Feature
Anyone can cut multicam
Drop in every camera and the sound recorder. Angles line up by their sound on every plan, and on Production bSync lines them up by sound and by picture and checks the two against each other. Then cut live from a grid of every angle.
Instead of a morning spent lining angles up by hand before the first cut, and a camera that lost sync halfway through.
- For Creators, Editors, Post houses
- Plans Multicam and sound sync on every plan. bSync, with picture, on Production.
Lining up angles used to be the job before the job. Clap the slate, find the spike in the waveform, nudge each camera, and hope nobody stopped recording halfway through. B/side does that part for you, so a podcaster with two cameras and a network show with nine get the same head start.
Group them
Select the cameras and the sound recorder and group them. You do not need matching timecode or a clapperboard.
Watch them line up
On every plan, each angle lines up by its sound. On Production, bSync lines up every angle twice: once by its sound and once by its picture. Sound is exact to the sample. Picture cannot be fooled by the same song playing in two rooms. When the two answers agree, you can trust the angle. When they do not, you see both answers. The angle is then marked for you to check.
- A camera with no sound still lines up on Production, from the light changes and movement it shares with the others.
- Cameras that stop and start become one angle, so a camera stopped between questions is still one camera.
- The sound recorder is part of the group, with every microphone named on its own track.
Cut it live
Every angle plays in a grid. Press an angle’s number, or click it, and the cut goes there while the scene plays, the way a vision mixer would on the day. Change your mind later and switch the angle on any cut without recutting around it.
Questions
Do I need timecode or a clapperboard?
No. On every plan, angles line up from the sound they share. On Production, bSync also uses the picture moments they share, such as a light switching or someone moving through both shots. Timecode is used when you have it.
What if one camera recorded no sound?
On Production, it can still line up from its picture alone, from the light and movement it shares with the other angles.
What if the sound and the picture disagree?
You see both answers and the angle is marked for you to check, because one of them has been fooled by the footage. Nothing is quietly guessed.
Can I change an angle after I have cut it?
Yes. Switch the angle on any cut afterwards, without recutting the scene around it.