Hi terryt063 -

I think you're doing pretty well with what you're doing. There's a fair bit of fiddly work in multi-cam, as you know. I'm no expert so I stick to a few basic ideas.

Recently I bought myself a hydraulic log splitter (that's by the by) from a local tool shop. Anyhow, I scored a decent discount by offering to make a video of the thing to be played in-store. You could argue that that's not as much fun as capturing a band in full flight

After the filming I dropped the 3 clips in the timeline - had to sync visually because the sound of a log splitter at work doesn't give you many clues.

Next I went through a split all the clips at points where I wanted to switch cameras or do a split screen/PiP insert. See attached screenshot "MultiCam Base". I saved that project without any further editing.

In the "MultiCam1" screenshot, you can see all I've done is switch between clips by removing segments I didn't want. Audio tracks disabled, except master audio track.

In the "MultiCam2" screenshot, I did a mixture of camera switching & split screens.

I usually avoid using transitions for this kind of thing. 2 reasons: 1. it's a lot more mucking round & 2. it's a bit of a distraction. The other problem is, you're almost forced to use cross-type transitions to avoid sync issues... and they have their own *problems. For a more arty piece, I'd probably use them.

In the video you linked there are some hiccups at some transition points. e.g. at ~0:30 where it switches from the drummer/singer back to the wide side view, there's a short pause (no movement). So, if I were going to offer any "pointers" (as requested), I'd say leave out the transitions.

Cheers - Tony
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