Can I use the same video on 3 tracks but cropped differently in Multicam Designer

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FrancoisT

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Oct 10, 2017 21:05

I'm switching from Vegas. I'm really a beginner using Cyberlink so thanks for some tips while I get started.

I've got a simple setup of two musicians playing. Instead of individually cropping every time I switch from one to the other, or both together I thought I would copy the video onto two additiional tracks and crop them. I had hoped to then go to multicam designer and just pick from the 3. Now I don't see any way to do this since it only wants to chose from videos in the media room or hard drive. Is there a way to use what I guess are called alieses in the multicam designer? Or another way to accomplish the same thing without having to individually crop each little bit? Thanks

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Oct 11, 2017 07:18

Hi Francois -

Yes you can.

What you need to do first is import your video, set up the crop you want, then produce to create a "new" video. Repeat that for your other cropped version, so you now have 3 videos each with the same audio.

In the attached screenshot, that's what's been done (except that I started with 2 camera shoots & cropped both).

Cheers - Tony


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FrancoisT

Member Joined: Apr 26, 2010 15:03 Messages: 115 Offline

Oct 11, 2017 13:15

Quote Hi Francois -

Yes you can.

What you need to do first is import your video, set up the crop you want, then produce to create a "new" video. Repeat that for your other cropped version, so you now have 3 videos each with the same audio.

In the attached screenshot, that's what's been done (except that I started with 2 camera shoots & cropped both).

Cheers - Tony

Thanks for your reply and picture of how you do it. It's kind of cumbersome (I'm sitting waiting on one track to process now) but I'm going to give it a try.