Multicam Media

Multicam Media

Multicam Media Assemble angles from a multi-camera shooting as a unit.

Overview

A multicam media describes a collection of angles shot at the same time from multiple angles. Assemble footages synchronized in time from multiple cameras, or angles, using the multicam element. The mc-angle element describes the construction of each angle.

| Multicam Media Elements | Attributes | | --- | --- | | multicam | A root container for angles of related media, organized as mc-angle elements. | | mc-angle | A container of story elements organized sequentially in time. |

Note FCPXML 1.1 added support for multicam editing to manage media from multiple cameras or other synchronized footage.

The multicam element appears as a child element under a media element (as a resource reference). A multicam element contains one or more mc-angle elements that each manage a series of other story elements.

The code listing below shows a multicam definition with two angle definitions, a1 and a2:

<resources>
   <media id="r1" name="MyMulticamClip">
      <multicam format="r2">
         <mc-angle name="MyMovie1" angleID="a1">
            <asset-clip name="MyMovie1" offset="0s" ref="r3" duration="10s" audioRole="dialogue" />
         </mc-angle>
         <mc-angle name="MyMovie2" angleID="a2">
            <asset-clip name="MyMovie2" offset="0s" ref="r4" duration="20s" audioRole="dialogue" />
         </mc-angle>
      </multicam>
   </media>
   <format id="r2" name="FFVideoFormat1080p30" />
   <asset id="r3" name="MyMovie1" src="file:///Volumes/Media/MyMovie1.mov" start="0s" duration="10s" hasVideo="1" format="r2" hasAudio="1" audioSources="1" audioChannels="2" audioRate="48000" />
   <asset id="r4" name="MyMovie2" src="file:///Volumes/Media/MyMovie2.mov" start="0s" duration="20s" hasVideo="1" format="r2" hasAudio="1" audioSources="1" audioChannels="2" audioRate="48000" />
</resources> 

Note Starting in FCPXML 1.4, specify visual adjustments on a multicam clip on individual angles instead of the entire clip.