37 The Tao of Multi-Camera Editing


#37 The Tao of Multi-Camera Editing

The Multi-Camera Monitor is wonderfully functional and generally intuitive, but as with any tool, you'll work more effectively with some inside tips on its use. Here's a mélange of deep thoughts on how to use it most effectively.

Adjacent Clips from the Same Camera Angle

It's okay to have adjacent clips from the same camera angle on your edit timeline, but it adds work when you're applying effects separately to each instance of a camera angle, and can lead to errors when applying transitions between clips. Don't sweat about this when using the Multi-Camera Monitor, but consider fixing these on the timeline as described in #38.


  • During the course of the typical Multi-Camera edit, you'll open the Multi-Camera monitor many times. Consider each a separate Multi-Camera "session."

  • To save the edits made in each session, click the Stop button and click the X in the upper-right corner to close the Multi-Camera Monitor. Your angle selections will appear on the timeline (Figure 37).

    Figure 37. Here's what your edit sequence will look like after selecting clips in the Multi-Camera Monitor.


    Fixing Your Multi-Cam Mistakes

    If you make a big mistake in the Multi-Camera Monitor (like switching when you really didn't want to switch or switching to the wrong angle), there's an easy way to fix it. When you catch the error in preview, click the Stop button, then the Go to Previous Edit Point button, and then click the desired camera angle (even if it's the same angle as the previous segment). As you can see in Figure 37, you can have the same camera angle lying sequentially on the timeline and Premiere Pro will play right through the sequential video (and all angles) without a break.


  • If you click the X before clicking the Stop button, you'll lose all edits from that session. If, after closing the Multi-Camera Monitor, you click Undo before making your first edit on the timeline, you lose all edits from that session, but not from previous sessions.

  • When working in the Multi-Camera Monitor, your goal should be to get within one or two seconds of the desired switching point, then perfect the edit on the timeline, in which you'll find better tools for doing so.




Adobe Digital Video How-Tos. 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Production Studio
Adobe Digital Video How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Production Studio
ISBN: 0321473817
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 148
Authors: Jan Ozer

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