MULTICAM EDITING WHERE ONE CAMERA HAS BEEN SWITCHED ON AND OFF

mocon wrote on 11/16/2012, 1:46 PM

Hi,

I'm just starting off with MEP MX Premium and would be grateful if anyone can give me some tips on the best way to start off.  I videoed a concert with a one camera on a tripod and the other hand-held. Unfortunately, I accidentally hit the off button on the hand-held a few times. Now I have one recording from the tripod camera and 4 from the hand-held camera. Is there a handy way of aligning the 4 from the hand-held with the one from the tripod in one production run or would I be better to build it up one production run at a time?

Hope I've explained myself OK.

Thanks

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emmrecs wrote on 11/16/2012, 2:12 PM

The trick for aligning multicam recordings is to use the graphical representation of the audio track as a visual clue to "line up" the two (or more) simultaneous recordings.  (I think you have a setting where MEP lines up the footage according to what it "sees" in the audio track.  I don't know how "accurate" this is; personally I find it easier to do it myself, especially in the situation you have.)

So, in your scenario, I would place the tripod camera file(s) into the first multicam tracks, taking care to ensure the audio track is clearly visible by having it on a separate track (since MEP MX defaults to placing audio and video on one track.)

Then you will need to place the four files from your hand-held camera, in time order, perhaps one at a time (having checked via Preview which part of the concert is contained by each file) on the second multicam tracks.  You will then need to insert each file at something like the position it needs to be on the timeline; then you can use the audio tracks from the two cameras to physically align the handheld and tripod cameras.  (Once the alignment is "nearly there", choose a "very prominent" (= loud, if available) short section, zoom in so that each audio "peak" is very clearly visible and then slide the hand-held tracks so that those "peaks" match absolutely.)

This will be somewhat tedious, depending how long each of the four files is, but once you have done this and got all the footage properly aligned, since there will be gaps on the handheld tracks I would "lock" them in position on the timeline to ensure the alignment is not lost.

HTH

Jeff

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johnebaker wrote on 11/16/2012, 4:01 PM

Hi

Just to add to Jeff's answer

If you are not to familiar with multi-cam editing in MEP look at pages 114 onwards in the installed pdf manual (Start, Programs, Magix, Movie Edit Pro MX xxxxxx, Documentation)

xxxxxx = the version you have eg Premium etc

John

 

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mocon wrote on 11/16/2012, 4:23 PM

Thanks very much guys.  I'll give Jeff's suggestion a go and I'll also read those pages John.  Will let ye know how I get on!