Title in Multicam

johnebaker wrote on 5/24/2018, 4:51 AM

Hi

. . . . is there any way to add a title in Multicam mode ??. . . . .

Not while you are in multi cam mode.

You have to exit multicam mode once you have completed the selection of the various cameras video segments to be used before adding transitions, effects, to the objects on track 1 and adding additional material eg titles. audio, images etc to lower tracks.

You will note that the source video tracks are muted so that only track 1 contains 'visible' video for the project

HTH

John EB

rolcruz wrote on 5/25/2018, 7:47 AM

So, first to do the title, transitions , etc while NOT in multicam, and only after apply multicam?? did I understand right? Thank you!

emmrecs wrote on 5/25/2018, 9:33 AM

@rolcruz

So, first to do the title, transitions , etc while NOT in multicam, and only after apply multicam?? did I understand right?

Er, NO! The first stage is to create the final mixed video by selecting which camera output is to be viewed at any given time, as John EB explained. Then, turn off multicam mode. The "new" (edited) video will appear at tracks 1 and 2 of the timeline (the other video and audio tracks will now be muted).

You then apply your titles transitions etc. to this "new" video on tracks 1 and 2.

HTH

Jeff

browj2 wrote on 5/25/2018, 9:55 AM

@rolcruz

So, first to do the title, transitions , etc while NOT in multicam, and only after apply multicam?? did I understand right?

Er, NO! The first stage is to create the final mixed video by selecting which camera output is to be viewed at any given time, as John EB explained. Then, turn off multicam mode. The "new" (edited) video will appear at tracks 1 and 2 of the timeline (the other video and audio tracks will now be muted).

You then apply your titles transitions etc. to this "new" video on tracks 1 and 2.

HTH

Jeff

Just to clarify, the titles will show up on higher numbered tracks after the original video tracks. Once I have finished creating the mixed video, I turn off multicam and delete the original video material, thus freeing up those tracks. The original video material is no longer needed unless you want to make radical changes to the mixed video. Just make sure to unmute the ex-video tracks before adding titles etc.

As far as transitions, do not use the drag method to move one object over another to create a transition. This will get everything out of sync. Drag the edge of one clip over the other one, thus not moving the location of the object.

I suggest that you watch my tutorial on multi-cam:

John CB

rolcruz wrote on 5/25/2018, 10:42 AM

Okay. thanks a lot.

rolcruz wrote on 5/31/2018, 4:31 AM

I managed to create my first video with multicam, thanks to your instructions ! - Frankly I though when exported, it would have the three frames as when editing :) but actually it is the mixed video which is able to be exported.

browj2 wrote on 5/31/2018, 8:58 AM

@rolcruz

Glad the tutorial helped.

Three frames? You lost me. Are you new to editing videos?

John CB

johnebaker wrote on 5/31/2018, 9:35 AM

@browj2

I think rolcruz thought he was creating a collage of three images, as displayed in multi cam mode, as opposed to creating a single track from multiple sources.

@rolcruz

The 3 frames effect you thought you were going to get is called a collage, for which MEP has many options under Templates tab, Design elements, Collage, or another variant is Picture in Picture (PIP) under Templates tab, Design elements, Multi-PiP.

You can find more information on these in the installed PDF manual available under Help and there are also tutorials on Youtube on how to do this - they may refer to an older version of MEP however the principles are the same.

Note: the tutorial on creating collages by Terrypin in the tutorial section, is not about how to use a collage, it is how to create a collage to be loaded into the collage options in MEP (hope that makes sense).

HTH

John EB

rolcruz wrote on 5/31/2018, 9:58 AM

I purchased magix a month ago, so any tiny thing I can do from your advices make me happy :) So, I have a long way to go. Thank You,

browj2 wrote on 5/31/2018, 11:00 AM

@rolcruz

You may want to start with my Getting started tutorial, just to make sure that you have downloaded and installed everything and updated to the latest patch. The tutorial is a bit dated and I need to do a new one.

Then you should watch my 2 tutorials on Basic Editing and read through the Quick Start part of the manual. The tutorials will save you a lot of time in trying to understand how basic editing works.

Hope this helps!

John CB