Article: Multicam shoot out: now that multi-camera editing has gone native on the desktop, mixing sources on the fly has never been easier. With a tight focus on both Apple Final Cut Pro 5 and Avid Xpress Pro HD, Erik Holsinger puts his source clips to the timeline test.(Technology)(Cover Story)

Whether you are cutting together a reality show, sporting event or live performance, multi-camera editing is a hot commodity these days. During live events, where you don't have the luxury of multiple takes, multiple camera shoots can be your only chance to properly capture what's on stage. Take, for example, the recent MTV Video Music Awards show. All Mobile Video (AMV), a leading event production company in the East Coast, was hired to update the award show to high definition. To capture the many elements constantly in motion, AMV's president Erik Duke used over a dozen HD cameras running simultaneously. "We were using about 14 HD cameras on everything from cranes, ...

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