multicam-edit

On the rail as multicam-edit.

When to use it

Turning one filmed take into a multi-angle cut: say in one line how to cut it, and get the same performance back from angles nobody filmed, with nothing re-performed or re-timed.

When to reach for something else

It refuses any clip where a person looks photoreal, rendered or filmed, so it only works for creatures, objects and characters that still read as drawn. It also needs a real take to re-cut, not an imagined scene.

How to use it

1. Use the card’s Footage area. The take to re-cut. Write in one line how to cut it, and the plan lists every shot with its angle.
2. Write what you want in Brief.
3. Set Draft first on the card.
4. Press Run.

On the card

Control	What it does	Choices
Footage	The take to re-cut. Write in one line how to cut it, and the plan lists every shot with its angle.
Brief	The instruction sent to the model. Plan composes it from your sentence and the clip, and you can edit any part of it.	Your words
Draft first	Re-shoots a 480p draft of the whole take. Review its cuts here, then finish it in 1080p before you place it.	On or off
Run	Starts the run. The number on it is what this run costs in credits, worked out before you press.

Settings

These sit behind the settings button on the card.

Setting	What it does	Choices
Resolution	How sharp the result is. The clip is billed twice at this rate, once as the output and once as the reference, so it is the main thing that moves the price.	480p, 720p, 1080p
Keep original sound	Puts your clip’s own audio back on the result, so the words and their timing never change. Turn it off to hear the model’s own take on the sound instead.	On or off
Seed	The starting dice roll. The same seed and settings give the same result every time; change it for a fresh variation, or leave it at -1 for a new random one.	A number