Master MULTICAM: DaVinci Resolve 18.6 Crash Course | Unlock Essential Tips & Techniques!

Everything you need to know about working with MULTICAM editing in DaVinci Resolve 18.6! I'll show you EVERYTHING you need to know - tips, tricks and troubleshooting for working with multicam in DaVinci Resolve 18.
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0:00 Multicam in DaVinci Resolve 18
0:11 Good Sync Points
0:47 Jump into Edit Tab
1:14 Bring Clips into Media Pool
1:32 Sync Good Audio w/ One Clip
2:02 Check Audio Sync
2:12 Correct Source Audio Channel If Needed
2:58 Create Multicam Clip
3:08 Multicam Clip Sync Settings
4:38 Check Multicam Clip for Errors
4:49 Open Multicam Clip in Timeline
5:08 Check Synced Clips
6:01 Changed for Easy Multicam Edits
6:15 Rename Tracks
6:58 Organize Tracks (up/down)
7:26 Note About Disabling Tracks
8:01 Create New Timeline & Add Multicam Clip
8:33 Drop in Multicam Clip
8:43 TIPS for Working with Multicam Clips
8:54 Show Multicam Viewer
9:24 Select Main Video Angle
9:50 Select Main Audio Angle
10:12 Change # of Viewers for Multicam
10:39 How to Change Angles
10:58 Change Video & Audio, Video Only, Audio Only
12:11 Start the Edit!
13:07 Moving Cut Location
13:41 Change Angle for Clip
14:18 How to Make EDITS - Summary
14:36 Color Grade Multicam Clips
15:47 Color Grade Multiple Tracks Tip
16:30 Close Multicam Clip Timeline
17:02 Audio Editing with Multicam Clips
17:22 TROUBLESHOOTING
17:33 Multiple Files/Multiple Cameras Problems
18:25 Open Multicam Clip Timeline to Check
18:43 FIX Camera Clips in Different Tracks
18:58 Move Clips Around IN Multicam Clip
19:41 Delete Unused Angles all at ONCE
20:05 Check Audio Sync & FIX
21:04 Many Small Clips to Sync Issues
21:44 Manually Sync/Move Clips FIX
22:27 Rename Tracks if You FORGOT
22:40 Ways to Open Multicam Clips
23:21 If in Doubt - Open Multicam in Timeline

[@cmorellato]

This is one of the best tutorials of ANYTHING that I've seen on KZbin. Multicam specially! You're a great teacher, Jason! Thanks and congrats on the content :)

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! I appreciate your kind words! I do my best to make it simple and easy to follow. 😁

[@CristianDiaz-bm6bh]

Thank you Master

[@RichieBeaumont]

Great reference video. I’ll keep coming back to it. Thanks Jason

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@atlantadeliverance9304]

Thank you Jason.

[@user-dm8rv6zx5q]

so awesome!

[@federicogiller5741]

Thank you so much Jason, I am new to DaVinci from FCP. Yesterday I spent all day trying to figure out how to make adjustments. SO GLAD I came across your video today. Thanks! 🎉

[@JasonYadlovski]

Happy to help!

[@xazax33]

Damn that was a huge help, never seen such a complete guide on any topic. You really touched upon everything - Thanks a lot!!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome! Glad the video was helpful, thanks so much for watching. 😁👍

[@TheStarttman]

Excellent Resource! Thank you so much!!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@WanderingYooper]

Awesome video Jason! very informative and not hard to follow. Appreciate yah! Now I just need to practice 👍

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@achimforst6097]

Jason, thanks for the video! When I learned about the multicam option years ago the tutorials left me uneasy about adjusting and colorgrading the angel clips. The multicam clip for me looked like a black box whose content you cannot work on easily any more. So I continued editing two or three camera material like in the old days. But your new video definitely changed my mind: the next multi camera project I'll do with multicam clip! - And also from me: 100k congrats!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, you're welcome!

[@9rider11]

Best MULTI CAM video on the planet!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks man! 😁👍

[@bobpeiffer6878]

Great video Jason! Question on aligning/synching angles? Why not use auto align?

[@theblacktruth]

Agreed!!

[@hamradiowithkevin]

Jason, your video makes the process very simple. Thank you for creating this tutorial. I will start using Multicam again because of your great instruction.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome! Glad I can help clarify multicam for you. It's a great workflow once you get the hang of it.

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Sooooo close to 100,000 #letsgo Great video, Jason - cheers man 🙏

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yeah man! Super close!

[@TheVocalCoach]

Thank you VERY much! most helpful

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it helped! You're welcome!

[@BlacqueJacqueShellacque_]

This was very helpful. I'm sure I will have to come back and watch a few times before the entire process sinks in.

[@user-dm8rv6zx5q]

Awesome tutorial!!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@meangene9858]

Thank you! That sure helped me

[@JasonYadlovski]

Nice!

[@pitrow66]

Very good video. I have done several multicam projects and wondered why sometimes things don’t work the way they should. Thanks for your great explanations.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Glad this video helped you w/ multicam clips!

[@andrew2004sydney]

Excellent demo!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@XploretheIRL]

Thanks, very helpful, now to try it out...

[@JasonYadlovski]

If you have troubles, feel free to drop a comment and I’ll try and help you out. 😁👍

[@BraapZ]

👍 Great video. As a total novice newb Davinci right now I jumped right into it with Multicam editing, (my wife held a 3 day event for entrepreneurs speaking 10 hours per day on stage, shot on 3 cameras and one screen recording of her PowerPoint slide deck during the presentation, so 4 cameras and 3 audio tracks, all to be used for her instructional digital marketing course. My syncing was a bit more clunky syncing al manually then saving each clip individually, then just using the "IN" for the sync when creating the multicam clip. When coming back in later if I forget to get everything set the sync is always still good. Its the long way and clunky, but helpful). Upgraded to studio with the purchase of the speed editor, (AMAZING TOOL, even if just for the scroll wheel, but especially for MultiCam editing)! Utilizing essentially the same workflow you outlined, the speed editor works in in all the tabs, not just the cut tab, and has the dedicated camera buttons, so as the its playing out in the timeline I just click the camera button # I want to transition to and presto. If I don't like the angle for a particular clip I chose I just place the playhead over that clip and double click the camera # that I want it it be and that entire clip becomes that new camera instantly. Thank you.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, sounds like you’ve got a good setup going. Best of luck on the project!

[@Jjsadiq3760]

Great video! Thanks for this post

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! I appreciate you checking out the video!

[@4thwalltvandfilm]

Great video. Very helpful on many levels.

[@JasonYadlovski]

I am happy to hear it was helpful!

[@4thwalltvandfilm]

@@JasonYadlovski I think the bigggest help was the syncing of multple cameras in the auto sync of the create multiclips. I had tried this type of thing in the past but it struggled and it worked better trying this way. Your approach was very easy to follow and made it simple and clear.

[@madiko]

Well explained and easy to follow. Thank you a lot, Jason. You made it easy for me to start my farewell process to Adobe and switch over to Davinci Resolve. (This was the function I was most anxious to loose.)

[@JasonYadlovski]

Welcome to Resolve! We got lots of videos for you to learn from. 😁

[@madiko]

@@JasonYadlovski Good to know, will definitely look into this. Have a nice day. 👋🏼

[@JimRobinson-colors]

boom - 100k congrats Jason

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yes sir!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@jer3006]

And there it is: 100K! Congratulations!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yeah!

[@kacsoac]

thanks , you resolve my problem

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@serge_stauffer]

Great video and workflow👍 What can prevent Resolve from confusing clips: Write the angle for each camera in metadata before you sync (with detect clips from same camera: angle).

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@jer3006]

Well, you published a great video here to get over the 100K hump- Love your Crash Courses! And this one is for a technique I am just about to put to work. Thank You!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Just a few more subs to go!

[@arskortguldsj]

I am doing a lot of MC ( 4 cameras and many mics and audiorecorders ) recording events/seminars/conferences.. When I moved to DVR I had to figure out a workflow that works for me so I can focus on the editing and cutting. Viewing your video I realize that I figured it out right - I am doing it almost as you do. I also make sure that I have at least one camera ( or audiorecorder ) turned on during the full length of the events to use as a base for syncing other sources. TIP: I am not using my Speed Editor that came with the DVR Studio license very much but it is very useful for MC-editing. Easy to switch angles, scroll the timeline and very important - double-click on a new angle if you cut into the wrong angle which often happens. Really enjoy and learning much from your DVR videos :-)

[@JasonYadlovski]

Sounds like you are on the right track for your videos. As with all this stuff, there's more than one way to do it. 😜

[@fikrimap0]

Yooo you are 100.000 now congratss

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yeah buddy! We are there! 😁👏👏👏👏

[@eie_for_you]

Great video as always! Any thoughts about using the Speed Editor with a multicam project?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! I think the speed editor can work great, although I've never used the speed editor. It would be faster for sure to hit buttons to switch angles.

[@eie_for_you]

@@JasonYadlovski I got the speed editor when they offered it free when I bought the studio version. I am so hooked on it. Haven't used it for a multicam yet, but it is WAY super for everything I've used it for.🙂

[@allworld_360]

It's almost 100,000 now 🎉🎉🎉🎉👍👍👍

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yeah, almost there!

[@fabmartel]

nice

[@arescyp]

Great video thank you very much👍 I have a question: I do flightsim and love to record them. As example I record my approach (OBS Studio) from cockpit view. Later I am using Davinci Resolve. How I can add another windows as example you can see the cockpit view plus in a smaller windows the the wing view? Is it possible and how I have to do it? Thank you

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! You can always drop in a new clip or angle into the multicam clip and then just edit as normal.

[@MichaelHartshorn]

Thank you for the video tutorial! I'm new to video editing (hobby) and Da Vinci Resolve and just edited my first multicam project! I'm having a little trouble with clips that I would like to be sped up but when I adjust the speed of the clip it takes out the audio from the following clips. Is there a way to fix this?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Here’s a video where I talk about slow motion and some specific, audio cases, maybe you’ll find this info helpful kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CsZWRsYrBrg5osi=tegVPbSxgrCbZxjf

[@DigitalFusionPro]

Great Video, What if I want to see all the audio tracks below with multicam editing. Sometimes I need to blend two audio sources together.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Multicam clips don't really work that way. If you wanted to blend 2 clips, it's probably best not to use multicam clips.

[@johncunha319]

Hi Jason. I been watching your videos and I've learned a lot. You're the best. Now I have a problem and need your help. I have a clip that shows steps and when I rendered it shows artifacts. The steps look weird. I have Resolve 18.6. Can you help me with this dilema. Thanks.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hi! Not sure what it might be, but are there any effects on the clip? Is there any frame rate issue? Maybe changing the motion estimation or retime controls might help.

[@tadhgbrady]

Great video, Jason! Thank you so much for this! Quick question: I am editing a multicam video for social media, my clips are in landscape, and I've set the project to be in portrait framing. I am noticing that the ends of my clips are cropped and I have no idea why. In the multicam window the whole shot is there, but in the timeline preview window they are cropped. Do you know why I am experiencing this and how I can fix it? Thank you!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Sometimes, a crop gets applied to the clips, double check the inspector and see if a crop was applied. There's a setting when setting up the timeline where you can choose 'mismatched resolution' and it might be set to full frame with crop. You might want to use a different option. But for now, I'd just scale up the clip and make sure there's no crop on it.

[@morsecodebox772]

Love it. However I am not sure why you sync'd the first clip. Why not just do it as part of the Multicam and choose that preferred audio track. Genuine question as I am new to DR

[@howietorock]

clapping goodness, how do i equilise stereo audio as my right channel is sometimes higher or lower than my left,thanx

[@JasonYadlovski]

You can use the stereo fixer effect to rebalance the right/left channels or you can make it a mono track instead. Here’s a tutorial about it if you need it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4PKin-bhpyWrs0si=o48-hO6F1wADsOC0

[@tgalves]

Hello, can you tell me if I can see a full screen windows with all the angles in the same time I see a full screen program using 2 monitors? Thanks!

[@JasonYadlovski]

I’m not sure I haven’t tried that. 🤔

[@joelstrom7128]

Is there no way to "conform" the edits for export XML?

[@davinchewk]

Do you have a speed editor? If there is way to get a true multicam clip working with the speed editor that would be great.

[@JasonYadlovski]

I don’t own the speed editor, I think there’s numbers on it, that correspond to the angles in multicam.

[@ArnoLearning]

Great video! Learned a ton. I did have one question, though: How do you do talking head vids with multicam clips? Meaning, I want to show video track 1 (of my talking head) AND video track 2 (of the screen recording) at the same time -- with, of course, the talking head in a small circle overlaid on video track 2.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! To do what you just mentioned, you don’t need to use a multicam clip. That’s exactly how I make my videos, I just put the Talking Heads track above my video to track, the screen recording, then you can just put the talking head in a DVE effect or circle or whatever you want. No reason to use a multicam clip for just two tracks like that.

[@ArnoLearning]

@@JasonYadlovski Got it! And wow, thanks for the quick reply! One more question, if you don't mind 🙂 I'm trying to use Recut to automatically cut out silence from my videos. The challenge is that I need to cut out the content from my talking head video track and my screen recording. That's why I was trying to consolidate multiple clips into 1 so that I can export it as 1 file into Recut. But, perhaps you have a better solution for this!

[@JasonYadlovski]

I actually use re-cut all the time as well. What I do is record my Talking Heads and my screen at the same time, both recording audio. Then in recut, bring in both, you’re talking head and your screen recording, sync the Clips, and then let Recut do its job. Export that out and then you can import that timeline into Davinci resolve, and everything will be cut for you. You don’t need a multicam clip to do it.

[@ArnoLearning]

@@JasonYadlovski Got it! That sounds like a great workflow. Appreciate you taking the time to help me out!

[@ottomatic814]

In case it's helpful to anyone, I followed Jason's advice here and it worked! I used some plugins so that I could record audio with QuickTime screen recording. Here's a vid showing how to do it: (kzbin.info/www/bejne/goTQfmh8jd-JeMk). I use my external mic for the audio track in that screen recording and then use that audio track inside of Recut, as explained here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHPHZ6mQYph9ga8&ab_channel=Recut

[@ScratchNSpoonLotto]

I have always wanted to do multi angle videos. Right now I only use my phone for filming. Eventually I will get a second camera. I was thinking about using a webcam to at least try multi-cam. I also need to figure out how to record my audio through DaVinci. I do have a pretty good Blue Microphone. To be honest, I never really even considered recording audio directly through DaVinci. I will be giving it a try. Many blessings to you.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yeah, multicam its fun. A bit of work, but fun to try. Any cameras can work for it. If you want to record audio directly into resolve, here's how to do it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXmniaSKbb6Za6s

[@1rcbking]

Do you think that multicam is easier than using keyframes to hide parts of the clips that you don’t want visible?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Totally easier with Multicam clips. It’s so much faster just to click the angle that you want while you’re watching it back, make a few fine adjustments and you’re good to go. No need to key frame and do all that stuff that takes more time. I’ve been doing a bunch of multicam work lately and it’s super quick and easy once everything is synced up inside the multicam clip.

[@KavanaghGTR]

The other commenters are right, this is an excellent video. Thanks

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thank you, glad it was helpful to you and others!

[@pascalmoraiz3824]

Very hepful tips, thanks. But one important point, Fairlight doesn't work with multicam in Resolve. As soon as we return to the Edit page we lose all the settings. Apparently this is a known problem and it's a shame, it would have been so handy to use fairlight like the Color page!

[@EliorHatav]

In the future will it be possible to do multi cam in full screen? talking about it?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Maybe, I don't know....

[@jer3006]

Jay, curious at 9:50 - 10:30 where you select your main angles that the Audio C100 doesn't appear in the previewer after you change from MKE600. Looking at the timeline, the mains are displayed in the left corner of each track correctly as C100, but C100 Audio never appears in the previewer. Then you went to 4x4 default windows and I expected C100 Audio to appear as a 4th window but it did not- MKE600 continues to display. Maybe it is explained further on in the video but I needed to get this question posted while I still remembered the issue. 😕 Can you help, please?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Got ya, so the audio is part of the C100 video clip (synced up to it), so it would just be with the C100 video clip, it would not show as a separate audio track, unless it was in-fact a complete separate audio track and not associated with any video clips. That MKE6009 audio clips was an audio only clip. There was no video associated with the original clip. Does that clarify it?

[@jer3006]

@@JasonYadlovski Of course! Makes absolute sense. Thank you.

[@klangeproductions]

I love multicamming in DaVinci and have been doing it for a while but I recently downloaded the 18.6 update and for some reason I don’t have the double window viewer button option anymore. I also have to double click the track to get to the source & multicam drop down menu but when I click from source to the multicam option it goes to transform instead and switches menus entirely. Do you think it’s a bug in my update? It’s frustrating the heck out of me…

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! That's a strange issue, I'd maybe try backing up the database and then reinstalling Resolve again. Maybe something is messed up with it for some reason. You should always be able to se the button to open 2 viewers. Maybe its because the inspector and the media pool are open and there's not enough room on the screen?

[@klangeproductions]

@@JasonYadlovski right! I was so perplexed because I’ve never run into that. That’s a good thought too, I’m going to look at it again. Like you said, my best bet will probably be to reinstall DaVinci. Thanks so much for your advice! Also great video, I came across it while I was trying to google my issue to see if there was anything new in the update that was making multicamming different than what I was used to 🤣 much appreciated!!

[@NeverDrewBefore]

A bit off topic, but what lenses do you use for the Canon 60D? I have a 70D and I thought it wasn't enough because there is a lot of noise with the Sigma 17-50 f2.8. It seems the problem is me and not the camera. Your footage is indistinguishable between different cameras.

[@JasonYadlovski]

I have several lenses I use between my Canon 5D Mark IV, 60D and my C100 mark II. I have the Canon 50mm f1.4, Canon 16-35 f4L IS, Canon 24-70 f2.8L II, Canon 70-200 f2.8L III, and specifically for the 60d, I have a 10-22 f3.5-4.5 and the kit lens, 18-135. They all match up pretty well, just a little bit of color grading.

[@NeverDrewBefore]

@@JasonYadlovski I have 10-22 as well. I’ll give it a try. Thanks for your help 🙏

[@JasonYadlovski]

The 10 to 22 is nice, I like that one for a wide angle on a crop sensor. Doesn’t work on a full frame but on a crop sensor it’s great. I’ve used it for many years. 😜😁

[@MessianicJudaism]

AUDIO QUESTION: I'm interviewing a guest. How do I bring both audios into one track? Let's say I am asking her a question, and in the middle of me asking, the guest clears their Throat? How would I isolate it? Moreover, how would it be mixed, or how would both audio tracks be used for L and J cuts between them both? What capture device are you using? I am thinking about getting the DeckLink 8K Pro or the DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G

[@JasonYadlovski]

If you are using a multicam clip to make your edit and I'm assuming each person has their own mic, you can use the option in the multicam viewer to cut the audio and video tracks. Then it will change the audio angles along with the video angles. If you want to change an audio track, just right click on it and towards the bottom of the menu, you can change the audio 'angle'. For me, I record everything to a C100MKII including scratch audio. For my main audio, I record using an MKE 600 into an Audient EVO4 interface into my computer. On the computer, I'll either record directly into Resolve or into Screenflow - my screen recording software.

[@quickpickle]

19:18 problem with that is if you have lots of clips.. say 50 or so.. thats really tedious work to do to get all those clips on 1 timeline.

[@CameronHall]

Hi Jason, I've been in the industry for years and working on DaVinci. However, since DaVinci 18.5 the live Multicam viewer constantly lags when playing even just two angles. On previous projects I was running 5 angles with colour grade all simultaneously, and now for the past year DaVinci has lagged trying to run the muticam viewer and even after removing the Multicam viewer it then proceeds to lag until I restart the software. I'm on a completely maxed out M2 Max Macbook. I'm usually a tech whiz at all things computer and editing related, but this has stumped for for over a year and haven't been able to find anything to solve it, even downgrading back to 18.5. Most of the Multicam camera footage is 4K SLOG3 from FX6 and FX9's.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! It should playback ok, did you try adjusting the playback settings? Maybe work in a 1080 timeline if you're currently using a 4k timeline? I'm also assuming you're using Studio, correct? Hopefully you figured it out by now since I'm late to reply. 😜

[@CameronHall]

@@JasonYadlovski Hey Jason! Thanks for your reply. I still don't have a solution and in the past it's always been a 4K timeline with 4K output so I've no idea how it was running multiple streams easily in 4K and now it can't handle two. Also yep I'm on the studio version and even when going on to a 1080p timeline it still lags. It was also the original media, no proxies or optimised media. I'll keep looking but it's been over a year and now I'm starting to think I imagined it haha. I will update here if I find a solution. Thanks!

[@jashanchahal1628]

Is this a premium version feature because I am not able to see it in my free version of the software

[@JasonYadlovski]

No, you can do this in the free version as well.

[@krishagarwal1830]

did u get it?

[@kellynoecker8045]

I have multiple cameras with each camera recording multiple channels of audio (lav, boom etc). Currently in my multicam sequence, I only see one track that contains all audio channels with no ability to select or adjust a specific audio channel .How can I select specific audio channels within multicam?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! When you created the mulitcam clip and you open it in the timeline (right click on mulitcam clip and choose open in timeline), do you see all of your audio tracks in there? They should be there. When you are in your regular timeline and bring in the multicam clip and open the multicam clip viewer, you've got the option to change the video angle, the audio angle or both. In the multicam viewer on the left, hover the mouse near the bottom of the window and you'll see 3 different icons. One is video only, one is audio only and one is both. You can set it to be the one you'd like. If you need to change something in the timeline after making the cuts, you can select a clip, right click on it, go towards the bottom of the pop up window and change the audio 'angle' or track/channel from the Multicam clip. Does this help?

[@kellynoecker8045]

@@JasonYadlovski thank you so much for the quick response! I have opened the multi-cam sequence by "opening in timeline," and I see one audio track per camera. The issue is that each audio track includes all 3 channels of audio that were being recorded into the camera. For example, on camera A we had two lavs, and a shotgun mic recording to the camera (3 channels). The audio track I see in the multicam sequence for that camera includes all three tracks, with no way of selecting which channel I want to hear. Instead, I hear all 3 channels of audio. I am hoping to find a way to select which channel of audio is being heard instead of all three. I have searched around online and the only answer to this issue is that people have requested Da Vinci fix this issue and that there is a work around. :(

[@JasonYadlovski]

Oh, I see what you mean. Sure we can fix that. Just select an audio track while you have the multicam clip 'opened in timeline'. Then Right click and choose clip attributes, and go to the audio tab along the top. In there you should see a drop down menu with all of the sources that are part of that track You can either delete some or just make them all the same source. That should do that trick for you. If you have troubles, let me know and I'll see if I can help more. 👍

[@kellynoecker8045]

@@JasonYadlovski Amazing. Thanks again for the rapid response! What you just suggested is what I have determined I will do. Love your content. Huge help! Keep it up!

[@arafatwasi]

How to work if an angle has multiple audio tracks?

[@JasonYadlovski]

You can make your cuts using just the video, just the audio or both the video and audio. There's a little icon just below the multicam viewer. If the track inside the multicam clip has multiple audio tracks, you an select the one you want to use or make multiple copies of the audio clip and change the source of the clip to be able to use all sources in a clip. Does that help?

[@arafatwasi]

@@JasonYadlovski Thank you for the reply. There is a chance I did not ask the right question, it'd be best if I could show you. It feels like a very common problem but no specific solutions on YT about it.

[@xela95]

Multicam is broken on my computer lol. Nothing syncs and it lags like crazy. I just overlay all clips in the edit tab and sync them there then I make all the cuts there. Takes longer but at least it works.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Are you on Free or Studio?

[@xela95]

@@JasonYadlovski free

[@JimRobinson-colors]

A few pointers - one - not good practice to name angles to the camera type - you can imagine the confusion for someone if there are many takes and the same cameras are used or the insignificance of an angle being name 60D when it's concert footage and there might be multiples of the same camera but in some of the videos that I have done 14 or 15 angles. For multicam, I would suggest that people use a naming convention that the editor or the colorist can easily tell what the angle is mid-left, mid-center, mid - right , Close up left etc. We used to use ML, MC, MR etc. I'm also a bit confused to why you synced the good audio with the camera first as well. I get that you do it that way. But you aren't changing the audio - you are only referencing the main audio - so not sure what benefit that step had, and it may confuse people who haven't done this before. The color grading part- you are actually making more steps than you need. Firstly - without using stacked timelines etc., if you right click the multicam where you were doing the editing, and choose - "Open in Timeline" you get to the stacked timeline - at the bottom it will leave a breadcrumb link trail ( to get back later to where you started ) - Now on the color page below the source monitor - just left of the little speaker icon is the "unmix" icon. When you turn that on, you can go from clip to clip and color grade. No need to go back and turn off tracks. You need to see all your clips to match the grades - so using the unmix option you can grade it just like any other video. When doing it this way be aware what happens when someone flattens the multicam - I don't know if it still happens but flattening the multicam used to wipe out the color grading done as we are discussing. Only mentioning because I had it happen to me with a 1.5 hour concert, and I had to go back with the flattened footage and put everything into groups and start over - so this I understand this isn't a color grading tutorial - but from experience when you grade even with small amounts of angles ( you had three ) grab a still of each angle - so if you have to go back and do what I did and assign same angles to groups - you can then just use the stills to put the grade back on the footage. Then of course clicking back to the editing tab to the stacked multicam - you just need to click back to the first link in that breadcrumb link ( bottom left in the timeline ) and you're back to where you started. This can be done at anytime as well, some people think they have to do it up front but you can complete the whole edit and go back and follow those steps and grade anytime. We also used to just sync all the video tracks with whatever scratch audio there was and when the real audio got mixed drop a master audio below the audio channel on the edited timeline and sync it manually and turn off the multican audio. With large projects ( concert footage ) the mix was done somewhere else and if everyone had to wait until it was mixed, it would back up production time. Also don't know why people shy from the cut page for multicam - it is quite unique and can be quite interesting to use. I did a couple of projects using the cut page - I actually used it to get every nuance in a concert that I edited by starting with an angle of the lead singer then musician by musician, I brought up their angle and from start to finish you can mark in and out when say a drummer does a cool fill and drop it right in sync over the main track - you keep working that way and by the end of the song - every cool fill is done - then go to the guitar player angle - mark in and out for the solo and just insert and so on. By the time you get through all the solos - most of the video is edited and nothing is overlooked. It is unconventional, but kind of cool. And it is never hard on your computer because in the end there is just two or three tracks on the master at any given time.

[@JimRobinson-colors]

And congrats on the 100k mark - it is something to be proud of, and deservingly as well. cheers

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks Jim! Always appreciate your insight and experience. I appreciate you checking out the video and sharing some feedback. 😁 👍

[@jer3006]

Thank you, Jim. These are very helpful tips. Stories from experience always help avoid problems and save time.

[@serikz]

Not working...

[@a-fox]

It seems that Resolve made this more complicated than it was 3 yrs ago.

[@JasonYadlovski]

It’s pretty much the same, nothings really changed. 😜

[@StinkyWizzleTits]

So this only work if your using an external mic and have a separate audio track? Brilliant.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You don't need an external mic, that's just my setup. You can use in/on camera mics and audio. You can choose if you want to switch audio and video when changing angles or if you want to switch just video. Pretty much you can do anything you need to do for multicam.