio so the videos are in sync. Is this correct?
Clever idea, and love the video! BUT why not just disable the clips (shorcut v) instead of deleting them? That way, you can always switch to another angle at any time by reenabling the clip you want to see, and disabling the other. you can also fine tune the timing and such.
that's a great tutorial! it's shame that edits can't be made live with the keyboard, but hopefully Apple is working on that for the next update. good job man!
While this IS one way to edit multiple camera angles, real Muticam as it existed in Final Cut 7 allowed you to view all of the clips in your viewer at the same time and automatically edit them by selecting clips as they were playing.
Good video, i dont do multicam alot but this does it! now only if i could find a way to roundtrip into motion & back to FCP X i would be a happy camper! :P
Hey, just wanted to say thanks for clearing that up. Also, this sort of thing works great if your in a controlled quiet environment. Real life is not as easy to sync as this and the audio sync doesn't work automatically. Pluraleyes is a far superior option.
Thanks. This is not a multicam editing, but I can live with this since I will gain speed more with other new features. I probably do less than 10 multicam projects a year. I was afraid I could not do anything similar to multicam, so I was holding back, but this is a go for me. My next serious multicam project is coming this October, so I hope Apple release an update to support it.
Thanks for the tut. However, this is not exactly "mulitclip editing" as it was in 7. This IS a nice workaround for maybe an interview or something, but not for something like an event, or music video. In 7, you are able to sync clips, then view up to 16 streams of video at the same time and cut between them on the fly....just as if you were in a control room during a live show. I am loving FCPX so far, but hopefully they will restore this feature as it was in 7.
@PCShifterz its very quick and easy so im trying to come up with a video that shows how to do basic things in final cut pro x, so im gonna put that tip in that video..stay tuned for that.
Great job with the tutorial. I'm an editor and have X, and have heard about the syncing feature but haven't had time to figure out how it is used. I thought it would be better, but this takes me back to how it was done with FCP 4 (or 3. Multiclip has been around for so long which is why it's upsetting to everyone that Apple has taken it away). The only thing X did that couldn't be done before was syncing the media, but Pluraleyes could do that for half the price. Your video saved me some time.
Are you using a specific software to record these tutorials? I mean particularly the image of yourself in the lower right corner, or do you add that later in post? Thanks!
@thenino he's using a software called 'Screenflow'. I have it and rarely use it, but most youtuber's who make helpful tutorial videos such as this really like it. It's easy to use and it's effective.
MGD, this kind of way can be done from FCP 3. Your HARD work can be done in only one minute in FCP 7. So for your youtube movie, FCPX is really a iMovie Pro or iMovie X.
MGD, this kind of way can be done from FCP 3. Your HARD work can be done in only one minute in FCP 7. So for your youtube movie, FCPX is really a iMovie Pro or iMovie X.
hi - pros and prosumers: from an imovie level, this is neat - from a final cut pro view, this is a cruel hoax ... for all you non-editors - the real deal runs in realtime and you cut while you watch , not wrestle with each layer to achieve the edit. . .
@bobvidpix perfectly said. thank you. i understand it is not what people want, but this is just a way of doing it..the only way to do it in final cut pro x
@thesavage042 don't listen to the negative comments I really like your tutorial and please keep them coming and keep up the good work. Your videos are good.
@MusiciansTime nice quote marks...im not a pro editor...these videos are from the view of someone wo is coming from imovie, and for people in that situation. I say at the end of the video.."if you are not a professional this will be fine for you"
Look it's irresponsible to put videos out like this if you have no idea what you are speaking about and you don't, bottom line. This really burns PRO editors when you make lousy tutorials like this as if you are trying to teach someone. Bottom line, again, you have your facts wrong
@MusiciansTime how is it irresponsible? I am showing people a work around until apple issues the update. People can see how it is done and determine for themselves if they want to do it this way. It is not irresponsible to show people an alternative way of doing something...get over it.
In the viewer window you see all the camera angle in mini windows playing back at the same time. Then you use keyboard shortcuts as you watch all the video and you make LIVE CUTS. The same way that a Live TV director would cut a show. The only difference is you can go back and do any tweaks. This process would take days maybe weeks to cut a long show. Where true multicam editing can be done literally in real time.
I will try and be positive about this. This is NOT multicam editing.
Let me revise: Yes you took video from 3 different cameras and cut them. But you are not doing multicam editing. And since you have never done multicam editing let me explain the concept. Say you have a 2 hour concert ( done this) well in multicam editing (FCP7 does) you can line up a large amount of cameras in a timeline. Then you switch the videos to a multicam timeline. Here is where multicam is really important...
@nickatitfactor thank you, just trying to show an alternative way until real multicam editing comes to final cut pro x, as of right now, this is the only way to do it in final cut pro x.
This is how I used to do it in FCE but its sooooo time consuming and hence I moved to FCP. Also then you can easily use slip and slide tools to fine tune your edit.
As soon as the multicam window is back in FCP X I may purchase it again because than I can do what i need to do.
Yeah this is sort of the old fashioned way. /watch?v=4vvIwOGO8ZQ is a good video explaining how multi-cam used to work. Its a huge time saver. Thankfully Apple said its one of their top priorities to add it back.
@orionsbelt0 that's why I recommended it for people who do not do it all the time. I can't imagine going through this process every time you need to edit something. Just saying that if you HAVE to do it once, it can be done.
No this is not technically the proper way to do multicam editing. Imagine editing a 4 camera shoot of a 2 Hour event like that (Something I have done) it is very tedious to delete everything above that layer for every transition. As well as its trickier to add transitions and effects. Things just become very messy very fast.
Nice video. Some people will never feel comfortable living out of the box and are full of excuses and complaints...lol...the real problem is that this is leveling out the playing field and making the less creative closer to the edge. ;)
That's the way I've always done multi-cam editing. It's more precise, and I feel like I have more control over the entire process. The multi-cam editing is something that ONE person said was missing (sort of like PhotoBooth on Lion), and the fire spread rapidly from there. I am perfectly fine with FCP X.
The only thing that is really gets on my nerve is not being able to change certain export settings without Compressor (which isn't expensive, but I shouldn't have to pay for that feature).
@catchatyou I immediately noticed multicam edits was gone because it was the main feature for which I purchased the real FCP. The problem with the old way (and this is the old way) is that you cannot easily fine edit after your rough cut. When you have 9 cameras and you have to slice through 8 of them and your director wants that 500ms shot of the gitarist looking down you are not a happy camper.
Also transitions is more complex it works but its a pain in the arse!
Very awesome!! been looking for a new way to edit and this is gunna help with my editing i "THUMBS THIS ONE UP", also was wondering if u knew how to overlap different videos at the same time to make it look like there more than 1 of me in the same clip if so, please help.. thanks CaliLayne
CaliLayneTV 2 days ago
thank you!
goddessnadiya 4 days ago
I appreciated this video, just what I was looking for. thanx.
aceylw 5 days ago
You can just drag the black bar in the blue background to -100% or equivalent
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thanks guys, more tutorials on the way!
ThinkEditing 1 week ago
your tutorial came just in time. im about to shoot a music video and your tutorial makes it that much easier to edit and get creative with my shots. thanks great tut...
angeluvp 2 weeks ago
Great tip but obsolete. Upgrade to FCPX 10.0.3 and great full support for multi cam editing with auto syncing.
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And Now the Multicam Update for FCP X is available :)
it will be much faster I can tell you...
Burny7b 3 weeks ago
And Now the Multicam Update for FCP X is available :)
it will be much faster I can tell you...
Burny7b 3 weeks ago
i am from Recife in Brazil south america and i think your video was great ...
claudioagmfilho 3 weeks ago
SOOOO AWESOME!THANX
bakersfieldmusicnow 3 weeks ago
10x
TheSigmart 1 month ago
this is not the real way to do it. i think they added a feature where you can do multi cam editing without deleting the clips... but i cant find a video how to do it :(
BandaDK 1 month ago
Hey bro, Nice try with the video. You are giving yourself plenty of rope to hang yourself. A true multicam system allows you to see and hear all camera angles in real time all ganged together and allow you to not only switch between camera angles during playback, but then trim each shot easily and effectively without taking 5 hours for 30 seconds of video. FCPX does not do multicam - but you are pretending using multiple tracks, so back in the 90's you would have been a pioneer. Peace.
TalentHazaFace 1 month ago
This has nothing to do with multicam editing
RonjaMiin 1 month ago
Very, very useful. Great. I'm pretty sure there is a way to do it without deleting part of the clips. Am I right?
fredericsidler 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Thanks! A good stopgap until Apple releases the "full" multicam update.
savannacat 1 month ago
nice "apartment"
HowToEatWaffles 1 month ago
Wondering if this impacts final video size. Do all those layers get rendered into the final video? I tried this with 3 cameras and the resulting video file seemed way too big.
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mediablendertv 1 month ago
This method seems okay, but the main annoyance here is that you can only see the top timeline clip in the preview window. Is there a setting that allows the preview window to follow whichever clip is selected?
CTKSchoolTech 1 month ago
@CTKSchoolTech Use the blade tool (B) or the range selection tool (R) and hover over the clip you are making a selection of. Whatever you hover over will be in the preview window.
Pauer94 4 weeks ago
oh god! if this is the best work around for not having multi cam this is going to be a disaster.
YOU may not notice how tedious and annoying this method will become when you are doing larger multi cam edits if you've never actually had to do multi cam. And i can tell you've never used it because you don't seem to know how multi cam actually works. Final Cut Pro X needs to bring back multi cam editing soon
bradhotdog 2 months ago
great video! really helped! Thnkyou! Subbed
johnno233 2 months ago
Thanks! I have 3 camera 30 minute play that I have to edit for my first time doing a real video gig with FCP X. Only concern I have is if the DSLR footage will play nice with syncing with the mts HD Cam footage.
nateo200 2 months ago
Good looking out on the tip, it was very helpful for my upcoming project.
marcusreddmediaworks 2 months ago
That is why switch to Adobe CS5.5 !:)
30new18 2 months ago
This works but not for 3+ hours of a 5 camera concert shoot. I think I'll pick up FCPX when they add this feature in (curious how without a preview window) and the external monitoring.
ThinkingBrainFilms 2 months ago
Great video! I'm considering FCX but to my understanding, all of your clips must be the exact same length to synchronize...how did you get to that point? Thanks in advance!
remaxvictory 2 months ago
@remaxvictory no they dont all have to be the same length.
thesavage042 2 months ago
i do music videos so will final cut x sync all my audio and shit with the clips? and also can i cut like clips at once?
bbllaakkee5460 2 months ago
That takes up so much time to do all of that . FCP 7 is a lot easier.
LilOriginal 2 months ago
Can someone direct me to a FCP 7 tutorial that show TRUE PROFESSIONAL multi cam editing. Or better yet, post a sample of your multi cam work using FCP so I can see the difference. This video took 7min and 5seconds for him to show us how to switch. Let me see with my eyes if it can be done easier?
Snowvdo 2 months ago
@Snowvdo it can be done faster...but not in FCPX..and do u really need someone to direct you to a video? there is a search box at the top of every page..
thesavage042 2 months ago 3
@Snowvdo This video shows it pretty well watch?v=NzLxn39F5Dc - You're never going to appreciate multicam with a 20 second sample video, but you will when you edit an hour long concert or show. You can edit more like a live director would in real-time, then just clean it up a bit afterwards. For an hour long concert editing in the timeline could take days. I'm really excited to see it back in FCPX
jake67890 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the video. Multicam is my favourite thing in FCP 6, and I miss it on my FCE at home, so I was amazed it wasn't in FCP X. I don't have FCP X yet (Mac too old...) but I'm glad they are putting Multicam in FCP X soon (Jan '12 I think I heard).
martinXY 2 months ago
how you recorded the audio?
zizoops 3 months ago
I think this is dumb that they took out two screen to edit multi cam. You have to guess what is in the other clip. The way I did it is put down the exposure, or whatever it is called so you can see the other clips. But this is very in accurate and time consuming. it makes no sense? I like it that it is easy to sync the clips, but what good is that if you can not see them?
aquariuscomfort 3 months ago
Back to the future here. You're using techniques that we all did before true multicam editing was available. This video gives me (a professional editor) another reason to at least try FCP X. Thanks!
jahmbo 3 months ago
Cool, thanks
ikciwon1 3 months ago
The thing with multi clip is that you can cut in real time as you would with a vision mixer then go back and tidy it up.
gilwatling 3 months ago
Good Video, thanks...
shomedamony 3 months ago
Love the synchronize clip feature to line up video clips and layers.
UnitedByPhotography 3 months ago
I'm not sure but I thought multi cam editing was editing with footage from different camera's... meaning x should support AVCHD so that you can edit them along with MOV footage, I have read that you can do it but AVCHD needs to be imported right off the camera and not a hard drive which sucks when you have backed the footage on storage drives due to re-useage of SDHC's.
StrayNinjas 3 months ago
@StrayNinjas Multicam in FCP required all footage to be exactly the same audio and video codec and container.
martinXY 2 months ago
Word thats basicaly how we work in the audio world.... Dope vid my g.
ASR1O 4 months ago
All you did was cut to cameras as you called them out. That is not the same as editing 4 camera angles in a chase scene. You need to see all 4 cameras angles at once and use the best camera angle. You have to keep cutting and deleting several layers using your method. I admit your method will work but you should have watched a video about multicam editing in FCP 7 or Premiere Pro before doing this video. Putting all your clips in a PIP would at least allow you to see all the angles at once.
adobePC 4 months ago
I think this helped me alot, I just downloaded the new FCPX and this was VERY helpful to me! Thank you, and keep posting videos! :)
Sacr3dSniper 4 months ago
I posted this vid to DVXUser.com and to one of my Facebook groups.
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alanbstard4 4 months ago
Just made the transition from Sony Vegas HD to FCPX, I have spend hours in the past syncing external sound clips with video.... this is great.
Jonnieyates23 4 months ago
Hey, how do you do transitions in multi-cam editing? say you wanted to do a cross-dissolve between your ipad 2 and your point and shoot? I am having trouble figuring out how to do it while keeping the audio in sync as well. Thanks!
kalahar007 4 months ago
Being a new FCP user this helps out big time. Thanks!
CENTCOMSurvivor 4 months ago
Fantastic. Thanks!
codeandcoffee 4 months ago
THANKS!
kevinPihl 4 months ago
Thanks you so much for you clip, it really help me a lot as a beginner with FInal Cut Pro, btw I wish if you could show me how to edit the video that have 2 or 3 person in one video with the same person by using final cut pro.
PLUSMAXStudios 4 months ago
Good grief. Not "multi-cam editing" but yes, this is the pre-multicam workaround we need to use over a decade ago - and it most certainly does work. It will do just what you need... except what we really need if FCP X is to be considered a professional tool is an actual multiclip feature... But no, you cant "multicam edit" in FCP X, you have to use a work around like this.
Avid or Premiere from now on, I guess.
(15 year professional broadcast editor, both Avid and FCP (up to 7))
JnohD 4 months ago
This is good to know. Though true multi-cam would make more sense, and be much easier. If you have to work with FCPX, this is probably the best way to do it. Thanks for finding a work around.
lesson5686 5 months ago
Great video. You explained it perfectly.
wickedsnippets 5 months ago
Thanks man! This is great! I am really starting to like final cut pro X.
stageleftpod 5 months ago
this will take a lot of time to edit
AMPphilippines 5 months ago
very useful; makes me convinced on using one apart from iMovie.
BPlayReview 5 months ago
Thanks man you save my life. Keep it up, great video.
artstonegranite 5 months ago
thanks man
PISTHENW 5 months ago
Cheers Bill, great video. This is exactly what I needed to know.
stevenranger 5 months ago
how about syncing video to video
shrimpinpat 5 months ago
This works for me. Thanks for posting!
firnville 5 months ago
Great Job man. So-called professionals are haters. I learned FCP 3.5 to 7, and wow, what a learning curve, not easy, complicated. Now that Apple makes it easier, professionals complain, and hate on others who embrace FCPX. Great Video. I Bought FCPX and love it. It's fast, the rendering in the background is awesome, FCPX makes me want to create even more. Thanks Great video.
John007Jackson 5 months ago
sony vegas has a better way.......
ripstickerGTR 5 months ago
This is great. Amateur FCPX user here and this video helps a lot! Thanks!
sunflowerjellyfly 5 months ago
Nice job. Made a great point about it's not done the "traditional" way.
Great stuff
threeinchhammer 5 months ago
Wow, just what I needed! Thank you for the very clear instruction! Kind regards, TheSubziMr
TheSubziMr 5 months ago
Is there any way to see what's on the bottom clip? Short of deleting the clip above it, that is?
Your situation is easy, because you're looking at one of three different cameras. In my situation, I have two different perspectives of an event, and I need to know which perspective is best. Hard to do when you can only see one of the clips.
gusmahler 5 months ago
i just know that when they mean multi cam edit is when they have many shots together on the player box and they edit them together and not one by one
dimitrism16 5 months ago
Awesome tutorial....thanks......
tsand19151 5 months ago
That was Great!
GoodNewsTalkShow 5 months ago
It's irresponsible? What a joke. Thanks so much for posting this - much appreciated!
littlescale 5 months ago
Nice work around. This 7 minute tutorial would have taken about 3 minutes in Sony Vegas with multicam. Each camera change is one click. Until fcpx adds multicam this will do. Thanks!
jdsimpson21 6 months ago
Hey Bill great video! Can you tell me how to make multi boxes in fcpx? I need 4 boxes on the screen and I will have footage in all 4 Thanks for the help homie.
dportis47 6 months ago
This is a pretty standard way of editing 3 camera stuff, even when you use Multicam there are still 3 tracks. This is how anyone should be editing 3 camera stuff, he is just explaining it very carefully for all you slow people out there, which is making it seem more tedious than it really is. This would take less than a minute normally. Then again I've been doing this for 10 years. I was always faster stacking/chopping than setting up multicam. I only use multicam if its 4 cameras or more.
rsmith1240 6 months ago
Good job. This will work until Apple add true Multicam.
lament10 6 months ago
thanks man this helped aheap, ill be sure to check in for more tips!
30k2cap 6 months ago
Well this is how I always do because sometimes we might have to use multiple layers showing at the same time... it is pretty easy on 2 or 3 cameras, cuz its only a few cuttings.. but when we come to programs with 6-10 cameras it would be a nightmare :/
nivekathomsons 6 months ago
Thanks for showing this! It helped me a lot!
PianoScience 6 months ago
from the faq page of apple
Does Final Cut Pro X support multicam editing?
Not yet, but it will. Multicam editing is an important and popular feature, and we will provide great multicam support in the next major release. Until then, Final Cut Pro X offers some basic support with automatic clip synchronization, which allows you to sync multiple video and audio clips using audio waveforms, creating a Compound Clip that can be used for simple multicam workflows.
kutuadam 6 months ago
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kutuadam 6 months ago
Nice job. I'm looking forward to trying it out when I get FCP X.
cubsin4 6 months ago
you can take many differents paths to got the SAME POINT is your choice and knowledge but you did a good job thanks keep doing tutorials good luck
CEMC1969 6 months ago
Awesome! I'm gonna shoot a music video, where we're gonna have several takes of a song. So the music is gonna be the same, but the singing will be different, and probably the levels will be up and down depending on the location of the camera. Then I'm gonna add a mastered audio track.
Do you know if the sync feature will be able to sync that? I saw a FCPX plugin somewhere that could sync multicam, but it was $150, and with this build in feature it was great. Thanks a lot for the tips :)
nicmarxp 6 months ago
@nicmarxp You're thinking of PluralEyes, which works ok but creates a new sequence and makes more of a mess than I'd like. I can manually sync just as fast, but I've been doing this a long time. All I do is live music with 3 DSLR's and separate audio, get the artist to clap at the beginning of the song and the waveform will spike and make it much easier to sync. The auto sync in FCPX works ok, it's been a few frames off from what I've seen.
rsmith1240 6 months ago
I like how you show the work around for multi cam! This is not real multi cam, but for 90% of people using multi cam this worked
Nstudiosaz 6 months ago
COOL
kidrayfilms 6 months ago
This video is an indispensable resource for those who have not found a way to do such in FCPX, so thank you for sharing! To all who have used FCP7, yes you can regurgitate the same thing: "It's much easier in FCP7, why would I attempt this method?" The simple fact is, Apple is looking to engage the less professional consumer in the software, and multi cam editing is beyond the knowledge base of the average buyer. Really, economic experimentation was grossly overused in the release of it.
housebaroquen 6 months ago
No disrespect dude, this video will no doubt be helpful for some people.
jamesstephenbrown 6 months ago 9
@jamesstephenbrown thank you.
thesavage042 6 months ago
Lol, "I don't know anything about multi-cam editing... but I'm going to make a tutorial about it."
Next up on Tutorials I know nothing about - Quantum Physics and How to make Creme Brulee
Good try buddy, but multi-cam is the feature in FCP7 that saves you all the work you just did, and allows you to view multiple angles at once and cut in real time. What you're doing is just editing. And you're using the blade tool... why? Why would anyone use the blade tool?
jamesstephenbrown 6 months ago
EXCELLENT!!! Call it what you want....."IT JUST WORKS"!!!! GREAT JOB!!!! Forget the haters!!
blakboxmediallc 6 months ago
This can be done in 5 clicks with old fcp lol
eatdjorange 6 months ago
Excellent starting point for the budding editor. Thanks for putting this out...made a huge difference for me!! I'll be sure to check your channel out more often. Keep up the good work.
kesagatame 6 months ago
Thanks SAVAGE for this, it helped me a lot, keep up the great videos and training it's appreciated. :)
VidPic1 6 months ago
Thanks for studying and demoing this software.
pmaddison 6 months ago
In FCP, I could have sync 8 cameras properly (no echo) on my own, used another dual system audio source, edited down a 5 minute piece in the time it takes to do this. Sorry, but this is not a valid workaround for a professional that makes a living editing. Tight deadlines would never get done and blown budget would be all over the place. Going back to avid...
advres 6 months ago
to get audio sync work properly you must analyze the audio. if not you can encounter sync problems.
as for deleting the audio. there is no need to detach the audio from the clips. simply select the clips, open the inspector and go to the audio tab. deselect the unwanted audio streams.
bendermac 6 months ago
This is how I used to edit music videos BEFORE I learned how to use Multiclip. Multiclip editing is so much faster because you watch all three angles playing at the same time and to make an edit all you have to do is click on the angle you want. You do it in real time. Check out my tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=NhXIkfgOQ14
DiCasaFilm 7 months ago
Looks more like iMovie pro
rushvideos 7 months ago
Okay, People let's grow-up and be nice. When some one try to help we need to be nice and pay attention, these young man is sharing his heart to us on how he figure out a way around Multi cam and till Apple FCP X fix it- never mind Finalcut Studio 6-7-8 it's dead so move on people mine you, i am sorry young man a had to say it enough is enough.
peace out
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Saintcharles115 7 months ago
Very nice way of doing "multi-cam editing :) " ! I only have FCPX, and this is a harder way of doing it, but still much easier than what I did on iMovie :)
ATLtoIL 7 months ago
Nice video.
bratz2 7 months ago
you can speed up your flow by when you cut you can select the unwanted clip and push V to disable it
jreampublishing 7 months ago
Great video i will use this if I ever need to!
Really enjoying all of your tutorials keep them coming!
WiLL02724 7 months ago
Great but, I think is still better to work multi cam with final cut pro 7, Apple really need to do a lottttttt of work with FCPX they need to fix lotssss of stuff with this new program and need to add lottts of things as well hope they come up with better updates
Visionhigher 7 months ago
I've edited music videos like this for years... never used multi clip editing, and it will be kinda cool to be able to sync with just a click of a button.
icon1914 7 months ago
Great Video
SMOOVESTLYE 7 months ago
this is just plain editing.. NOT multi caming. The method shown in this video is a destructive method.. you cannot go back and change or retake the cam angles, which was the whole point of the facility. In fact, this has nothing to do with Multi-Cam functionality in FCP7 whatsoever.
JsWalks2010 7 months ago
A real multicam solution is much faster than this old school workaround!
With multicam, you see all your cameras at all time in a quad or ninth split screen. All you do is play the timeline and in real time switch between your cameras.
Try to edit a 2 hours multicam shows with 4 cameras and you'll understand the need for a real multicam solution.
okprimeau 7 months ago
The problem is this is really tedious. With Multi Clip editing, you can sync up all your clips, play the video and switch camera angles like a live switcher. This makes the editing much faster, and you can still go back and fine tune the edit points. The way you are doing it is the old way, before FCP offered multiclip editing.
proclivity11 7 months ago
Ya that was a cool work around bro! Honestly the only "major" difference from that and actual Multi-cam edit is watching all 3 videos play at the same time on one screen and being able to select which shot you want to use with the click of a button while you are watching. Your solution definitely works though! People just want to complain about something...
Beaudascious 7 months ago
Thank you for your Video good job ! your are positiv ! very nice tutorial
yvanmayfair 7 months ago
This is how I have been editing MultiCamera Set ups for YEARS in 7. I still don't like X but who gives a fuck. Switch to Premiere.
philhoyt 7 months ago
Dude, RU joking? IT is no mutlicam, it just multitrack editing. Idiot
HIDH22 7 months ago
@HIDH22 Like its that big of a difference! you dont need to be a dick about it
Beaudascious 7 months ago
All the camera angles you took, it looked like you manually started them at different times. In Final Cut Pro X you select all of these and click "Synchronise clips". Does this work with all videos and all audio? It looks like it lines up audio so the videos are in sync. Is this correct?
KeanuV111 7 months ago
@KeanuV111 syncs the clips using audio.
thesavage042 7 months ago
How are you matching these with no timecode?
sbrave 7 months ago
@sbrave it uses the audio from each vid and syncs them all together. its actually a pretty cool feature
Beaudascious 7 months ago
Freaking sweet! Thank you so much for this tutorial! Subscribed.
RealtyStudioHD 7 months ago
Clever idea, and love the video! BUT why not just disable the clips (shorcut v) instead of deleting them? That way, you can always switch to another angle at any time by reenabling the clip you want to see, and disabling the other. you can also fine tune the timing and such.
ghollich 8 months ago
that's a great tutorial! it's shame that edits can't be made live with the keyboard, but hopefully Apple is working on that for the next update. good job man!
babaroogeorge 8 months ago
While this IS one way to edit multiple camera angles, real Muticam as it existed in Final Cut 7 allowed you to view all of the clips in your viewer at the same time and automatically edit them by selecting clips as they were playing.
NOTashwin 8 months ago
this is not the multi cam in fcp 7, in the old version you could use the viewer window to select the different shots in real time, it was great
francisser96 8 months ago
Good video, i dont do multicam alot but this does it! now only if i could find a way to roundtrip into motion & back to FCP X i would be a happy camper! :P
1stpremise 8 months ago
Very helpful video! Thanks! :-)
hotforwords 8 months ago
Hey, just wanted to say thanks for clearing that up. Also, this sort of thing works great if your in a controlled quiet environment. Real life is not as easy to sync as this and the audio sync doesn't work automatically. Pluraleyes is a far superior option.
Adamkneekill 8 months ago
Also, here is REAL multicam: watch?v=NzLxn39F5Dc
ScepticMatt 8 months ago
It's not multicam editing, it's a tedious workaround.
ScepticMatt 8 months ago 5
@ScepticMatt its the only way right now in fcpx, but your right it is a work around.
thesavage042 8 months ago 4
@thesavage042 what about the audition thing? can be done that way too, doesnt it?
2milho 5 months ago
Thanks. This is not a multicam editing, but I can live with this since I will gain speed more with other new features. I probably do less than 10 multicam projects a year. I was afraid I could not do anything similar to multicam, so I was holding back, but this is a go for me. My next serious multicam project is coming this October, so I hope Apple release an update to support it.
sangmoklee 8 months ago
Thanks for the tut. However, this is not exactly "mulitclip editing" as it was in 7. This IS a nice workaround for maybe an interview or something, but not for something like an event, or music video. In 7, you are able to sync clips, then view up to 16 streams of video at the same time and cut between them on the fly....just as if you were in a control room during a live show. I am loving FCPX so far, but hopefully they will restore this feature as it was in 7.
tobycool23 8 months ago
@PCShifterz its very quick and easy so im trying to come up with a video that shows how to do basic things in final cut pro x, so im gonna put that tip in that video..stay tuned for that.
thesavage042 8 months ago
Great job with the tutorial. I'm an editor and have X, and have heard about the syncing feature but haven't had time to figure out how it is used. I thought it would be better, but this takes me back to how it was done with FCP 4 (or 3. Multiclip has been around for so long which is why it's upsetting to everyone that Apple has taken it away). The only thing X did that couldn't be done before was syncing the media, but Pluraleyes could do that for half the price. Your video saved me some time.
darrylyee 8 months ago
Are you using a specific software to record these tutorials? I mean particularly the image of yourself in the lower right corner, or do you add that later in post? Thanks!
thenino 8 months ago
@thenino he's using a software called 'Screenflow'. I have it and rarely use it, but most youtuber's who make helpful tutorial videos such as this really like it. It's easy to use and it's effective.
lazzara7 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
MGD, this kind of way can be done from FCP 3. Your HARD work can be done in only one minute in FCP 7. So for your youtube movie, FCPX is really a iMovie Pro or iMovie X.
powerhl 8 months ago
MGD, this kind of way can be done from FCP 3. Your HARD work can be done in only one minute in FCP 7. So for your youtube movie, FCPX is really a iMovie Pro or iMovie X.
powerhl 8 months ago
hi - pros and prosumers: from an imovie level, this is neat - from a final cut pro view, this is a cruel hoax ... for all you non-editors - the real deal runs in realtime and you cut while you watch , not wrestle with each layer to achieve the edit. . .
bobvidpix 8 months ago
@bobvidpix perfectly said. thank you. i understand it is not what people want, but this is just a way of doing it..the only way to do it in final cut pro x
thesavage042 8 months ago
Very helpful, thank you
6826286 8 months ago
@thesavage042 don't listen to the negative comments I really like your tutorial and please keep them coming and keep up the good work. Your videos are good.
mvakleko 8 months ago
"I have never heard of multicam in my life" and you still don't know what it is. Honestly, you have no clue for pro editors. NONE, I say none
MusiciansTime 8 months ago
@MusiciansTime nice quote marks...im not a pro editor...these videos are from the view of someone wo is coming from imovie, and for people in that situation. I say at the end of the video.."if you are not a professional this will be fine for you"
thesavage042 8 months ago
@thesavage042
Look it's irresponsible to put videos out like this if you have no idea what you are speaking about and you don't, bottom line. This really burns PRO editors when you make lousy tutorials like this as if you are trying to teach someone. Bottom line, again, you have your facts wrong
MusiciansTime 8 months ago
@MusiciansTime how is it irresponsible? I am showing people a work around until apple issues the update. People can see how it is done and determine for themselves if they want to do it this way. It is not irresponsible to show people an alternative way of doing something...get over it.
thesavage042 8 months ago 4
@thesavage042 GREAT VIDEO!
visitmichael 7 months ago
In the viewer window you see all the camera angle in mini windows playing back at the same time. Then you use keyboard shortcuts as you watch all the video and you make LIVE CUTS. The same way that a Live TV director would cut a show. The only difference is you can go back and do any tweaks. This process would take days maybe weeks to cut a long show. Where true multicam editing can be done literally in real time.
nickatitfactor 8 months ago
I will try and be positive about this. This is NOT multicam editing.
Let me revise: Yes you took video from 3 different cameras and cut them. But you are not doing multicam editing. And since you have never done multicam editing let me explain the concept. Say you have a 2 hour concert ( done this) well in multicam editing (FCP7 does) you can line up a large amount of cameras in a timeline. Then you switch the videos to a multicam timeline. Here is where multicam is really important...
nickatitfactor 8 months ago
@nickatitfactor thank you, just trying to show an alternative way until real multicam editing comes to final cut pro x, as of right now, this is the only way to do it in final cut pro x.
thesavage042 8 months ago
It's sweet that FCP auto syncs the clips, no more clapping at the beginning and trying to match it all up in editing manually :D
MacManLtd 8 months ago
This is how I used to do it in FCE but its sooooo time consuming and hence I moved to FCP. Also then you can easily use slip and slide tools to fine tune your edit.
As soon as the multicam window is back in FCP X I may purchase it again because than I can do what i need to do.
rdoetjes 8 months ago
wow awesome man thanks
iPhoneArena 8 months ago
It makes the smallest of which is a multicam editing.. hahahah
QUANTAMIDIA 8 months ago
Yeah this is sort of the old fashioned way. /watch?v=4vvIwOGO8ZQ is a good video explaining how multi-cam used to work. Its a huge time saver. Thankfully Apple said its one of their top priorities to add it back.
woodjosiah 8 months ago
To edit Multicam, i really prefer FCP 7...
VideoTur 8 months ago
@orionsbelt0 that's why I recommended it for people who do not do it all the time. I can't imagine going through this process every time you need to edit something. Just saying that if you HAVE to do it once, it can be done.
thesavage042 8 months ago
No this is not technically the proper way to do multicam editing. Imagine editing a 4 camera shoot of a 2 Hour event like that (Something I have done) it is very tedious to delete everything above that layer for every transition. As well as its trickier to add transitions and effects. Things just become very messy very fast.
orionsbelt0 8 months ago
@orionsbelt0 I found out when I did that in FCE after that I decided to buy FCP and now those buggers at Apple released FCP X without it.
rdoetjes 8 months ago
Hey, will you be doing more Final Cut tutorials? If so, I'll happily subscribe. These are great videos.
MSComputerVideos 8 months ago
Nice video. Some people will never feel comfortable living out of the box and are full of excuses and complaints...lol...the real problem is that this is leveling out the playing field and making the less creative closer to the edge. ;)
mvakleko 8 months ago
Great video man
jsteintech 8 months ago
That's the way I've always done multi-cam editing. It's more precise, and I feel like I have more control over the entire process. The multi-cam editing is something that ONE person said was missing (sort of like PhotoBooth on Lion), and the fire spread rapidly from there. I am perfectly fine with FCP X.
The only thing that is really gets on my nerve is not being able to change certain export settings without Compressor (which isn't expensive, but I shouldn't have to pay for that feature).
catchatyou 8 months ago
@catchatyou I immediately noticed multicam edits was gone because it was the main feature for which I purchased the real FCP. The problem with the old way (and this is the old way) is that you cannot easily fine edit after your rough cut. When you have 9 cameras and you have to slice through 8 of them and your director wants that 500ms shot of the gitarist looking down you are not a happy camper.
Also transitions is more complex it works but its a pain in the arse!
rdoetjes 8 months ago