Multicam part 2 — making the live cut
The stage is set! We've synced up our media and made the important decision as to whether or not we want to cut both video and audio or only audio. Now it's time to place our multicam clip into a project and make our real-time rough cut!
Getting ready
Just make sure you've read the prior recipe to create your multicam clip.
How to do it...
1. Select your multicam clip in your Event and add it to a project of your choosing. You can insert, overwrite, connect, or append a multicam clip just like any other clip. For simplicity, we will append our multicam clip into an empty project.
2. Skim through your clip. You are only seeing one angle right now, the one you had selected most recently in the Angle Viewer. Do not be alarmed if you see black frames at the beginning or end of your clip. Because your clips may vary in length, FCPX creates black frames as needed during the syncing process.
3. Move your playhead to the beginning of the multicam clip. If you do...
