Multicam Editing

When editing an interview, music video, or live event that was shot with multiple cameras simultaneously, manually aligning the clips on different tracks and cutting between them is extremely tedious.

Oraphim features a robust Multicam engine that syncs the footage automatically and allows you to "live cut" between cameras as if you were directing a live television broadcast.

Step 1: Creating a Multicam Clip

To edit in Multicam, you first need to bundle your various camera angles into a single special clip.

  1. In the Media Pool, select all the clips that belong to the same scene (e.g., Cam A, Cam B, and Cam C, plus the master audio from the sound mixer).
  2. Right-click the selection and choose Create New Multicam Clip...
  3. A dialog box will appear. The most important setting here is the Sync By option.
    • Timecode: If your cameras were jammed with professional timecode generators, this is instantaneous and 100% accurate.
    • Audio: If you didn't have timecode, Oraphim can analyze the scratch audio waveforms of all the cameras and the master audio recorder, and perfectly align them automatically.
  4. Click Create.

Oraphim will generate a single Multicam Clip in your Media Pool.

Step 2: Preparing the Timeline

  1. Drag the newly created Multicam Clip onto your timeline.
  2. By default, it will just show Camera 1.
  3. In the lower-left corner of the Source Monitor, click the view mode dropdown and select Multicam.
  4. The monitor will split into a grid, showing all your camera angles playing back simultaneously in real-time.

Step 3: Live Editing

Now comes the fun part. You can play the timeline and cut the angles in real-time.

  1. Ensure the Multicam clip is selected on your timeline.
  2. Press Spacebar to begin playback.
  3. As the video plays, click on the grid in the Source Monitor to choose the angle you want. (Alternatively, you can press the numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., on your keyboard).
  4. Every time you click an angle, Oraphim automatically adds a cut on your timeline and switches to that camera.
  5. Press Spacebar to stop playback.

You will now see your timeline sliced up with the various angles you selected.

Step 4: Refining the Edit

You don't have to get it perfect on the first live pass.

  • If you want to change an angle after the cut is made, simply park the playhead over that clip, and press a different number (1, 2, 3) or Alt + Click an angle in the grid. The cut will instantly swap to the new camera angle without altering the timing.
  • You can use the standard Trim tools (like the Roll edit) to shift the exact frame where the camera switch occurs.