Hi, James!

There is the "Multi-Cam" feature, but admittedly I have not yet tried it myself as I've had no call to use it myself, Others on this forum will have used it and will be better-placed to advise on its use.

If you've shot 4-5 videos of a car race on the same camera(assuming that means just the one camera, rather than four or five cameras of, perhaps but not necessarily same make & model...duh! Dumb remark, I know, but just covering bases here!), then it follows that you'll have 4-5 sequential clips rather than 4-5 shot at the same instance(all cameras recording the same event from different angles at once).

I've successfully combined two clips of the same event together using Power Director versions 7, then 8, using the audio(and to a degree, video) as my cue, and I've adapted the same practice to PD14. It's generally what I've shot on my camera, combined with a shot taken by a friend on his camera(generally different make & model). I'll put my shot on the main screen(Video Track 1) and superimpose his on the PiP(Video Track 2) appearing in either corner of the screen. As both cameras' microphones pick up the same sound(train whistle, perhaps), I use that cue to line up the two clips.

To do this, I listen for the sound in my clip, note where it is in the sequence, then temprarily mute the audio, I then place my friend's shot of the same event on Vid.Track 2, listen for the same sound and split the clip just ahead of the sound so I cal line the two up by matching the wave forms below the video in each track, when aligned, I simply "grab" the front end of the clip on Vid.Track 2 and drag it out, restoring the previously "snipped" content. Naturally, the Multi-Cam function would do this utomatically, but, I've not yet tried multi-cam so I can only assume that it does.

In order to bring the PiP image into view, I take advantage of something that wasn't available in the previous versions of PD that I've used(versions 7 and 8 ), that is the ability to use transitions on the PiP tracks. I insert a colour board(usually white, a neutral shade) make it transparent with chroma-key, copy it and paste at the end of the PiP clip, I then choose a transition effect which does NOT affect the image on the main screen, experimentation required here, a bit of the old "suck it and see" business!, Usually a fade or wipe, perhaps the "Burning" effect, whatever you're comfortable with.

So there it is! I'm sure someone will pop up soon enough with advice on the multi-cam feature, perhaps Maliek Whittaker(PD University) or Tony Fisher(Ynotfish - PDToots) will put up a tutorial video on the subject, we can view it and say "aah, so that's how it's done!"

Cheers!

Neil.

Neil -

Thanks for the reply! I can't use the audio however - it's a race and all the sound is simply engine noise. And I'm not sure how to transition from clip to clip. Do I have to snip each one? Seems a waste to have multiple tracks but I have to snip and split each one if that is the case....

Hi James -

It doesn't sound like you need multi-tracks (except for your PiP idea) or *multi-cam. It sounds like you used your one camera to shoot different parts of the race from different positions around the track.

* Multi-Cam is used for editing a sequence where the same event (in time) is recorded by up to 4 cameras from different angles.

Please tell me when I wander off away from the truth So - you have 4-5 video clips that happened one after the other (apart from the time it took you to move to a different camera position). That would mean that clip 1 happened first and clip 5 happened last.

If that's the case - first line up your 5 clips in the timeline... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

If there are parts you want to remove, split the clip on each side of that section and delete it.

I'll stop there in case I'm barking up the wrong tree.

Cheers - Tony
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Quote: I'll be upfront and apologize now. I'm new. And I don't have a lot of time to get this done so I'm a bit frustrated. I have used editing software in the past but it has been years and I have forgotten many things. And I've never tried to do what I want to do. I'm more than happy to read a how to or watch a video - what I don't need is to slog through hours of useless videos that don't address what I need to do. And since I don't know exactly what to "search for" here I am.

I have 4-5 video clips of a car race shot on the same camera just at different angles. I'd like to load all of the clips and even manually line them up and then edit/splice them together picking a few seconds from one clip, then going to another, and then back and forth, etc. I'll have a dedicated music track and since there is no talking it's just engine noise. I don't want fancy transitions or titles or any of that stuff. I MAY want to do a PIP with once clip playing in a corner. No idea how to do that either.
I have Power DIrector Ultra 14.
Many thanks in advance.
James

You're after editing a sequence, like a children's tennis match... where you video one child hitting back the ball and then concentrate on the other child hitting the ball, you're after marrying those scenes to create a setting which appears to flow - a mock up etc.

It works if you're careful with what you leave out and put in. The scene clips could be C5, C3, C1, C5, C3, C2, C4, C1 etc, you have to decide on what you do, Putting all the video into tracks 1 to 5 either staggar them or disable a track you don't want to view, move the video along a bit so the beginning of Track 1 is empty for the first minutes - you can then slot the clips you've split from the 5 into the Track 1. see image as it is better to see the picture than to describe it

Dafydd

For a PiP, it's easy editing too.

see image.

Dafydd

Multiple clips can be added to MultiCam. Video can be paused, recorded and restarted, so effectively it is a better option if you want 4 video to display at the same time and chose which to include in a project.

Recording a clip and have it display in Track 1 doesn't mean you cant go back to MultiCam and carry on editing. Simply double click the video in the tack and MC reappears, move MC's slider and carry on - move clips around in the tracks to.

What this shows is there are a number of ways you as an editor can achieve what you're after. Multi-Cam is by far the easiest, running through trying to make images for you, shows this up very clearly.

Dafydd

My MultiCam sample clips are of Splice grafting, showing a successful graft has taken.
Dafydd

Fantastic! This all helps a ton!! Thanks all!

Quote: My MultiCam sample clips are of Splice grafting, showing a successful graft has taken.
Dafydd

Graft! Graft! and corruption! Oh dear! Only jokin'!