Pre-Multicam view

Greg Hertfelder wrote on 4/25/2009, 6:41 AM

I have edited a project in Multicam and it looks great - except one of my cameras has an idiosyncracy that I would need to correct in the normal view. Now that I am in Multicam, I can no longer see individual video tracks - they all have been merged into one track. Is there a way to return to the pre-Multicam view?

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jetdv wrote on 4/25/2009, 7:09 AM

That's one of the advantages of using one of the script options which leaves the original tracks alone. The short answer is no. The longer answer is that it *CAN* be done - there's a script available (you'll need to search for it) that will take the multi-cam and split it back out.

johnmeyer wrote on 4/25/2009, 7:59 AM

I ran into the same problem years ago after I removed the camera tracks from Excalibur multi-cam. So, I wrote this script:

Assign PanCrop from selected event to all other events that come from the same media.

/**
* This script finds the first selected event on the selected timeline
* and copies its pan/crop settings (but NOT fX settings) to all other
* events on the timeline which come from the same media (file).
*
* Copyright 2008 - John H. Meyer
* Last revision, May 1, 2008
*
**/

This only copies one (the first) keyframe, so if you have already assigned multiple pan/crop keyframes, this script will not work for you.

Link good for seven days.

baysidebas wrote on 4/25/2009, 12:00 PM

I learned a while back to always save a "pre-multicam" veg before creating a multicam track. I know that this will not help you at this point, but maybe next time?

I have also found that when I needed to make a correction to a camera take after the fact, I could apply the Fx at the media level and this would carry over into the edited events.

musicvid10 wrote on 4/25/2009, 3:44 PM

After I sync the captured tracks but before I create the multicam track, I copy the tracks and paste to new ones, then mute of course.

That way, they are there if and when I need them, "just in case."

musicvid10 wrote on 4/25/2009, 3:47 PM

BTW John, nice to see you around here again. Your name gets mentioned a lot (mostly good).
;?)

Greg Hertfelder wrote on 4/25/2009, 4:23 PM

Thanks, all, for the responses and work-around advice. This is the first major flaw I have discovered in Vegas that painted me in a corner. I hope Sony will create an escape clause for this scenario, without work-arounds.

I tried the script, John, but the Pan/Crop did not replicate on similar events. Hmmm