INDEX

Mync

EDIUS

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Startup/Project

Setting

Importing Sources

Managing Sources

Editing Operations

Effect

Title

Audio

Export

Interaction with GV STRATUS

Appendix

Setting the Sync Point to Place Clips

You can select a sync point as the reference point to be used when multiple clips are placed, and then place clips on the timeline.

A sync point can be selected from [Timecode], [Audio], [Clip Marker] , [Clip In], etc.

When a synchronized clip is to be placed, you can select either to create a new sequence or to use the currently active sequence.

1) Select and right-click the multiple clips in the bin, and click [Multicam Sync].

2) Select a reference sync point from the [Sync Point] list.

3) Select [New Sequence] or [Active Sequence] for [Target Sequence] of [Output].

4) Click [OK].

Note

  • When a clip is placed on the timeline by a drag and drop operation or by clicking [Add to Timeline] for a clip selected in the bin, the clip cannot be placed using the sync point as the reference point.

  • Selecting [Active Sequence] for [Target Sequence] will synchronize the currently active sequence with the clip selected in the bin. When the clip selected in the bin is placed on the timeline, the positions of clips which have already been placed on the timeline are maintained. Therefore, the clip selected in the bin may be trimmed on the In point side, or the clip may not be placed.

[Multicam Sync] Dialog Box

(1)

[Sync Point]

Select a sync point as the reference point for clips to be placed.

[Timecode]

Places clips on the timeline according to the start timecode of each clip. If a clip has no start timecode, the start timecode is assumed to be “00:00:00;00”.

[Rec Time]

Places clips on the timeline according to the recording time of each clip. If a clip has no start time, the recording time is assumed to be “00:00:00”. (Regardless of the recording date, the recording time will be the reference point.)

[Audio]

Analyzes audio data of every entire clip, and determines an optimal sync point automatically. Clips are placed on the timeline according to those sync points.

Audio Sync

[Audio (around the Marker)]

Analyzes audio data of each clip in the range of 10 seconds before and after the clip marker set on each clip, and determines an optimal sync point automatically. Clips are placed on the timeline according to those sync points. By limiting the analysis area to the range around the marker, the time for analysis will be shortened significantly.

A marker to be the reference point can be set by [Marker].

  • If [Active Sequence] has been selected for [Target Sequence], the clip marker of the clip selected in the bin and the sequence marker set on the sequence will be the reference points for analysis.

  • If a clip or sequence has no marker to be subject to synchronization, the entire clip or sequence will be analyzed.

Audio Sync

[Clip Marker]

Places clips on the timeline according to the clip marker position of each clip.

A marker to be the reference point can be set by [Marker].

  • If [Active Sequence] has been selected for [Target Sequence], the clip marker of the clip selected in the bin and the sequence marker set on the sequence will be the reference points for synchronization.

[Clip In]

Places clips on the timeline according to the In point timecode of the clip. If a clip has no start In point timecode, the top of the clip will be the reference point.

[Clip Out]

Places clips on the timeline according to the Out point timecode of the clip. If a clip has no start Out point timecode, the end of the clip will be the reference point.

(2)

[Marker]

Sets [Color] and [Comment] of the clip marker or sequence marker to be the reference point for synchronization.

  • The marker with the exact same color as selected in [Color] and the text string as set in [Comment] will be subject to synchronization.

  • The settings can be changed by selecting [Audio (around the Marker)] or [Clip Marker] in [Sync Point].

[Color]

Select the color of the marker to be the reference point for synchronization.

[Comment]

Enter the text string which exactly matches that of [Comments] for the marker to be the reference point for synchronization.

(3)

[Output]

Makes settings of the sequence on which the synchronized clips are to be placed.

[Target Sequence]

  • When [New Sequence] has been selected

    A new sequence is created in accordance with the current project settings. Multicam mode will be set to the created sequence.

  • When [Active Sequence] has been selected

    The currently active sequence and the clip selected in the bin are synchronized. The synchronized clips will be added to the currently active sequence. The mode of the sequence (standard mode/multicam mode) will not be changed.

    • A clip cannot be placed on an empty sequence.

    • If [Audio (around the Marker)] or [Clip Marker] has been selected for [Sync Point], the clip marker of the clip selected in the bin and the sequence marker set on the sequence will be the reference points for synchronization.

[Sequence Name]

Enter the name of the sequence.

[Audio Channel]

Select the audio channel from [Monaural] and [Stereo].

Audio Sync

The audio sync function analyzes audio data such as video clip and audio clip, and automatically determines an optimal sync point to synchronize them.

There are two major methods of audio sync, [Audio] and [Audio (around the Marker)].

[Audio] analyzes audio data of every entire clip.

[Audio (around the Marker)] analyzes audio data of each clip in the range of 10 seconds before and after the clip marker set on each clip. By limiting the analysis area to the range around the marker, the time for analysis will be shortened significantly.

Preparation

To execute [Audio (around the Marker)] in [Sync Point], set a clip marker on each clip in advance. The marker position functions as a reference point for the range of audio data analysis. An analysis is performed in the range of 10 seconds before and after the marker.

Example:

To set a clip marker to be the reference point for analysis

1) Set a clip marker on a clip to be used for multicam editing.

2) Set [Color] and [Comments] for the clip marker of each clip.

Synchronization by Audio Sync Function

This section describes how to synchronize clips using the audio sync function.

1) Select and right-click the multiple clips in the bin, and click [Multicam Sync].

2) Select [Audio] or [Audio (around the Marker)] from the [Sync Point] list.

3) For [Marker], set [Color] and [Comment] of the marker to be the reference point for analysis.

4) Select [New Sequence] or [Active Sequence] for [Target Sequence] of [Output].

5) Click [OK].

To automatically distinguish different scenes and separate sequence

If [Audio] or [Audio (around the Marker)] has been selected for [Sync Point], multiple sequences may be created, in such a case when multiple groups with different sync points are detected in audio data analysis.

For example, if a performance by a band is recorded in multi-camera recording by three cameras, in which four songs are performed and recording is stopped on each camera every time a song is finished.

When the recorded data is imported to EDIUS, 12 clips will be registered to the bin. If you select all the 12 clips in the bin and execute audio sync, automatic distinction of scenes will be performed based on the sync point information obtained from analysis.

After the analysis is completed, four sequences, each including three clips, will be created.

Switching to the Multicam Mode

You can switch the mode of the currently active sequence to the multicam mode.

1) Click [Mode] on the menu bar, and click [Multicam Mode].

Alternative

Note

  • The multicam mode ends and the mode changes to the standard mode when the following operations are performed during multicam editing.

    • Switching to the Player during editing in the single mode

    • Displaying clips on the Player during editing in the dual mode

    • Opening the effect or layouter setting dialog box

Changing the Number of Screens

You can switch the number of multicamera screens on the Recorder.

1) Click [Mode] on the menu bar, and click [Number of Cameras] → an item.

Changing the Assigned Camera

You can change the camera assigned to each track.

When clips have been placed on the timeline in the multicam mode, cameras are assigned in the track number order of V/A tracks containing clips.

1) Click [Camera mapping] on the track panel of the V/A track.

2) Click the camera to assign to the selected track.

Setting the Multicam Display

Set the preview display during editing in the multicam mode.

1) Click [Mode] on the menu bar, and click [View Multicam] → an item.

[Skipped Frames]

Increase the skipped frames to reduce the load on the system during playback.

[Apply Video Filter]

Batch-switch the disabled (on)/enabled (off) setting of the video filter applied to clips. Temporarily disabling the video filter can reduce the load on the system during playback.

[Display Track Name]

Switch the show/hide setting for track names assigned to the divided screen.

[Display Only the Selected Camera on Full Screen Preview (Auto)]

When this item is on, only the video of the selected camera (master) is displayed in displays whose full screen view setting is set to [Auto].

When this item is off, the divided screen is displayed.

[Monitor]

[Output the Selected Camera to External Monitor]

When this item is on, only the video of the selected camera (master) is displayed on the external monitor.

When this item is off, the divided screen is displayed.

[Show Only the Selected Camera in Single Monitor Mode]

This item is enabled when the preview window is in the single mode. When this item is on, only the video of the selected camera (master) is displayed.

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