8.3

Creating Multigroup Clips
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Creating Multigroup Clips
Multigrouping is strictly for use in large multicamera productions, such as situation comedies, in
which all synchronous camera shots are recorded with the same timecode. The MultiGroup
function is a single Bin menu command that eliminates the time-consuming steps of collecting,
sorting, grouping, and assembling large volumes of multicamera clips.
To multigroup your material:
1. Sort the clips by name in the bin.
2. Select Edit > Select All to select the master clips.
3. Select Bin > MultiGroup.
4. Select an option, based on the following:
5. Click OK.
Your Avid editing application creates several group clips for each take in the bin, and then
creates a multigroup clip from the groups. The multigroup clip has the same icon as the
group clips, but the icon is preceded by a plus sign.
MultiCamera Displays
There are several displays that let you view and edit with multiple camera angles. You can edit
with either group clips or multigroup clips in all of the displays.
Option Description
Film TC/Sound TC Use this option if you are syncing clips with matching film and
sound timecode recorded in the field. This option appears
dimmed if you are not working in a 24p or 25p project.
Inpoints Use this option if you are syncing according to IN points set in
each clip.
Outpoints Use this option if you are syncing according to OUT points set in
each clip.
Source Timecode Use this option if the clips have matching timecode.
Auxiliary TC1–TC5 Use this option if the clips have matching timecode in the same
Auxiliary Timecode column. Select an Auxiliary TC, 1 through 5,
from the menu.