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Multicam Selector
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The Multicam Selector strip is used for multi camera editing.
Multi camera editing is when a scene is recorded using multiple cameras from different angles
and then edited together after words. This process can be rather easy in the :abbr:`VSE (Video Sequence Editor)`
if you properly setup every to improve your workflow.


Options
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Source Channel
   The channel which the Multicam Selector gets its input from.
Cut To
   Cuts the Multicam strip at the current frame an changes
   the *Source Channel* automatically to the selected channels.


Workflow
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#. First your going to want to add in each of your video strips.
#. Next, you will want to sync all your cameras by either using
   :doc:`Audio Waveforms </editors/vse/sequencer/strips/audio>` or by the movement of objects.

   .. tip::

      To make syncing strips easier you can group cameras, there audio,
      and there effects together using :doc:`Meta Strips </editors/vse/sequencer/meta>`.

#. Add a viewer region for every input channel and to improve performance use 25% proxies.
#. Add a Multicam Selector strip *above* all the channel tracks.

   After completing these steps you should get something similar to the image below:

   .. figure:: /images/editors_sequencer_stips_mulitcam.png

      Multi camera editing setup.

#. Now select the multicam strip, if you take a look at the strip options (Properties region),
   you will notice, that multicam is a rather simple effect strip:
   It just takes a selected channel as its input. That is all.
   The magic comes with the convenient keyboard layout.
#. When you select the multicam strip, the keys 1-9 are mapped to the cut buttons.
   So, select the multicam strip and start playback and press the keys
   for the correct input while watching the individual cameras.
#. You will end up with a small multicam selector strip for every cut.

In reality, it boils down to: watch a few seconds to see, what is coming,
watch it again and do a rough cut using the number keys,
do some fine tuning by selecting the outer handles of two neighboring multicam for A/B rolling.