Multicam editing: Colour grading with adjustment layers in a nested sequence

Question

Hi there!

New to multicam editing. I have a 1hr 15min recording with 2 cameras that are made up of seperate clips and an external audio recording. I figured that the easiest way of me putting it together was to sychronise everything then nest the seperate cameras and create a multicam sequence from those nested sequences.

Now my problem is that I want to grade the cameras to make them match better. I thought that putting an adjustment layer in the nested sequences made the most sense. While this has worked in those sequences, the effect does not seem to translate to the multicam sequence. Is there something I’ve done wrong? A particular setting that needs to be turned on?

I have already edited the multicam sequence so I’d rather not add the adjustments to every individual clip. And I can’t add an adjustment layer to the multicam sequence as the cameras need different grades. Is there another method that could work?

Any advice would be appreciated!

R Neil Haugen · Answer

Not a good workflow, actually. If the two cameras are shooting one unchanging scene, then the ‘fix’ is pretty slick.

Select both clips in the bin, make a new sequence of just two sections. Maybe even just cut to the closest ‘match’ for say head size/angle or whatever. Then grade one clip, match the other to it.

Now simply copy the Lumetri from each clip, select that clip/s in the bin, and paste.

That will apply the correction to all instances of any bits of those clips anywhere in the project. Now delete that grading sequence as you’re done with it.

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