Multi camera in points not in sync

[RonaldCz]

1) I put all the clips one after another in a sequence.

2) I then did this for camera 2 and camera 3.

3) All sequences have the same in points. I

4) then highlighted all sequences and right click to make a multi sequence. 

Result is at no point in the new sequence are all camera in sync. What am I doing wrong?

Note: at the end of the sequences the battery ran out so the last clips I expect to be off but the start. 

[R Neil Haugen]

Create the multi-cam in the bin rather than with media on a sequence. Select all the clips, right-click/multicam-create multicam. The audio of the first clip selected will normally be what is matched to for other files.

Neil

[RonaldCz]

This is a two hour shoot with three camears. Putting all the clips in the same bin from all three cameras would be 36-4k clips. Is there anyway to make one long clip from each camera?-

update putting all in one bin and syncing with audio scattered the clips.

[R Neil Haugen]

With cameras that start/stop/start during the show, it will put each instance on a different track. That part does requre going through and moving all from one camera to one track. Sigh.

Neil

[RonaldCz]

Working now with making a new sequence from all the clips on the timeline. This makes one long clip. (I took out all the ending clips that were out of sync where the battery ran out. However the in points are still not lining up but the audio sync seems to be working. 
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4. Create a multi-camera target sequence

Edit the multi-camera source sequence in a target sequence.

To create a target sequence, with the multi-camera source sequence selected in the Project panel, choose File > New > Sequence From Clip. You can also right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) on the multi-camera source sequence and select New Sequence From Clip from the context menu.
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/create-multi-camera-source-sequence.html

[RonaldCz · Accepted solution]

Yes, new sequence from clip was the answer. It's makes a new sequence from all the clips so now you can do an in point (which did not sync for me) or do an audio sync (which did work).

[ElJayBronx]

I just had some issues with sync, where some footage wouldn't sync on audio so tried to use in points in created sequences. It seems PPro doesn't like to do that. I made it work in the following way: put CLIP MARKS where I want my in points (select video and add a marker puts it on the clip, not the sequence timeline). Open ORIGINAL FOOTAGE (only opens in source monitor) and add my in points THERE. Do with all clips you want to sync and it should work. For some reason PPro doesn't seem to like the in points we mark in a sequence derived from a clip, wants them on the original clip. Problem: because they're only on the source monitor, if you want to sync on the audio track visually you need to mark rather than add an in point. Hope this helps someone...

[R Neil Haugen]

Eljay ...

For some reason PPro doesn't seem to like the in points we mark in a sequence derived from a clip, wants them on the original clip. Problem: because they're only on the source monitor, if you want to sync on the audio track visually you need to mark rather than add an in point. Hope this helps someone...

Something we all have to learn and bear in mind ... what you do on a clip on a sequence, anything you do on a clip on a sequence, is stored as metadata for that clip on that sequence only.

Why? Because often parts of a clip will get used in very different ways. You don't want the work you've done on one use on one sequence messing up what you'd already done on another sequence with a different part of that clip.

The Program monitor is always tied to a sequence. The Source monitor is always (unless you direct otherwise) tied to ... source media, clips from a bin. Which by design don't have any effects applied to them.

Neil

[RonaldCz]

Keep in mind we are talking about multiple clips per camera and multiple cameras in use. refer to this picture. 

[R Neil Haugen]

Ronald,

That's why doing the entire thing from clips rather than from sequences worked. I missed in your original post that some of the things you were trying to 'add' were sequences not clips. You might be able to do that with a nested sequence, as Premiere typically creates nested sequences sort of like clips ... somewhat ... mostly.

Neil

[RonaldCz]

yes but I have multiple clips for each camera. They are not one long clip but rather broken up into 4GB sections. I would have to put all those sections together inorder to get one long source clip. 

If I put an inpoint to thefirst clip it does not follow along to all the other clips (for that camera). 

[R Neil Haugen]

Ronald,

If I'm understanding you correctly, you have files that are created in 4GB chunks even though the camera was recording constantly. I know some cameras do that.

I take it you have a bin that has all the clips from a shoot in it. What happens if you select all, create multicam? This might work, though if it does ... it would put each starting point on a higher track. Which you'd need to clean up by moving things down after syncing.

One comment about trying a sync operation rather than selecting a bin and taking the "create multicam" option. After manually loading clips on the sequence ... Premiere will not sync if there are more than one clip on a track. So even though Cam B has four sections, and you think you should be able to drop sequentially all of Cam B on track 2 ... you can't. You would need every clip to be on its own track. So if Cam B has four sections ... they'll all need to be on four separte tracks. Yea, that's a pain.

But then ... select-all/syncronize should work. Clean up by dropping clips down, then "enable multicam".

Neil

[RonaldCz]

"I take it you have a bin that has all the clips from a shoot in it." NO,  I have a seperate bin for each camera, each camera's bin has multiple clips in it. 

Here is the work flow that works:

1. Grab all cliips in bin for that camera
2. righ click and create new sequence
3. Go to begining of each seq and trim to clap in time
4. Move the seq to begining of timeline and delete black space.
5. Move all sequeces into single bin
6. Create a multi camera sync
   
   
   Click on this link and it will go full screen. There you will see my setup. 
   https://community.adobe.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49093iAD11F1F61BA690C5/image-dimensions/250...