Editing a two camera shoot

[rs02931]

anyone have any suggestions for best/easiest way to edit a two camera shoot - using the second camera for the video only????

Thanks,
Bob S

[gordon_fan_24]

split the audio from the camera 1 shot, and then just cut the video, matching up the frames to ensure continuity, and mute the shots from camera 2, i hope I explained it ok.

[rwindeyer]

OR - put the footage from camera 1 in the timeline, and at appropriate places place some footage (muted) from camera 2 in the overlay track.

[gordon_fan_24]

that could work, but I've found the overlay track has a lower quality for some reason.

[rs02931]

Thanks for the response...I'll give both methods a try and see which seems to work best.

[bmeeks]

I have a similar situation -- two cameras I want to combine. However, this is for a dance performance, so synchronization is more of an issue.

(Actually, I used one camera to record two performances, one for an overall shot, and one for close-ups.)

What I would like to do is synchronize the two recordings, once for each song. I would then like to switch between the two cameras, just like I imagine switching an A-B switch in the video control room.

Can I come close to doing something like this with VS9? If not, what product will I need? I'm on a tight budget, so keep that is mind.

[bmeeks]

I think just explaining a problem helps you think about it.... here's an idea I just came up with:

Load the clip of the close-ups into the editor. Cut the video to select the scenes you want to use for close-ups, but don't delete any of the unwanted segments. It should be a time-continuous group of segments when you are done.

Select all the segments, and move them to the overlay track.

Load in the wide scene video into the main video track.

Synchronize the two streams. (This I struggle with, but I have done it once.!)

Delete the scenes you don't want from the close-ups on the overlay track. Make the ones you want full screen.

I think that does it. What to you think? Seemed to work in the quick trial I just made.

[mstout]

I've shot two cameras too; one on a tripod giving me an establishing shot, and the other handheld for closeups. I start both near the same time, and leave both running the entire time.

I'd love a piece of software where I can load both videos into different "tracks" , sync them up near the beginning, then be able to switch the video output from one track to another, without having to edit, and keep matching up with the audio.

The audio would come from just one track.

Is there any software that lets me do that?