What is multicam?
A multicam shoot uses multiple cameras to record the same subject or event from different angles and distances with the same audio source. A multicam project has those different camera angles as well as separate audio clips all combined and presented in the timeline as a single clip that can be cut from one camera angle to another on the fly or by selecting individual angles to switch the different cameras. Audio can either be fixed from one source or different sources and can be selected in the same manner as the video.
Final Cut Pro can edit up to 128 camera angles together in one multicam project.
You need to be aware that there are two multicam timeline windows. The multicam angle timeline (Figure 8.1) shows all the tracks of the multicam, video, and separate audio if it’s included. The multicam angle timeline is not magnetic.
On the other hand, the multicam project is more like a normal timeline and is magnetic. It only shows the currently active...
