Multicam edit - 2 cameras

Hi, I have footage from 2 cameras that have the same timecode, about 200 clips from each camera. Is there any way to select footage from the first camera as angle 1 and from the second as angle 2 and make my edits in multicamera edit window? This would save me hours... Thanks

Not to say that I haven't seen the problems others are having, but they've not been problems, it's been a super easy process, not time consuming at all. I've done 2 camera shoots to 9 camera shoots, I've saved time on all of them by using multiclip.
Implies your experience and ability to comprehend the manual and to follow the incremental steps is superior to most.
I've used mutlicam for many projects, too, but I still find the setup to be clumsy and subtle with too many possible ways to mess it up. I find I go back to the manual every time to make sure each of the buttons is pushed, all of the activators are on, all displays re set properly. I load the multicam editing layout and button bars. But I still find myself going back to the manual to figure out what the blue lines mean, where to set the source audio, the differences between cuts and switches, and the best way to open up the sequence again to make frame by frame changes.
Synchronized multiple source editing should be easier. The paradigm is ancient, many NLEs or plugins have been doing it for a long time so all the mistakes have been made. It's time for improvements and I see some coming in FCP7 although I won't have it installed for a few more months. I'm hoping Apple got it right this time;
http://images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/images/editing_multicam200907 22.jpg
bogiesan

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