How to Create A Multi Cam Edit in iMovie using sound waves for sync

Thanks so much. I was looking for this kind of tutorial. Great job, Joseph.

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks very much!

[@kasaya23]

but how do you merge for example two sides of the same video interview where you've got video feed of each but they need to come together? is there an easy way to do this? Thanks!!

[@dd4741]

Worked great, thanks just what I needed to do.

[@reevearch]

Cool but if this was a music performance the audio sync would be less forgiving. I notice that when I try to line up audio from two tracks with claps the track I move seems to snap to the next point rather than slide. Does that make sense? Makes it tougher to align the two perfectly.

[@thecreativexpro]

I found the latter helpful. Although the beginning was confusing.

[@RogerMoenBreckCO]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@santarosajuniorcollegeculi9901]

Is there a way to make the transition (in your 2 camera method shown) from 1 view to the other Cross Dissolve?

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

Yes, there is a fade controller slider next to the opacity slider when you hit the cut-away function.

[@matthorner35]

Why is most editing software so mind blowingly impractical at multi angle editing? It is a basic requirement surely

[@robbyjai]

in adobe premiere you can use plural eyes to do audio synching

[@KalalProductions]

And in Final Cut, "Create Multicam" automatically syncs the audio of every selected clip, and creates a multicam where you can really easily switch angles. I wish that feature was in iMovie (I often have to teach kids on free programs), but here we are.

[@renzynasution1042]

thanks a lot!

[@JM-co6rf]

so if it's on TOP that's taken as the 'real' video?

[@germanevision]

iMovie still doesn't have auto sync? Isn't that depressing.

[@framboise8845]

How do you get to see the clips you've imported from your desktop into your project librairy to contain the bottom sound graphics?

[@silentgnome3656]

right top left of the timeline it says 'settings'. Click on that, and tick the box 'audio: show waveforms'

[@anthonywall1228]

why not just use the audio from one video, and then use the cuts just as video? That way you don't have to sync up the audio.

[@jonathanpatch5281]

I thought that's what he was doing. My impression was (and I'm new to this, so I could be wrong) is that he was using the visual representation of the audio waves as a highly accurate way of syncing the two videos, even though he was completely discarding the audio from the second source.

[@robbyjai]

the reason for doing this is so that you DONT get the stupid chinese dubbing effect where the mouth is moving and the audio does not match the mouth. its pretty obvious ffs. You legit gotta ask that question bro ????

[@bluegarren9361]

Thanks for the video. But that’s the easy part. If you detach the audio, is there a way to delete the main clip and use the second camera angle and the original detached audio for the movie? Even if the second camera angle is the entire length of the audio every time I delete the main camera angle it all gets deleted. You can't do things like transitions to the second camera angle. Thanks! Blue Has anyone figured this out?

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

If the clip is still over the detached audio, and you delete the clip, the audio will disappear as well. You must detach the audio and move the clip completely off of it. You could add the main clip again onto the timeline, after your edited piece, detach that audio, delete the original clip, and just slide the newly detached audio under the edited piece, then just delete the newly added clip, which is in the wrong place anyways, and of course turn off the sound of the once top layer. If that makes any sense. To get the top layer to have fades, there is a fade slider next to the opacity slider when you hit the cut-away function.

[@MrDavidschloss]

thanks Dude!

[@ChefVanshChawla]

I am very much thankful to you for sharing this video. :) very soon you'll be able to see such work in my videos on my channel.

[@thomasjust2663]

This is not practical, adobe sync automatically

[@klinsmann87]

piece of shit, imovie really don't have any auto sync option ?!

[@tonymalanche9688]

very confusing explanation. Not at all objective.