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Setting the Camera Switch Point and Selecting the Camera

Setting the Camera Switch Point

Set the camera switch point as the trigger to switch cameras.

1Move the timeline cursor to the position to set the camera switch point.
2Right-click the time scale, and click [Add Cut Point/Clear Cut Point (Toggle)].

The camera switch point is set at the timeline cursor position, and a cut point is added to the clip on the switch point.

Repeat steps 1 and 2, to set the camera switch point. The enable/disable setting of clips to use can be set by switching the selected camera.

Switching the Selected Camera

Clip Enable/Disable

Alternative

Setting the Camera Switch Point during Playback

You can set the camera switch point during playback. Playback operations are the same as in the standard mode.

The following explains operations in the divided screen in the multicam mode. When display of only the selected camera in the single mode has been set, operate using the numerical keypad on the keyboard.

Multicam Editing by Shortcut Keys

1Move the timeline cursor to the position to start playback.
2Click the camera video of the clip to be enabled first.
3Click [Play] on the Recorder.
4Click the camera video of the clip to be enabled at the video switching position.

The camera switch point is set to the timeline cursor position. When playback stops, a cut point is added to the clip on the camera switch point.

Moving Camera Switch Points

You can delete camera switch points.

1Drag the camera switch point.

Selected camera switch points are displayed in light blue.

During dragging, the images of the previous and next frames of the camera switch point are displayed on the camera of the respective track on the Recorder.

Alternative

Deleting Camera Switch Points

You can delete camera switch points.

1Move the timeline cursor to a camera switch point to delete.
2Right-click the time scale, and click [Add Cut Point/Clear Cut Point (Toggle)].

The camera switch point is deleted, and clips are merged. The enable/disable settings of clips when a camera switch point is deleted are dependent on the previous clip.

The camera switch point cannot be deleted when the camera switch point set to the In and Out points of a clip which has no margin.

Alternative

Switching the Selected Camera

You can change the clips to acquire after setting the camera switch points.

The following explains operations in the divided screen in the multicam mode. When display of only the selected camera in the single mode has been set, operate using the numerical keypad on the keyboard.

Multicam Editing by Shortcut Keys

1Move the timeline cursor on the clip to switch the selected camera while the timeline is stopped.
2Click the camera video to set as the selected camera from among the camera videos of each track.

The clips of the selected camera are enabled, and others are disabled.

Example:

When switching the selected camera of the clip at the timeline cursor position from [C1] to [C3]

Multicam Editing by Shortcut Keys

You can set the camera switch point and selected the camera using the numeric keypad. When only the selected camera is displayed in the single mode, perform multicam editing using shortcut keys. The following shows shortcut key operations and camera numbers assigned to each key.

Camera No.

Corresponding Numeric Keypad Operation

1

[1]

2

[2]

3

[3]

4

[4]

5

[5]

6

[6]

7

[7]

8

[8]

9

[9]

10

[Alt] + [0]

11

[Alt] + [1]

12

[Alt] + [2]

13

[Alt] + [3]

14

[Alt] + [4]

15

[Alt] + [5]

16

[Alt] + [6]

Switching the Selected Camera Simultaneously with Setting of the Camera Switch Point
1Move the timeline cursor to the point to switch the camera.
2Press the numeric keypad corresponding to the camera to switch to with [Ctrl] on the keyboard held down.
Switching the Selected Camera Simultaneously with Setting of the Camera Switch Point during Playback
1Play back the timeline, and press the numeric keypad corresponding to the camera selected at the time of switching.

The camera switch point is set to the timeline cursor, and the camera video is switched.

Switching the Selected Camera
1Move the timeline cursor over the clip to switch the selected camera.
2Press the numeric keypad corresponding to the camera to switch to.

Playing Back around the Camera Switch Point

You can playback around a camera switch point to confirm the video. You can also confirm video in the same way by regular playback operation.

1Click the [Play the Current Area] list button on the Recorder.
2Click the playback method.
[Play around Cut Point]

Play back around the camera switch point which is nearest and placed before the timeline cursor.

[Play around Cut Point (1 Sec)]

Play back around for the specified length.

[Play around Cut Point (2 Sec)]
[Play around Cut Point (3 Sec)]
[Play around Cut Point - Show only Selected Camera]

Display only videos of the selected camera. Play back around the camera switch point which is nearest and placed before the timeline cursor.

[Play around Cut Point (1 Sec) - Show only Selected Camera]

Display only videos of the selected camera. Play back around for the specified length.

[Play around Cut Point (2 Sec) - Show only Selected Camera]
[Play around Cut Point (3 Sec) - Show only Selected Camera]

You can repeatedly play back around the camera switch point.

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