To edit multicamera video in , you must enable multicamera editing mode. From the Tools menu, choose Multicamera, and choose Enable Multicamera Editing from the submenu.

In multicamera editing mode, the Video Preview window switches into multicamera mode, with a multicamera tiled view showing the contents of all takes simultaneously. The active take is highlighted with a colored border.

Notes:

• can preview many takes at once in multicamera mode, but your computer performance will limit the playback frame rate.

• If you have multiple video tracks and/or overlapping video events, the topmost multitake event is displayed in the Video Preview window. Single-take events, such as title overlays, are ignored. When there are multiple video tracks, the topmost event is the one on the topmost track. When there are overlapping events on the same track, the topmost event is the one to the right.

The camera and take name and number information display in the Video Preview window by default. You can toggle the display of this information from the Video tab of the Preferences window.

You can also toggle the display of take names on events in the timeline. From the View menu, choose Active Take Information.

1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and then click the Video tab.

2. To turn off display of take name information, clear the Display take names check box. To turn off display of take number information, clear the Display take numbers check box.

You can select the color that highlights the active take in the Video Preview window.

1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and then click the Video tab.

2. Click the Active take indicator color swatch to display a color picker, where you can choose any color using the RGBA or HSLA controls. Click the button to switch between RGB and HSL color modes, or click the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

There are several methods you can use for choosing takes, such as pressing number keys or by clicking the takes in the Video Preview window. When you choose a take, switches the active take for the multicamera event.

Holding the Ctrl key while choosing a take will create a crossfade instead of a cut, with the alignment and duration determined by the Cut-to-overlap conversion settings from the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog.

In the Video Preview window, camera changes are displayed as the active take indicator moving across takes. When multicamera mode is off, you’ll see camera changes in the video output.

To change takes, splits the event at the call point and switches the active take.

Empty takes [those marked with “(no camera)”] cannot be chosen.

To reset a range of time to use a single take (perhaps in order to redo the take choosing), select a range of events in the timeline and right-click one event. From the shortcut menu, choose Take, and then choose the take to use for all selected events.

From the Tools menu, choose Multicamera, and choose Enable Multicamera Editing from the submenu to turn off multicamera editing mode once you have completed your multicamera editing.

In normal editing mode, the output displays only the active take for each event. If necessary, use traditional editing tools to refine the edit. You can re-enable the multicamera editing mode and do further take choosing at any time.