So I have been trying to setup this multi-cam edit with Final Cut Pro for the past few days and it has been very frustrating. I have 8 camera angles from a show. They were all filmed in AVCHD (all have about 2 GB splits, so a total of 7-8 files per camera). I encoded them to Apple Interm. HDV files so they are all the same and native to FCP.
FCP is nothing like Vegas. I feel like Vegas is so much simpler. But anyways getting back to the multi-clip.... I have the 8 cameras and since its not just one big file how do I sync them up camera to camera? I understand the inpoint for the first file and those sync up easily, but how do I add the rest of the camera angles to the multi-clip? When I select all of them they all will start at the beginning of the timeline instead of being added after the first of its camera files? Is this making sense? Here are some screenshots of what I am talking about. I just want to be able to do a live edit of this thing (like I have seen on youtube) on final cut. But I have not even been able to start this thing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
here is an example of a few cameras (3) I have. You can see that the first files are synced up with the in points. But then the rest of the files are all independent to their first files of footage.
I want them to be able to look just like this, the whole camera angle in consecutive order. not like on top.