Multicam Tips & the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor
Syncing up a Multicam Clip to switch between angles with the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor doesn’t need to be complicated. Here are my best tips for editing Multicam videos on the edit page in DaVinci Resolve 17.4
The DaVinci resolve speed editor is my favorite new editing tool, but so much of it was designed with the Cut Page in mind, that Blackmagic neglected to use the camera buttons for us traditional video editors that want to work in the Edit page and live switch our Multicam clips.
Well, they listened to us, and made the speed editor more versatile by giving us the ONE THING that so many of us hoped for when it launched - Edit Page Multicam support! Traditional Multicam’s are nested compound clips that let you get in the groove, so here’s how it all works.
Assign Metadata
Set Camera Numbers under Shot & Scene Metadata List
Drop Common Marker Points with the Bee and Pee Technique
Right-click to Create a New Multicam Clip using selected clips
Choose Marker
Angle Name - Metadata from Camera
Check box for detect clips using the same camera number
Uncheck move source clips into an original bin
Right-click to create a new timeline using selected clips
Edit Page Setup
Enable Dual Viewer Mode
Open Multicam viewer
assign shortcut key with keyboard customization (command shift m)
Choose more angles to display if necessary
Multi-Channel Audio (Adaptive Audio Tracks)
Choose the correct audio angle
Option Click - Flatten Multicam Clip (audio only)
Change Audio Track type to match the number in the source (4, for the Canon C200)
Right-click track header to “convert to linked group”
Fairlight menu to unlink the linked group
Link the audio and video back together for linked selection to work
Speed Editor Functionality
Open up the Multicam Viewer
Tap the cam button to cut to that angle
Double Tap the cam button to change to that angle without making a cut
Alternatively used the traditional keyboard number pad to cut or option number to change angles
