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504Final Cut Pro User Guide
Add camera names and angles in Final Cut Pro
The Camera Angle and Camera Name properties are flexible metadata tags that you can
use to organize your multicam workflow.
Although you can assign metadata to clips at any time, it makes the most sense to assign
the Camera Angle and Camera Name tags before you use the clips to create multicam
clips. The Camera Angle tag can help you determine and track which clips appear in which
angles. The Camera Name tag can be applied during import and is useful in a variety of
scenarios, such as in color correction.
In Final Cut Pro, you can create multicam clips automatically or manually. If you use the
automatic method for creating angles in the multicam clip, Final Cut Pro looks for metadata
in the selected clips in the following order:
• Camera Angle metadata
• Camera Name metadata
• Camera ID metadata
Note: The Camera ID tag is generated by most modern camcorders and recording
devices (including all iOS and iPadOS devices). The Camera ID metadata is imported
automatically when you import from a file-based device.
Final Cut Pro uses the Camera Angle, Camera Name, and Camera ID metadata to place
clips in the correct angle. If none of this information is found, a separate angle is created
for each selected clip.
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Select one or more clips in the browser or the timeline, open the Info inspector, then
enter text in the Camera Angle field or the Camera Name field.
• In the browser in list view, enter text in the Camera Angle column or the Camera Name
column for any clip.
For more information about the browser list view, see
Intro to browser views in Final Cut Pro.
Note:
If you use the automatic method for creating angles, Final Cut Pro uses any Camera
Angle tags in the selected clips to name the angles in the resulting multicam clip. If no
Camera Angle tags are present, Final Cut Pro uses Camera Name, Name (clip name), or
Camera ID metadata to name angles. You can rename angles in the angle editor. See Sync
and adjust camera angles in Final Cut Pro.
Create multicam clips in Final Cut Pro
Creating multicam clips is similar to creating auditions and compound clips in the browser.
Multicam clips can be made up of diverse media sources (different formats, frame rates,
and so on). There can be multiple clips in any given angle of a multicam clip.
You can have Final Cut Pro create multicam clips for you automatically, or you can create
the clips manually.
If you know what kind of metadata your multicam media has, you can create multicam clips
using manual methods faster than with the automatic methods. The automatic methods
use sophisticated automatic audio sync technology to ensure sync accuracy (but at the
expense of processing time). You can turn off automatic audio sync if it’s not needed. For
example, if you’ve recorded accurate timecode in every clip, Final Cut Pro can create your
multicam clip automatically without the audio sync feature.