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519Final Cut Pro User Guide
Sync and adjust camera angles in Final Cut Pro
You can open multicam clips in the angle editor to adjust the sync and the angle order, set
the monitoring angle (the angle you see in the viewer when the multicam clip is playing
back in the angle editor), or add or delete angles. You can also edit the individual clips
inside a multicam clip (similar to how you can edit the contents of a compound clip). The
many changes you can make in the angle editor include basic edits and trimming as well as
effects you would normally add in the timeline, such as color corrections and transitions.
Note: When you open any multicam clip in the angle editor (whether from the browser or
the timeline) you’re actually opening the parent multicam clip. Any changes you make in
the angle editor are propagated to all child clips of that multicam clip, in every project. See
Create multicam clips in Final Cut Pro.
You can’t cut and switch between angles in the angle editor. You also can’t connect clips,
solo clips, use the precision editor, perform ripple deletes, or use the Detach Audio and
Break Apart Clip Items commands.
Tip: Before you edit multicam clips in the angle editor, duplicate them in the browser to
maintain clean backup copies.
Open a multicam clip in the angle editor
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Double-click a multicam clip in the browser.
• Control-click a multicam clip in the browser or the timeline, and choose Open in Angle
Editor.
The angle editor opens in the timeline area at the bottom of the Final Cut Pro window.
Although similar to the timeline, the angle editor provides a separate interface dedicated to
editing angles and clips inside multicam clips. Each angle in the multicam clip appears as a
separate row in the angle editor.