Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X - iTunes/iPad Edition

Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X is an immersive tutorial designed to teach you the fundamental skills of planning, shooting, importing, organizing and editing footage of a live event recorded by multiple camera sources. As taught by producer and Ripple master trainer Mark Spencer, you will learn valuable on-set preparation techniques for placing cameras, lights and keeping your cameras in sync during the shoot. You'll learn how to properly prepare your media for import; when and if you should transcode, and how to properly meta-tag your media and organize it in Final Cut Pro prior to editing. Once it's time to edit, you'll learn the 3 most common syncing methods, and a few methods that are unique to Final Cut Pro X.

You'll create a Multicam Clip from 7 source clips (the video was recorded at different resolutions), then edit all the angles in real time (Final Cut Pro supports up to 64).  After performing the multicam edit using Final Cut Pro's Angle Viewer and Angle Editor, you'll fine tune the edit - swap out angles, perform trims, add effects and titles and even color correct your footage. More than just a "how to" video, we've packed so much information into this tutorial, you'll consider it your personal production assistant when it comes time to shoot and edit your own multicam project.

Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X is presented in 12 lessons with an Appendix on recommended multicam transcoding workflows. The running time is 90 minutes and we've included all the media from our shoot at PixelCorps in Petaluma California.  The subject of our video is a local Bay-area band called the Tiny Little Blackouts. You can follow them on Facebook by clicking here

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Text Transciption eBook - NEW!

Movies are great for learning, but sometimes you just need a quick reference of the tutorial in text form. We're now including the complete text transcription of the movie's audio in a separate and searchable PDF document. You can open the eBook in any PDF reader app on your Mac, PC or Apple iDevice.

Who is this Tutorial for?

Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X  was designed for users who are already fluent in Final Cut Pro X. As an intermediate level tutorial, it assumes you are comfortable with Final Cut Pro X's user interface and the basics of working with Events and Projects. This tutorial is for users of Final Cut Pro X who want to improve their editing efficiency and skill set in Final Cut Pro X.  Users who are new to Final Cut Pro X should purchase Apple Pro Video Series: Final Cut Pro X before working through this tutorial.

Table of Contents

The Anatomy of a Multicam Shoot

Preparing Media for Import

Importing Media

Organizing and Preparing Media for Syncing

Creating a Multicam Clip

Syncing Camera Angles with Timecode

Working with the Angle Viewer and Angle Editor

Syncing Camera Angles with Markers

Adding More Camera Angles

Editing the Multicam Clip

Fine Tuning the Edit

Other Multicam Editing Operations

Apendix - Multicam Transcoding Workflow

Minimum System Requirements for Viewing Tutorials (Mac)

Minimum System Requirements for Viewing Tutorials (Win)