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excited_Genie16B8
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April 15, 2016
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Manual Multi-Camera Method

  • April 15, 2016
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Premiere Pro has long has multi-camera editing capabilities.  The first method involved manual creation of both the Source and Target sequences.  Automatic creation and syncing was added later, and a lot of folks are using that method without any difficulty.  However, there are times when things just don't work the way you expect with the automatic method.  Unfortunately, Adobe has removed the older, manual method from the Help file, so may editors new to Premiere Pro aren't even aware that manual creation is possible.

If you're having any difficulty using the automatic methods, this manual method will almost certainly resolve those issues.

1. Create a sequence to hold your footage.  (Source Sequence)

2. Add the clips, and sync them manually.

3. In the bin, right click that sequence and choose New Sequence From Clip.  (Target Sequence.)

4. In the timeline, right click on that newly nested sequence and choose Multi-Camera>Enable.

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      Mark Palmos
      Known Participant
      November 3, 2016

      Hello all,

      It seems Premiere 2015.3 does not work this way...

      I have tried this, and it does not work, I just end up with a new sequence with one long green clip, and in the multicam monitor, i see just the sequence clip on the right, and the left shows none of the video tracks to choose between...

      This does not work:

      1. Create a sequence to hold your footage.  (Source Sequence)

      2. Add the clips, and sync them manually.

      3. In the bin, right click that sequence and choose New Sequence From Clip.  (Target Sequence.)

      4. In the timeline, right click on that newly nested sequence and choose Multi-Camera>Enable.

      Did PP change/remove this way of doing multicam?

      tx

      Mark.

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        David_V_Clarke
        Participating Frequently
        November 3, 2016

        You can still do it manually.  I just checked.  After doing multi-camera>enable you have to got to the spanner on the program monitor and choose "multi-camera".  Then the program monitor changes into the multi-camera display.

        In older versions of Premiere Pro (such as CS6) you would bring up another screen instead of converting the program monitor into a multi-camera display.  I did a tutorial about this you can see on YouTube: What's new in Premiere Pro CC2015 section 4 - multi-camera - YouTube

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        Mark Palmos
        Known Participant
        November 3, 2016

        Hi, thanks, I will look at your tutorial, but the four steps I quoted above do not work. Not on PP 10.04 (cc 2015.4 Release)

        When you follow those four steps, does it work for you??

        1. Create a sequence to hold your footage.  (Source Sequence)

        2. Add the clips, and sync them manually.

        3. In the bin, right click that sequence and choose New Sequence From Clip.  (Target Sequence.)

        4. In the timeline, right click on that newly nested sequence and choose Multi-Camera>Enable.

        Thanks

        Mark.

        Sandron
        Sandron
        Participant
        May 4, 2016

        Thanks, this is helpful! :-)

        Jeba Joseph
        Jeba Joseph
        Participating Frequently
        May 4, 2016

        You may also want to check Create and edit a multi-camera sequence in Premiere Pro for more information...

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        excited_Genie16B8Author
        Legend
        May 4, 2016

        Yeah, that details the automatic method that anyone can already find and which sometimes does not work.

        The method I list out should be put back into that document.

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