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MultiCamera Editing Techniques
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MultiCamera Editing Techniques
When you load a group or multigroup clip into the Source monitor and begin editing, the
Timeline adds a unique identifier to indicate the presence of a group.
Your Avid editing application uses the name of the clip within the group to identify the clip
in each cut, and adds a G in parentheses to indicate the group.
Group clips in the Timeline
Using various keys and functions, you can switch and edit the displayed group clip at any
point in the sequence. These techniques apply to both group and multigroup clips.
Switching Clips with the Arrow Keys During Multicamera Editing
You can switch the display of camera angles by using the Previous In Group button and the
Next In Group button. These buttons are mapped by default to the Up Arrow and Down
Arrow keys. The angle selection switches in either the Source monitor (source material) or
in the Record monitor (sequence material), whichever is active.
If the group contains more camera angles than the multi-split display, the Up Arrow and
Down Arrow keys cycle through all the clips. Only the first four clips are shown in the Quad
Split display and only the first nine clips are shown in the Nine Split display.
When the Record monitor is active, you can place the position indicator within any segment
and use the arrow keys to switch the group clip selected for that segment.
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Whenever you switch camera angles, you also switch the frame representing the group in the
bin. You can use this method to change the representative frame for bin display and
storyboarding.
Numeric Keypad and Mouse Support for MultiCamera Editing
You can use the numeric keypad and mouse buttons to switch the display of camera angles
and to swap camera banks. These options provide a quick and intuitive way to do
multicamera editing.
To switch camera angles, do one of the following:
t Click a camera angle in the split display during playback to switch to that camera angle.