Converting a Timeline into a MULTICAM! - Davinci Resolve 17

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Amazing video... just found myself asking "why the hell don't I know all this already!" Thanks for laying it out in a simple way. I think you just saved me an awful lot of grief.

[@SirGregoryFamilyYouTube]

Three years later this is still valuable. Thanks!

[@dianashypula]

omg!!!!! I spent few hours watching different tutorials and still asked the question on facebook. Thanks to Dmitry for sharing this video! I cant believe how well you've explained everything in just 5 minutes! Thank you!!!

[@Deankut]

WHO NEEDS MULTIPLE CAMERAS? Excellent! You're truly thinking outside the box with your videos! Thank you, Mr. Alex!

[@ArikShraga]

Woow, that's a lifesaving tip! Thank you so much for sharing

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

I can definitely see this as useful for any filmmaking with multiple angles on the same scene or even just having a documentary with different clips over the same audio. I'm actually excited to use this in some aspects. Thank you very much!

[@austinwilson3]

I use it for quickly editing live music performance videos using 4 camera angles. I might also start using it for editing wedding ceremony/documentary videos

[@BenDurham]

I always come back to this for a quick how-to when working on projects that I suddenly need to multicam something within a big project. Thanks!

[@saurabhsrivastv]

it makes life so simple thank you alex

[@thegunslinger7499]

2 years later and this video is still helping the community.. thanks alot, my editing speed should double if not triple now..

[@VintageInsightPhotography]

SUPER useful tip! I’ve been doing a lot of multicam editing lately, one PTZ camera and one static camera, that splits into 4 or 5 different files. This will make my life SO much easier. Thank you! 🥇

[@TorrentUK]

This is so useful for those of us filming action cam videos where often there are multiple cameras shooting the same thing, but where you cannot align to waveform or even timecode (without messing with offsets). For example, I ride a dh trail with my mtb and my gopro and my mate follows with his...this is really the only way to multicam it neatly. Thanks!

[@anthonymiles2302]

Exactly what I needed, Thanks Mate. That right click is the thing I was after.

[@michaellandersnog2650]

Hello Alex. I am sending you this message from Germany and would like to thank you very much for your first-class videos. These are always very professional and well presented. Unfortunately, my English is not that good, but I can usually follow you well. It is so remarkable that there are people like you who continue to teach their knowledge. Thank you again for your excellent tutorials. Take good care of yourself and stay healthy! Greetings Mikel

[@stehume]

Wow, you write English better then a lot of English people do. way to go mate

[@joserangelve]

This is the kind of video that seems simple...but it´s full of tips that not anly apply for the main subject, but helps to solve other issues we have too. Thanks a lot.

[@MrAlexTech]

Note: this is a little different to a standard multicam! It's creating a multicam from a timeline which just gives a little more control. If you want to know more about multicam check out this in-depth video by Jason! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKuzi5hpa7eXobc

[@WeekendWrenchTurner]

This is the one that really got me up to speed👍👍

[@michaelsopunov]

This tutorial of Jason is about Resolve 16 and you can take basics from there, BUT version 17 is waaaay improved for alligning clips in multicam functionality (detect clips from the same camera!). We waiting for new improwed tutorial 😊😉

[@pavel.suchkov]

This tutorial popped out in my notifications just at the moment when I needed it the most! Thank you so much, Alex! You rock!

[@Hedwigsburg]

I just started with multicam records, so this one was really helpful! thanks for this video! 👍

[@StevenDiLeo]

That auto aligned by waveform tip at 2:00 is key for me and my particular issue atm. That is awesome, I never knew it existed. Thank you!

[@Sunshineleroy]

Great. This is the easiest way I've seen to do multicam editing. Thanks!

[@huyked]

Thank you! Needed this just now. Short and simple. Sweet!

[@kiy672]

I didn't even know what multicam was! This is awesome!

[@JRPCREATIVE]

I spent so much time looking for THIS method of doing multicam in Davinci. Thank you 🙏

[@rddie]

Brilliant thanks Alex just what I was looking for. Enjoying your channel long may it continue.

[@BenjaminTemplar]

Thank you Alex! Great tutorial, super easy to understand ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@OMEHGA]

You put this out to us in the most simplest way making it easy to grasp. I've been using Final Cut since it was attached to Macromedia and RECENTLY made the switch to Davinci Resolve. My projects are almost always in multi-cam and this quick tutorial just saved me hours as dropped Final Cut, cold turkey. Thank you.

[@SimonPageVideo]

Your videos are awesome. I've used DR Studio for years now but am always looking for refreshers or short, precise video on how to do something. Yours are the best. Thank you so much.

[@Rood67]

I record with Filmic Pro, and have started looking to incorporate the other person that is doing FB-Live as the B roll. My first attempt was just add the live video as the B roll, ditch the audio; then cut and delete from the B roll. Gaps where the main video plays through, leaving in place for the B roll to be shown. Thank you for showing the more correct and proper way for doing this.

[@CastleContent]

2:00 any ideas on when this doesn't work? I have 2 clips that have identical waveforms and it says auto-sync failed, even though they're so similar I can line them up visually pretty quick. I'm trying to automate because I need to do this process ~30 times.

[@Superjeanmarc]

you're definitely one of the best DaVinci teacher out there... Thanks again for all your amazing work

[@davidpetersen1]

Wow! Timely.. Did a 2 cam with external audio this morning. Will try this out after supper. Thanks :)

[@overgoer]

Editing my first podcast. Decided to learn before starting. Already feel that you saved me loads of time and effort! Thank you very much!

[@michaelfinnwildlifephotogr5768]

Great info, as always, Alex. Take care, stay safe.

[@andywhiteing]

Thanks! Mr. Alex. I had spent so much time trying to find out how to do this on this past wedding on Sunday. 3 cameras and audio would not align.uggg. I did a manual line up and still could not get a multi clip. I just did what you did step by step and it worked. Amazing! Thanks so much!!!

[@katrinatouckevideoproductions]

Thanks so much! I have a bunch of multi cam edits and this looks amazing. I just got the speed editor! Thank you!

[@highbird21]

NICE! You always seem to figure out the coolest stuff! Thanks!

[@motion.resolved]

Good stuff... We must have had similar thoughts today as I put together a similar video. I think I got must of the information from Jason's video before. Didn't know about the create from Timeline though - that's very cool. Other thing that's useful is the display settings for the timeline where you can have timeslines "tabbed" so you can have your multi cam clip displayed on a tab to easily switch back it for any adjustments if required....

[@demiphotomode]

This is THE multicam video I was looking for. Thank you.

Waw, great help, amazing tutorial... one of the best teacher ;)

[@martinjohannesK]

Thanx Alex - you make my day and solved my "Multicam" starting issue :)

[@seedlingfilms789]

Thank you so much. This is the best. We love Resolve.

[@LeftCat]

wow! thank you so much. you just saved me hours and hours of messing around, not getting this right. this is wayyyyy faster than what I was fumbling around with.

[@jakelarntz]

THANK GOODNESS THIS IS HERE. Alex you the best.

[@lrd669]

Great explanation how multi-cam editing works.

[@dkhart]

Thanks a lot Alex! Very helpful, exactly what I was looking for 🙌

[@DarkyMoto]

This is exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you!

[@joehannigan9788]

Thanks for this clear, precise explanation of how to do multicam editing. I have a three camera project similar to yours, and you showed me exactly what I needed. Cheers!

[@austinwilson3]

I started doing this a month ago with a live music performance filmed from 4 camera angles. I forgot I needed to push the little button on the top right of the screen. Thanks for the quick video!

[@andrewlunn]

Excellent - just watched again and this really helped

[@HowToMakeDinner]

Finally! This is the workflow I was looking for. Thank you!

[@aussienik]

WOW! I needed this video on 20 May 2021 :D. Thanks for this great insight Alex.

[@stanleymakafui]

OMG. I can see this helping me in editing music videos. I'm gonna try this stuff out. I might get be new and more flexible workflow

[@alvancesim4273]

Thank you very much and I find it very useful in my concert video!!

[@TastyFare101]

Morning Alex.....thanks for the video. Have a fab weekend.

[@MrAlexTech]

Thank you 🙂 you too!

[@alphasportstv]

Fantastic video just made my day a lot easier! Cheers

[@MagicBiscuitShow]

Excellent explanation!!!! Cheers from Northeast Florida - USA -

[@eimead]

This has been such a help. Thanks a million.

[@RobertGossCreator]

Thanks for the helpful information Alex appreciate it

[@BobbyFromNJ]

Thanks for the video. I am working through a project that can definitely benefit from this. Before finding this, I would still line up all the clips on multiple video tracks and then just copy/drag my clips up to the the topmost track basically manually assembling a multicam clip. What if you covert a timeline to a multicam clip and then need to add another angle? If the context is confusing, let's say you're shooting a music video and after seeing the multi, you realize you need some pickup angles. How do you insert a new track into the multicam?

[@DustinHarrelson]

super helpful and straightforward, thanks so much for the help!

[@SantiYounger]

Awesome videos man, I refered back to your other video on resolve multicam, but can't find it anymore, if you removed it, could I have the unlisted link please?

[@mervynjack4108]

Excellent, I've been struggling to work out the best way to do my multicam video timeline with camera audio and 3 external audio tracks for days as Resolve has some real quirks with linked audio and trying to make Multicam clips ... other video's just missed the fact you can do what you did in this one. Thanks

[@Samskihero]

I love and hate how many ways there are in resolve to do the same thing because you can never remember them all but this is very simple and coherant.

[@AnandDattaniPodcast]

Soooo true haha

[@forester4ever]

Great one. Thanks.

[@davidjohnson6965]

Absolute life saver! Thanks!

[@lucrecialethierphotography]

great, simply and right to the point, thanks 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@MotoFamMayhem]

Such great information.... Just about every video I make is a compilation of multiple camera angles. Sadly the auto align feature doesn't work on my videos, and I'm not sure if the multi-cam function would work in my situation either 🤔

[@jollygoodweddingfilms]

Brilliant. Thank u. Can u assign keyboard numbers to cut as its playing with the numbers or even the speed editor? Also what's the deal with the sync bin as ive seen a lot of videos saying to use that but I find ur technique so much easier and foolproof. Thanks for all ur help. New to davinci resolve 17 coming from premiere Pro

[@902MediaUK]

awesome, might have just saved me a tone of time, thanks MrAlexTech.

[@CuppingHustlers]

desperately needed this video - you're the best!

[@GeologyUpSkill]

How do you control which clip gets moved when you match the audio waveforms?

[@tobiseitz]

Thank you so much - this saved me several hours of editing 😅

[@AnandDattaniPodcast]

God that was explained to perfection. Thank you!

[@msyracuse]

Great explanation! What's your advice on using multiple GoPro's (that create many 4GB files)? When I record my band, I usually start/stop the camera for the duration of a musical set (~ 1hr each x 3). Does this sound like the best approach? 1. Combine all 4GB clips into a compound clip for each "set" (for each camera), ending up with 2 compound clips 2. Sync the two compound clips (Auto sync doesn't seem to work because the clips are too long) 3. Create Multi-cam timeline (as you described) 4. Cut the compound "set" clip into "song" clips 5. Do the multi-cam editing on each "song" clip I also have 6 or 8 tracks of audio that need to be mixed down to 2ch stereo and applied to the timeline.

[@redstoneranger1404]

Recently I discovered this on my own (shoulder-clap). Watched the video never the less...

[@PinoraPaws]

Exactly what I needed, thank you! :)

[@carlos.sierra]

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

[@loicleray]

Super helpful. Thank you!

[@devon-shawnwhite9947]

excellent Alex.... EXCELLENT! and thanQ!

[@RobertoMassucco1978]

That's great! Thank you very much!

[@TriniWeekes]

you always bring us something epic, have a great weekend my friend

[@RossParker84]

Very helpful video, thank you

[@WeekendWrenchTurner]

This seems so much easier than doing it in the cut page. I've got the speed editor, but just haven't been able to sort it out as easily as the edit page. Thanks Alex👍🍺

[@brucegreening6732]

I have the same problem, but I want to be able to use the speed editor. I typically have drone footage which is broken up into clips, a Panasonic video camera and maybe some shots using a Nikon SLR which shoots video, but again broken up. For sound I may use some from the Panasonic, but generally it is music and sound effects. How do I do all this with the speed editor

[@RVKevin]

I have been trying to work this out for Days !! Big help. Can you show us how to do the same thing while using the "Speed Editor" cam buttons and the sync bin? it seems more difficult. Thank you Alex for what you do 💪

[@kyakfsh]

Yes, please!

[@ll-mel]

BRO! You just blew my mind with this video (maybe even saved my life. LOL) Thank you so much.

[@databae1]

Excellent video and very helpful!!!

[@DG-Vlogs]

Great video...I will need to use this for my wedding edits for ceremony and speeches and I will have the 4GB file issue with my footage split into separate files but wanted to ask, in the video you select 1 audio angle to be your main audio to run throughout, in my case i will have good audio from a microphone on the groom and also a microphone on the officiant so how do you multicam the visuals to do the cuts but then do an audio mix from multiple sources plus id also like to get a bit of room ambient noise from my camera mics but at a lower level?

[@wahabdilawar]

Great video. I updated/upgraded to 17.2 yesterday and now video or audio are not playing in any of the projects. I tried a new project. Still same. Please HELP.

[@4WheelingSA]

Great! You have just saved me a lot of time!

[@6h4f1b]

Thanks for the tips, they’re great!

[@thewildermike]

First off! Execllent video! I love your content! One quick question, What if you accidentally preformed all your edits with both audio and video selected, how can you undo that? I have great audio on camera 1 but now great audio on cameras 2 and 3

[@DarrenGraham1982]

Alex great video, how do you handle multiple audio files.....eg shooting a wedding where I'll have 3 cameras which will pick up room sound via external mic attached to all cameras but my best audio will be voice recorders attached to both the groom and officiant and possibly a lecturn mic for any speakers so I could have 3 files of master audio.....how would you go about creating a multicam based on that? Do I need to do a sync of the 3 audio files into one timeline and export that as a single audio file and then reimport that as my single audio source to sync the video footage to? Sorry if not clear.

[@JoATTech]

Do you know a way to be able to edit RAW tab for multicam video except "Flattening" multicam for choosen clip?

[@ginotarabotto]

Super helpful. Thx man!!

[@BenEncounters]

Sometimes I need to makes chnages to the origianl multicam timeline, but I get lost becaus eof long videos, is there a way to see in the orginial time in highlighted which part I kept and whihc part I cut in the second timeline where I am editing in between the 3 angles?

[@zebigbos122]

Perfect! Just what I needed. Now the explanation of the fixed image on screen please...?

[@heiko4297]

Nice as always...so...does this work with the speed editor? If I remember correctly the speed editor does not support multicam in edit page, right? But does this trick work in cut page so I can use the hardware?

[@FlufflessLP]

Awesome as always. Thanks

[@dronytruckdrone4891]

Fantastic Master, for when your D.R. crash course?,the best without doubt 👏👏👍

[@pdep]

This man produces jewels beyond price... So buy him a coffee instead :)

[@MrAlexTech]

I'll take both 😆👍

[@3azmeo]

hi .. great channel i really learned alot from you and thanks for all the hard work your doin i have a Q i record with my obs in 4k i split my canvas to 4 section each is 1080 so top left is my webcam top right is my Sony camera bottom left is my desktop " im using a second pc to record " and bottom right is my tablet " i do some pen drawing to get my point across " i try and duplicate my video 3 time and try to crop each section and its a nightmare to edit with this way and sometimes i dont get the crop right like im missing the top or bottom or left or right but im trying my best its giving me headache whenever i try to flip the camera or zoom in or out its just really annoying so my Q is there a better way to crop those 4 section in Davinci Resolve or a better way to edit them ? im watching this video and my recording looks exactly as the multi cam you did but when i tried doin that it did not work