PluralEyes and Multi-Cam Nesting
I just found out about two things I've never used before and I'm feeling pretty excited about them. I wondered if most people use these already, or if they are novelties for weddings. The first is PluralEyes. I downloaded the trial and it seems to have synced a ceremony perfectly. I haven't edited the footage yet, but it looks good so far. The second is just a feature in Premiere Pro that I'm sure is available in other programs. Nesting/Multi-Cam Editing a sequence. Seems like it'd be a great way to work through at least a rough cut of the ceremony, although a second go though would definitely be necessary. What are your thoughts on these?
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Once I heard of PluralEyes, I felt my life had new meaning.
Yes... it's THAT good. Just click 'sync', go pop open a beer and come back and it's done. It's not perfect and I have found it to be off by as many as 3 frames... but that's it. Barely noticeable. |
We multicam almost everything. Syncing is so simple in our NLE (Liquid) I've never been tempted to consider anything else. IMHO three frames out is still out and will certainly cause a perceptible echo if applied to soundtracks.
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I tried PluralEyes but it wont work with HDV footage (which is not cut by scenes). I'd have to pre-cut all footage prior to using PE :-(
But Multi-cam Editing is neat - great for long church ceremonies (when I know I have an hour of non-stop footage). |
pluraleyes is worth my every penny. especially since they upgraded to the latest version. i was like.. WOW.. thats a lot faster and a lot better in syncing!
you dont get everything synced everytime. but its a lot better than nothing. |
Three frames is close enough for me to do the rest manually. I just edited two ceremonies (one was 40 minute 2-cam, the other was 25 minute 3-cam) in about 1 hour 45 minutes. That includes time to do manual adjustments for audio syncing and fixing video that needed cleaning up from multi-cam edits. I almost feel like I need to say that I'm NOT affiliated with PluralEyes, because I probably sound like a commercial! Anyhow, I'm glad to have found out about both of these. Significant decrease in workflow time. I shoot a couple non-english weddings a year, so this will be great for those especially.
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