4 Multicam Functions in Vegas Pro 8

 

The concept of Multicam is simple yet powerful. Up till now we've talked about editing with media from different sources, typically one video track or “camera” with various additional flavors of cutaways and composites. With Vegas Pro 8 and Multicam, you now have the ability to switch multiple camera angles in realtime, with the added bonus that, because this is nondestructive, nonlinear editing, you have the opportunity to go back and make changes and adjustments to your “shooting script” in a matter of seconds without any loss of quality.

Earlier versions of Sony Vegas haven't offered multiple-camera editing functionality as part of the stock feature set, yet users have had access to third-party plug-in ...

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