User Manual

MultiCamera Editing Techniques
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Limitations on Playback of MultiCamera Media
To play back a group clip or a multigroup clip, you must be in MultiCamera mode. In addition,
the following limitations apply to playback performance for standard-definition projects and
high-definition projects:
• In an SD project, you must have Avid input/output hardware attached to your system in
order to view multicamera display in a client monitor during a digital cut. Alternatively, you
can view multicamera display using Full Screen Playback.
• In an HD project, you cannot play back a multicamera sequence to the client monitor. To
view multicamera playback, use Full Screen Playback.
For more information on full screen playback, see “Playing Video to a Full-Screen Monitor”
on page 500.
• In an SD project, multicamera editing works only with 8-bit resolutions. If you use media
with a 10-bit resolution, your Avid editing application automatically plays the media at the
appropriate 8-bit resolution.
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.