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I am a multiclip edit beginner and I'd like to know somethings below.
1. I have a 3 camera live event project, but I realized that the white balance and the brightness of those 3 cam do not match. Is it possible for me to change specified camera settings after I create into multiclip already? Or I need to fix them before combined? I've tried to fix it after make them into multiclip,(for example, just put the color corrections effect to the viewer window), it showed the effect changes on the active camera at first, but when I switched to other angles and back to it, the filter disappeared. Is it some other methods can do it properly?
2. Is it possible to add dissolve transition automatically when I cut to other angle? (You know, just like we are using visual mixer in live event)
Thank you for your answers.

1. CC in the viewer will not help you.
You can CC before making the multiclip, but I think i's beter to just edit and then Color Correct the first shot from let's say angle 2 and then copy those settings to all other shots from that camera. Because you'll probably need to adjust every shot a little anyway...
2. I'm not sure if this works for Multiclips, but normally you can jsut edit.
Then make sure your Default Dissolve has the settings you want. Then select a the clips in the timeline. Set an inpoint at the first selected clip. Drag those clips to the right part of the canvaswindow and release the mouse button when your are over Overwrite with Transition...
Again: Not sure if this works for multicam edits...
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