Import your multi-camera video and audio clips.
Last updated on
21 August 2024
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Premiere Pro lets you create a multi-camera source sequence using clips from multiple camera sources. You can synchronize clips by manually setting In points, Out points, or clip markers. Or you can use audio-based syncing to accurately align clips in a multi-camera sequence.
Multi-camera editing workflow
Create a project
Click New Project from the Premiere Pro Welcome screen, or select File > New Project.
In the New Project dialog box, enter a name for the project, and click OK to accept the defaults.
Import footage
Select File > Import. In the Import dialog box that appears, navigate to the directory containing your video and audio files. Select the files to import, and click Open.
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To select a range of files all at once, click the first file and Shift-click the last file while selecting all the files in between.
Create a multi-camera source sequence
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Select the clips and go to Clips > Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence.
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Name your multi-camera sequence in the Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence dialog box using the Video Clip Name +, Audio Clip Name +, or Custom options.
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Choose how you want to synchronize your clips.
- In Points, Out Points: Set specific in and out points for each clip to align them manually. This option requires precise timing and is suitable for smaller projects or when audio synchronization is not crucial. For more information, see Mark clips for synchronization.
- Timecode: If your clips have accurate timecode, select this option to synchronize them based on their timecode values.
- Select Create Single Multicam Source Sequence to combine the clips into a single multi-camera sequence. Use this option when the coverage from the individual shots has gaps and you want to create a sequence that preserves the gaps. If you don't choose this option, only overlapping clips are combined, and clips with no overlaps are left unused. You can assign a group of clips a Camera Angle or Camera Label that can be referenced during multicam creation. Groups of clips with matching Camera Label or Camera Angle metadata fields are placed on their own track during the metadata creation process. This same concept applies to external audio or field audio.
- Select Ignore Hours if each clip has a timecode that starts at a different hour but otherwise overlaps in the timecode.
- Select other timecode options:
- Linear Timecode: Choose this option to synchronize the clips using the timecode in the clip's audio track.
- Sound Timecode: Choose this option to synchronize clips using a separate audio recorder.
- Aux Timecode: Choose this option if you have embedded timecode information that isn't the primary timecode but can provide additional synchronization data.
- Audio: Use this option to synchronize clips based on a specific audio track. This is helpful when a consistent audio source is present in all clips (like a clapboard or voiceover).
- Clip Marker: If you've added markers to specific points in your clips, you can use them for synchronization. This is useful for aligning clips based on specific events.
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Choose sequence preset options.
- Sequence Preset: Choose a preset based on your project's requirements. The sequence preset Automatic is selected by default. When you select the Automatic preset, the video preset is based on the video format of the Camera 1 clip. In most scenarios, the Automatic preset is the appropriate setting. For advanced workflows, like editing a sequence using proxy resolution clips, you can choose a specific sequence preset. You can then use higher-resolution/frame-size clips for the final edit.
- Offset Audio by: If a separately recorded audio track is out of sync with the video clip, add a frame offset using the Offset Audio by option. For the audio-only clip, you can enter video frames in the range of -100 to +100 for the sync offset.
- Move Source Clips to Processed Clips bin: Select this option to move the generated source clips to a Processed Clips bin. If a Processed Clips bin does not exist, Premiere Pro creates one before moving the clips into it. Clips not meeting the synchronization criteria are left outside the Processed Clips bin. This option makes it easy to identify clips not used in the resulting multicam source sequence.
- Sequence Preset: Choose a preset based on your project's requirements. The sequence preset Automatic is selected by default. When you select the Automatic preset, the video preset is based on the video format of the Camera 1 clip. In most scenarios, the Automatic preset is the appropriate setting. For advanced workflows, like editing a sequence using proxy resolution clips, you can choose a specific sequence preset. You can then use higher-resolution/frame-size clips for the final edit.
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Choose audio sequence settings.
- Camera 1: Select Camera 1 when only the audio from Camera 1 is used in the editing sequence. Multicam editing is enabled for only the video portion of the source sequence.
If you use A/V clips to create this sequence, the audio tracks for all audio associated with video 1 are unmuted. Other audio in the source sequence is muted.
If you use audio-only clips with video or A/V clips, the audio-only clips are placed in the topmost tracks and are unmuted. Other audio (from linked clips) is muted and placed in lower tracks. Each track's channel assignments and panning are set to transfer each source channel to independent output channels (up to 32). The number of unmuted channels of source audio determines the number of active output channels of the sequence.
Note: You cannot use the audio follows video option in editing sequences created with this setting, because the audio portion is not multicam-enabled. - All Cameras: Select All Cameras to use all audio channels in the source clips. This setting is similar to the Camera 1 setting. Only the video portion of the source sequence is multicam-enabled. Audio-follows-video is not supported for this setting. All audio is unmuted (up to 32 channels). The number of unmuted channels of source audio determines the number of active output channels of the sequence.
- Switch Audio: Select this option when you want the audio to switch with its linked video. This setting unmutes all audio. It enables multicam editing on both the video and audio of the source sequence when the audio follows the video setting enabled in the Program Monitor. This setting also maps multi-mono source audio into a single adaptive audio track. In addition, the audio-follows-video editing setting switches this single track with the video. If audio-only clips are included in the selection of clips, the audio-only clips are placed in tracks below any linked clips. Empty video tracks are created to match up with every audio-only track.
- Camera 1: Select Camera 1 when only the audio from Camera 1 is used in the editing sequence. Multicam editing is enabled for only the video portion of the source sequence.
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Choose audio channels presets.
- Automatic: Reads the audio type of the first clip and uses this mapping.
- Mono: Maps to as many mono channels as output channels in the source sequence.
- Stereo: Maps to stereo tracks based on the number of output channels in the source sequence.
- 5.1: Maps to 5.1 tracks based on the number of output channels in the source sequence.
- Adaptive: Maps to Adaptive based on the number of output channels in the source sequence.
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Choose how to display camera names.
- Enumerate Cameras: Select this option to automatically number the camera angles in the sequence name. This can be helpful for identification and organization.
- Use Track Names: Display the camera angles using track names.
- Use Clip Names: Display the camera angles using clip names.
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Select OK.
Create a multi-camera target sequence
Right-click the source sequence in the bin and choose New Sequence From Clip to create your target sequence. In the target sequence, select the correct mix track type (stereo or multichannel) for your intended output format. Use stereo tracks for an all-stereo workflow and mono tracks for a multichannel workflow.
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Tip: If the existing timeline is empty, drop a multi-camera clip onto the timeline to change the sequence settings to match the multi-camera clip settings. This action retains the previously configured Audio Tracks and Mix Track.
It is not recommended to use the Sequence from Clip command or drag a multi-camera clip to the new sequence button in the Project panel. It creates a sequence with adaptive audio tracks which are typically used in advanced audio routing workflows.
Enable multi-camera editing in the Program Monitor
To enable the multi-camera target sequence for multi-camera editing, click the 
icon, and choose Multi-camera from the pop-up menu in the Program Monitor. The Program Monitor is now in Multi-camera mode.
In the Multi-camera mode, you can view the footage of all cameras simultaneously and switch between cameras to choose footage for the final sequence.
Enable recording of multi-camera edits
Click the Multi-camera Record toggle button on. If the button is not visible in the button bar, click "+" in the lower-right corner of the Program Monitor to open the Button editor. Drag the Multi-camera Record button to the button bar.
Edit the multi-camera sequence
In the Program Monitor or Timeline panel, press the spacebar or click the Play-Stop toggle button to begin playback. While the sequence is playing, press the number key on the main keyboard to cut to the camera with that number. For more information about using keyboard shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts for multi-camera editing.
Adjust and refine edits
After you have recorded your multi-camera edit, you can do the following:
- Rerecord the final sequence and substitute clips with footage from one of the other cameras.
- Edit the multi-camera source sequence as you would any other sequence—using the standard editing tools and techniques, adding effects, compositing using multiple tracks, including adjustment layers.
- Change cameras after they have already been recorded.
- Cut to a new angle.
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You can use keyboard shortcuts for multi-camera editing. You can use the number keys to switch cameras as the multi-camera sequence plays. The keyboard shortcuts can also be used to change angles after completing a multi-camera edit. For more information, see Multi-camera keyboard shortcuts.
Export the multi-camera sequence
With the sequence active in the Program Monitor or Timeline panel, select File > Export > Media. Specify the export settings and click Export, or click Queue to send the sequence to Adobe Media Encoder for encoding. For more information, see Workflow and overview for exporting.
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If clips are synchronized by timecode (jam-synced) at the shooting location, you do not need to mark clips for synchronization.
Before creating a multi-camera source sequence, it is important to mark clips for synchronization. Open each clip and then do one of the following at the sync point:
- Mark an In Point at a sync point at the beginning of a clip. For example, mark an In point where the clapperboard (slate) is clapped at the head of a clip.
- Mark an Out point at a sync-point at the end of a clip. For example, mark an Out point where the clapperboard is clapped at the tail of a clip.
- Make a clip marker at a sync point at any point during a clip. For example, if there is action at any point during a clip that can be used as a sync-point, like an audio cue, cymbal crash, or a camera flash. Rename each marker so that they are identically named for synchronization. Type the same clip marker name for each clip in the Marker dialog box, and then click OK. (See Add markers in the Timeline.)
Timecode can also be used to synchronize clips, and it does so automatically. However, timecode must be identical on all clips for them to synchronize properly. If the timecode is identical on all the clips you plan to synchronize, you do not need to mark clips for synchronization. If you use the hours value in source timecode as a camera designator, select the Ignore Hours option. Premiere Pro then uses only minutes, seconds, and frames to synchronize clips.
To stamp identical timecode on all clips, record the cameras with jam-synced timecode on location, or modify the timecode for each clip in Premiere Pro. (See Set timecode manually for a clip.)
Multi-Camera Follows Nest Setting
With the sequence contextual menu option called Multi-Camera Follows Nest Setting, you can decide if the option to cut in sequences as nests or individual clips should be applied to Multi-Camera sources as they are cut into a sequence or if it should be ignored.
You can set keyboard shortcuts to set the camera angle in Premiere Pro. Use the "Select Camera #" keyboard shortcuts to switch your Multi-Cam thumbnail in the Project panel.
- In the keyboard shortcuts window, search for "Select Camera" to find and assign the shortcut to a key. For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro.
- Select Next Camera and Select Previous Camera shortcuts will also affect the Multi-Cam thumbnails in the Project panel.
- You can use these shortcuts on one or a selection of Multi-Cam clips.
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The Select Camera shortcuts and Select Next Camera and Select Previous Camera shortcuts only affect the Multi-cam thumbnail if the Project panel is active and a Multi-cam clip or clips are selected.
To set camera angle using keyboard shortcuts:
To assign keyboard shortcuts for adjusting poster frames:
- Open the Keyboard Shortcuts panel (macOS: Premiere Pro > Keyboard Shortcuts, Windows: Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts).
- Search for Move Poster Frame 10 Frames Back or Move Poster Frame 10 Frames Forward.
- Assign your desired keyboard shortcuts and click OK.
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Things to consider:
- If a clip already has a poster frame set, it is moved forward or backward ten frames from where the poster frame was previously set.
- When a clip has an IN point marked and you use this command, the poster frame moves ten frames from the clip's start.
- If you are too close to the beginning or end of the clip and there are less than ten frames, the poster frame is set at the first or last frame of the clip.
- When clips have different durations, some clips may stop moving the poster frame forward while others in the multiple selection continue moving their poster frames.
To clear a poster frame, use the Clear Poster Frame keyboard shortcut, which works on single and multiple clip selections.
Organize and select camera angles to view in monitor's multi-camera mode
Premiere Pro lets you organize and select the angles to view in the Source Monitor's multi-camera mode.
From the Source monitor's pop-up menu, select Edit Cameras.
In the Edit Cameras dialog box, all the clips are listed in the original order that they were arranged in the sequence tracks. You can drag-and-drop the clips to change the sequence order. You can also enable or disable the clips by selecting or deselecting them.
You can organize and select cameras in multicam view across multiple pages. You can set the number of camera sources per page and navigate between pages as needed. You cannot drag-and-drop cameras to different pages or within a single page. However, you can use the Edit Cameras dialog box to change the order of cameras in a multicam sequence and the pages reorders accordingly.
In the Program Monitor, you can browse through the multi-cam pages using the controls that are highlighted in the following image.
Import Multiclip sequences from Final Cut Pro
You can export a Multiclip project from Final Cut Pro, and import the Final Cut Pro project XML files into Premiere Pro. In Premiere Pro, the Multiclips sequences appear as multi-camera sequences with all the Final Cut Pro project settings intact. For more information about importing from Final Cut Pro, see Importing XML project files from Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro X.