Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Note:  If you use the automatic method for creating angles, Final Cut Pro uses any Camera Angle 
tags in the selected clips to name the angles in the resulting multicam clip. If no Camera Angle 
tags are present, Final Cut Pro uses Camera Name, Name (clip name), or Camera ID metadata to 
name angles. You can rename angles in the Angle Editor. For more information, see Sync and 
adjust angles and clips in the Angle Editor
 on page 343.
Create multicam clips in the...

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Note:  Some audio recordings are not suited for use with this feature. Selecting this option may 
result in long processing times during which Final Cut Pro is not available for editing.
 7 Click OK.
Final Cut Pro creates a new multicam clip in the event and places duplicates of the selected clips 
in the new multicam clip.
Multicam clip icon
Create a multicam clip with custom settings
 1 In the Browser, select the clips you want to include in the multicam clip.
 2 Do...

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 6 In the Angle Clip Ordering pop-up menu, choose how angles are ordered within the multicam clip:
 •Automatic: Final Cut Pro orders the clips within each angle automatically. If there is more than 
one clip per angle, Final Cut Pro inserts gap clips between the clips, as needed, to achieve the 
correct timing and spacing.
 •Timecode: Final Cut Pro orders the clips within each angle using timecode recorded in the clips. 
If you recorded timecode in your clips, choose...

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 •Start of First Clip: Final Cut Pro uses the first frame in each angle as the sync point. 
Sync point
Tip:  The Start of First Clip method is useful if you want to use specific range selections of your 
source clips only. In the Browser, add keywords or the Favorite rating to the range selections 
you want to use and then filter or search for the clips. When you create your multicam clip, 
Final Cut Pro uses only the media showing in the filtered view.
 •First Marker...

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 11 If you want to change the audio or render settings, select Custom in the Audio and Render 
Properties section and change the settings as appropriate.
 12 Click OK.
Final Cut Pro creates a new multicam clip in the event and places duplicates of the selected clips 
in the new multicam clip.
Multicam clip icon
Cut and switch angles in the Angle Viewer
After you create a multicam clip, you can watch all angles simultaneously in the Angle Viewer 
while switching or...

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 2 Use the skimmer or the playhead to play back a multicam clip in the Browser or the Timeline.
The Angle Viewer appears in the upper part of the Final Cut Pro window.
The multicam clip’s 
angles appear in the 
Angle Viewer.
Active angle
Play back a multicam clip in the Browser 
or the Timeline.
Cut and switch angles in the Angle Viewer
You can cut and switch angles “on the fly” (while playing back your project), or you can skim to 
specific points in the Timeline and...

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As you move the pointer over the angles in the Angle Viewer, the pointer changes to the Blade 
tool, indicating that a cut (and switch) will occur when you click. 
The pointer changes 
to the Blade tool.
The active angle is highlighted.
 5 Do one of the following:
 •To cut and switch: Click the angle you want to switch to. (Or press any number key to cut and 
switch to the corresponding angle of the current bank. For example, press 5 to cut and switch 
to angle 5 of...

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Switch video or audio separately
By default, Final Cut Pro switches the video and audio of a multicam clip at the same time. But 
you can set Final Cut Pro to switch the video and audio separately. 
 1 To open the Angle Viewer, choose Window > Viewer Display > Show Angles (or press 
Shift-Command-7).
 2 To change the switch mode, do one of the following:
 •To enable video and audio switching: Click the left switch mode button in the upper-left corner 
of the Angle...

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If you selected the video-only or audio-only switch mode, blue highlighting indicates the active 
video angle and green highlighting indicates the active audio angle.
Switch Video Only buttonSwitch Audio Only button
The active video angle 
is highlighted in blue.
The active audio angle 
is highlighted in green.
The bank switcher 
shows the active angles.
Tip:  With audio-only switching enabled, you can add audio components from inactive angles to 
the active angle or...

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The bank switcher appears as a grid of squares at the bottom of the Angle Viewer. Yellow, blue, or 
green highlighting indicates the currently active angle. 
The bank switcher shows 
the number of angles 
and which is active.
 3 In the Settings pop-up menu (in the upper-right corner of the Angle Viewer), choose the number 
of angles you want to display in each bank.
Settings pop-up menu 
in the upper-right corner 
of the Angle Viewer
If the number of angles in your...