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Renton Maclachlan · October 28th, 2007, 02:31 AM

A sort of question or at least situation that some may like to comment on.

I have begun editing a 4 camera wedding with multicam in v8. Before running the multicam track thingi, I played around with some needed colour correction. One source file needs a section of it colour corrected and one whole source file needs correcting.

Well, when I made the multicam track I lost all my colour correction, so have to do all that again. (It told me this would happen.)

As the multicam track eventually gets carved up into various events as I choose angles, I'm assuming that I will have to correct the multicam track events that need it (the ones from the original track that only need a section corrected) and use media fx from Project media to correct the one that needs the whole file corrected. Any ideas on work flow in this situation?

One other thing.

I've just up-graded my computer to a pretty high spec/fast job as a result of my old one not being able to keep the preview window up to speed except on the smallest size draft! Any higher resolution and the picture would lag behind the audio.

Well...now I've got 4 video preview windows open for the 4 cameras, and I've found the audio disappears at times, apparently because the new computer can't keep up!! :-(

Edward Troxel · October 28th, 2007, 12:36 PM

If you need to color correct the entire clip, add the color correction on the media in the PROJECT MEDIA instead of on the timeline. If you only need to color correct a small section of a clip, You can either split it up into multiple segments or just manually color correct the smaller number of sections used after the fact.

To split it up, you might try using a Subclip for the section that needs correcting. Replace the section that needs correcting with the subclip and the color correct it in the Project Media.

Renton Maclachlan · October 28th, 2007, 12:59 PM

Thanks Edward.

Jason Robinson · October 29th, 2007, 05:14 PM

Thank you Edward. I am in a similar position right now with my current wedding and I will have to figure out of cam 1 is consistent enough to apply to CC to the media or if I need to proceed on the event level.

October 28th, 2007, 02:31 AM	#1
Renton Maclachlan Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,180	Multicam v8 A sort of question or at least situation that some may like to comment on. I have begun editing a 4 camera wedding with multicam in v8. Before running the multicam track thingi, I played around with some needed colour correction. One source file needs a section of it colour corrected and one whole source file needs correcting. Well, when I made the multicam track I lost all my colour correction, so have to do all that again. (It told me this would happen.) As the multicam track eventually gets carved up into various events as I choose angles, I'm assuming that I will have to correct the multicam track events that need it (the ones from the original track that only need a section corrected) and use media fx from Project media to correct the one that needs the whole file corrected. Any ideas on work flow in this situation? One other thing. I've just up-graded my computer to a pretty high spec/fast job as a result of my old one not being able to keep the preview window up to speed except on the smallest size draft! Any higher resolution and the picture would lag behind the audio. Well...now I've got 4 video preview windows open for the 4 cameras, and I've found the audio disappears at times, apparently because the new computer can't keep up!! :-(

October 28th, 2007, 12:36 PM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	If you need to color correct the entire clip, add the color correction on the media in the PROJECT MEDIA instead of on the timeline. If you only need to color correct a small section of a clip, You can either split it up into multiple segments or just manually color correct the smaller number of sections used after the fact. To split it up, you might try using a Subclip for the section that needs correcting. Replace the section that needs correcting with the subclip and the color correct it in the Project Media. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

October 29th, 2007, 05:14 PM	#4
Jason Robinson Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 1,997	Ahhh hah! Thank you Edward. I am in a similar position right now with my current wedding and I will have to figure out of cam 1 is consistent enough to apply to CC to the media or if I need to proceed on the event level.

October 28th, 2007, 12:59 PM	#3
Renton Maclachlan Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,180	Thanks Edward.