Articles on shooting and editing
How to offload cards, check footage, sync sound and prepare an edit project in MultiSyncer Studio.
Audio syncHow to sync audio and video: step by step in MultiSyncer StudioSync a whole shoot by sound, timecode or slate, correct clock drift, export to your editing app.
Audio syncAudio out of sync in editing: why it happens and how to fix itAn offset start, clock drift, phone VFR: how to find the cause and fix it.
Footage QCPhase inversion in audio: why channels cancel each other and how to find itWhat opposite phase is, where it comes from, why the sound vanishes in mono and how to catch it before the edit.
Footage QCPhone video: variable frame rate (VFR) and why the audio driftsWhat VFR is, why phone audio drifts in the edit and how to find these clips in advance.
Audio syncSyncing without a clapper: audio and video by waveformWhat a slate is for, how to sync by sound without one and when it still helps.
Card offloadMemory card offload on set: two copies and checksum verificationA verified offload: two copies, checksums, MHL, several cards at once, “Safe to format”.
Card offloadChecksums for video offload: xxHash vs MD5, and what an MHL file isxxHash64, xxh3, xxh128, MD5, SHA-1: how they differ, which to choose, our speed test, what MHL is.
Card offloadMXF: what the format is and how to work with it on setWhat MXF is, why the card is copied whole, how to open it, what MultiSyncer does with it.
Card offloadLRV files on GoPro and Insta360: what they are and whether you need them in the editLRV on GoPro and Insta360, LRF on DJI: lightweight copies. Do you need them in the edit, and what the app does with them.
Reports, proxies and dailiesHow to make proxies for editing right on setProxies and dailies in the same pass as the card offload: formats, LUT, burn-ins, cloud.
ExportMulticam editing: a ready project in one passMulticam from the whole shoot: tracks named by angle, takes, pauses, markers, export to your editing app.
Footage QCDead pixel on a camera: how to find it before the editA dead sensor pixel in the clips you shot: found automatically, its place shown, the fail arrives as a marker.
Reports, proxies and dailiesWhat dailies are and how to send the day's footage to the director and producerDailies vs proxies: the difference. LUT, burn-ins, watermark, cloud, the link in the report and the mail.
How to work in MultiSyncer
Card offloadProject setup: how to fill it in before the shootCameras, angles, LUT, crew, shoot days, drives, checksum, folders and file names, proxies, reports.
Card offloadYour first shoot day with MultiSyncer: from the card to “Wrap the day”A checklist for set: project and drives, cards, take marks, the check, “Wrap the day”.
Card offloadHow many copies you need and when a card is safe to formatTwo verified copies on different drives, the cloud is not a copy, “Copy to a new drive” for the editor.
Card offload“Mark and eject”: a mark on the copied cardInstead of tape: the camera sees that the card is copied. How to turn it on, how to restore, the risks. Mac only for now.
Reports, proxies and dailiesShooting day report: what is in it and how to send itReport sections, HTML, PDF, CSV, the project report, a clip table in Excel, the mail to the producer, the cloud.
Audio syncHow to check and fix sync by handThe result panel, confidence, A/B listening, nudge by a frame, lock, “Sync to…”.
ExportTakes of one line: stacked or a sequence for each take BetaBeta. Takes of one line stacked, lines and pick-ups, a sequence for each take.
Audio syncSeveral days and shoot days in one projectShoot days and night shoots, a sequence for every day, the project report, batch processing of days.
Audio sync“In the edit room” mode: sync a project you have already startedSync and export only: shoot folders, or import XML, FCPXML, AAF, EDL from your editing app.
Footage QC“Footage”: reviewing your footage in one tableIssues and all footage, ISO, shutter, white balance, lens, viewing, comparing up to four clips.
Card offloadCameras: RED, Blackmagic RAW, Sony MXF, GoPro, Insta360, iPhoneCamera specifics: what it reads itself, where a proxy with sound is needed, LRV, dual-lens 360°, phones.
Audio syncMultitrack recorders: multichannel WAV and iXMLMultichannel WAV, iXML (scene, take, tracks), a check of every channel, recorder sound in the sequence.