multicamera editing

[fx1mark]

I thought about posting this in the X6 wishlist, but I thought I would post it here to see if there was any way to do this. Many times I will do a multicamera shoot with music and it all needs to sync up. lets use a music video as an example.
I set up three camera's start them recording, then I will clap my hands in plain view of all three cameras, I then start the music and shoot the video. when I am done, I will import the three videos into videostudio along with the music.
here's what I want from videostudio. I have three video tracks, I place each video into the three tracks. the currently selected video track is the one only one that is displayed. I find the same frame in all three tracks where my hands come together on the last clap, split them and remove the clip before the split. now all three tracks are in sync. now I place the music in the audio track and manually align it with one of the video tracks. now you turn on a split mode, where when you split one video track, it splits all three video tracks at the same time. when you click on a split video track, it becomes highlited and is the one that is displayed. you go through and split the video all the way through. each edit will have one of the three video tracks highlighted and will be the one that is displayed. so what you have when you are done, is three video tracks, all split the same, one of the three video tracks is highlighted at each split and is the video that is displayed. basically you can quickly and easily edit the music video, all three tracks remain in sync and only the edits you want are displayed. you can also drag the splits and it moves the splits in all three video tracks so they remain aligned.
I use cubase 6.5 to record my music and it has this function for audio. I have been wishing for the same thing with my video editing. can you do this somehow with videostudio X5? thanks.

[lata]

Hi

yes I think X5 can do that, the approach may be a little different but the final result should be the same

Download the trial version and give it a run.

Pointless telling you which buttons to push till you can see them

[fx1mark]

I have X5, and have been using videostudio since X3.

[lata]

Hi

If you are using X5 then I don’t see your problem, X5 can have 20 overlay tracks.

Add your videos to the overlay tracks, If in Project playback the scissors will cut all tracks, I assume when you say "Split" that you mean cut the clip in two.
If an individual clip is selected then that will be cut..........cut the section you do not need and delete from timeline............

When you select an overlay clip, it may not display/show, but you can hide the lower tracks to make the active track available, if that makes sense...

I think it will do all that you require, maybe with a different editing approach.

[pvreditor]

I do multi-camera editing for music videos quite a bit, although with just two cameras. My technique is to leave the audio on the primary video, which is the video I put in the video track. Then I put the secondary camera in an overlay track, sync it up, and mute its audio. The two stay in sync and I simply cut up the overlay track to show the things I want to show. If I had a third camera, I'd put it in a second overlay track and do the same thing... sync it to the main track, mute the audio, then cut it up to show what I want.

Here's an example I did about a month ago:

http://youtu.be/ihnrTtRiq9o

I don't see the benefit to splitting the audio from the main video track, as that gives you just one more thing to sync up and keep track of. However, I'm a big believer in sticking with the technique that works for you.

Bob Kovacs
http://www.bobkovacs.com

[fx1mark]

great! thanks you guys, I will try it out this weekend.

[fx1mark]

I did a test today, and It worked fine. thanks for the help guys.

Bob the reason I want the audio seperate is, it would be a studio recording, and my camcorder doesn't have audio in's.
If I was recording live, and I wanted the highest quality audio, I would use a field recorder and external mics.

[pvreditor]

Bob the reason I want the audio separate is, it would be a studio recording, and my camcorder doesn't have audio in's.
If I was recording live, and I wanted the highest quality audio, I would use a field recorder and external mics.

That's understandable. From your earlier comment, it sounded like you were splitting the audio from the video recorded in the camera.

For some of the concert video I have (such as the link above), I recently started recording a feed from the main house mixer into an audio recorder -- for exactly the same reason you mention. So far, I haven't found the right level settings to get a decent audio file, but I will keep trying. Fortunately, the sound guys are very understanding and don't mind me plugging things into the back of their mixer.

Bob Kovacs
http://www.bobkovacs.com

[fx1mark]

Bob, yea, the mix coming off of the mixing board is good for the pa system, but usually not a good mix for a recording. If i can get a multitrack recording off of the board then I can create a mix from it later. Portable recorders nowdays have gotten really good though, and can create a good recording.