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Premiere Pro multicam guide

How to do multi-camera editing in Premiere Pro

Five Premiere Pro steps are below. Short an angle? Frameo makes the close-up or wide you did not shoot.

Multicam steps

How to do a multicam edit in Premiere, *step by step.*

  1. Over-the-shoulder shot of an editor at a dim suite desk at night, two monitors glowing with interview angles in cool blue-black glass, one frame glowing indigo, matte black gear, no text

    01

    Import and label every camera

    Bring each camera's clips in through File > Import. Rename them Cam A, Cam B and so on, so every angle reads clearly later.

  2. 02

    Sync by audio or timecode

    Select the clips, right-click and choose Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence. Then pick Audio or Timecode as the sync point.

  3. Extreme close-up of an editor's hand on a mouse and keyboard in a dark suite, blue monitor glow on the knuckles, a faint indigo glow at the frame edge, shallow depth of field, no text

    03

    Open the Multi-Camera view

    Drop the multicam sequence into a new timeline. In the Program Monitor, open the wrench menu and choose Multi-Camera.

  4. Deep focus wide of a dim edit suite at night: an editor's silhouette at the desk, three monitors showing interview angles, black tripods in the back, cool blue-black tones, no text

    04

    Cut live with number keys

    Play the sequence and click an angle, or press 1, 2, 3, to cut as it runs. Premiere records every switch on the timeline.

  5. Shallow depth of field on a monitor showing two people at a wooden table in soft daylight, one small frame beside it glowing indigo, dark room around, blurred background, no text

    05

    Refine and match colour

    Tidy the cut points with the Rolling Edit tool. Then match the angles to each other in Lumetri Color.

Multicam tips

Five habits that make multicam sync easy.

  • Clap or slate for an easy sync point.
  • Record scratch audio on every camera.
  • Keep frame rates the same across cameras.
  • Flatten the multicam only when the cut is locked.
  • Colour-match angles before you cut.

Interview edit breakdown

One two-person interview, one missing angle filled in.

A worked example, not a customer story: two real cameras, two generated angles, one live cut in Premiere Pro.

Two-person interview · multicam edit · Frameo model [model]

  1. Two real cameras

    Cam A and Cam B

    Cam A shot wide, Cam B shot medium. Both were slated and recorded with scratch audio, so sync stays easy.

  2. Generated close-up

    [model]

    The guest's close-up was made in Frameo to match Cam B's lens and light.

  3. Generated wide cutaway

    Frameo

    A desk-and-mic wide, made to cover jump cuts between the real angles.

    Edit suite at night, three monitors showing one interview from different angles, one glowing indigo, soft halation glow around the screens, cool blue-black room, no text

  4. Sync and live cut

    Premiere Pro

    All four angles were synced by audio and cut live in the Multi-Camera view.

    Wide 24mm view of a small interview set: two people at a wooden table, two tripod cameras either side, window light from the left, natural colour, no text

  5. Final export

    Premiere Pro

    Colour-matched, flattened and exported from Premiere Pro.

Make the missing angle

Short an angle? Describe it and make it.

Name the lens, the light and the setting. Frameo makes the shot, and you bring it into your multicam edit.

Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line

Multicam in Premiere Pro: questions

Premiere Pro's Multi-Camera view shows up to 16 angles at once, and a multicam source sequence can hold more. You play the sequence and click or key each angle as it runs.

Usually one camera has no scratch audio, the sound is too quiet or noisy, or the frame rates differ. Sync by timecode or a marked In point instead, and clap or slate on the next shoot.

Right-click the clip in the timeline, choose Multi-Camera, then pick the angle you want. You can also select the clip and press that angle's number key.

Nobody can promise a perfect match, and anyone who does is guessing. Describe the lens, light and setting in your prompt, then colour-match the angle in Lumetri Color as you would any other camera.

Make the angle

Every angle you need for your next cut.

Describe the close-up, the wide or the cutaway. Frameo makes it, and you bring it into Premiere Pro.

Make the angle