User Manual

Creating Group Clips
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• The MultiGroup function is designed primarily for situation comedies and similar
productions that record multiple takes sequentially on the same source tapes. Multigrouping
does not provide any benefit when you edit with clips that do not share common timecode or
were not recorded sequentially, and might even cause the wrong clips to be grouped
together.
• Because the Group function lets you sync the clips based on customized IN points or OUT
points, you can group any collection of clips for quick cutting of montage sequences or
music-video sequences.
Creating Group Clips
In addition to the multicamera context, you can use grouped clips in other situations. Unlike
multigrouping, which requires clips with matching source timecode, you can group clips that
were shot at different times, on different days, and on completely different source tapes. This
means that you can use group clips to:
• Create montage sequences quickly with fast-cutting between unrelated clips.
• Sync and edit an audio track (music, for example) with two or more video tracks, useful in
music-video editing.
• Isolate each take as a group for multicamera editing and edit selectively, rather than build a
larger sequence clip.
• Group selected portions of multicamera clips using carefully synchronized marks.
The last two options are generally used in smaller multicamera projects. Sorting, marking,
selecting, and grouping individual takes of a larger project can be very time-consuming.
To create a group clip:
1. If you are using a sync point, load the clips and mark an IN point at the sync point at the start
of each clip, or mark an OUT point at the sync point at the end of each clip.
For multicamera video or film shoots, you typically use a slate for marking IN and OUT
points; however, you can use any visual or aural event that is recorded by all cameras
simultaneously.
2. In the bin, select all the clips you want to group.
3. Select Bin > Group Clips.