38 Editing a Multi-Camera Sequence on the Timeline

#38 Editing a Multi-Camera Sequence on the Timeline

After selecting clips with the Multi-Camera Monitor, you can edit the clips on the timeline as normal. Here are the three most common edits you'll make.

Adding Transitions Quickly

Sometimes you'll want to add transitions to smooth the flow between camera angles or for artistic effect. A killer keystroke combination for this is the Page Down (PgDn) key for moving from cut to cut, followed by the Ctrl+D combination to insert the default transition. Choose the default transition by right-clicking the transition in the Effects panel, and set the default duration by choosing Edit > Preferences > General.

1.	To change camera angles in a clip in the edit sequence, select the clip, right-click, and choose Multi-Camera and the desired camera from the pop-up menu (Figure 38a). Figure 38a. Change audio or video tracks on the timeline using this right-click control. Note Note that this will change the audio track to that of the selected clip unless you unlink the audio and video files (select the clip, right-click, and choose Unlink).
2.	To fine-tune the timing of the camera-angle switch, use the Rolling Edit tool, as shown in Figure 38b. This tool displays the last frame of the first clip and the first frame of the second clip in the Program Monitor in real time as you change the edit point between the two clips. Figure 38b. Premiere Pro has great tools for finalizing the timing of your camera-angle switches. Audio Waveform When editing a concert or similar event, sometimes the audio waveform provides better clues to the optimal timing of camera-angle switches than the frames in the Program Monitor. To use the waveform as a guide, twirl the Collapse/Expand track triangle in the track header of your audio track to reveal the waveform, and drag the track down to expand it.
3.	You can also delete any clip on the edit timeline and drag the adjacent clip across to close the gap (Figure 38c). Premiere Pro does a marvelous job of maintaining synch. (Have I mentioned that I really like this tool?) Figure 38c. You can delete clips on the timeline and drag across the adjacent clip without losing synchronization.