Syncing footage from two cameras

I will be filming a wedding tomorrow with a friend and we will be using two different cameras. I am wondering how to sync the footage so that when we go to edit it, we can use the sound from one camera and the footage from both, specifically we want to have some close-ups and some footage from further away. I have previously only used one camera to film. Any suggestions on how to do this in FCP?

kmbalzer wrote:
Thanks for all the help! Sounds like we'll just make sure we get the exact same shot to start, then film from there, making sure we don't turn our cameras off at all. From there, I'll use the multiclip on FCP 6. Correct me if I'm wrong about any of this please Thanks!
Umm, okay. In that case, plan on spending about three hours trying to figure it out. Capture two short clips, about 5 minutes, from each camera.
There is nothing intuitive or elegant about FCP's multicamera paradigm. It's lame compared to every other product on the market. But we're stuck with it.
It works. but it requires many silly and seemingly unnecessary steps to get anything done. And when you open your project later, you'll have forgotten all the silly steps. Have the manual at your side. The gotchas are numerous and difficult to find. Just got through the setup one step at t a time. Over and over, eventually it will work again. Remember this: it really does work and 99% of our questions here are easily resolvable and simple user errors.
Tip: There is a huge difference between the terms CUT and SWITCH. Cutting makes an edit in the timeline. Switch merely changes the output. See? It's a lame.
bogiesan

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I hope I explained that clearly.
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I'm an iMovie lover struggling with Final Cut Express! I want to use two camera's to shoot some interviews, is there an easy way to edit these two pieces of the same footage (different angles) in Final Cut Express?
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Yes - but not as easy as in FinalCut Pro (old one e.g. 6) where there is a multicamera function.
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• Now by changing the transparency of the track two (pen tool and set to show transp.-line) one can select what Camera to view.
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As David and Karsten said: FinalCut Express is really the software, you are looking for. I have only worked with it twice (unfortunately I am still waiting for my - first - Mac now for two weeks, so as a Win-user I had no chance to have a more intensive look on FCE). But it is a great program.
What David said about the learning: It is quite easy. I have learned digital video editing on Adobe Premiere and on a Avid-machine, which is nearly the same as handling FinalCut. You'll perhaps need one evening. But after that you'll have the basic knowledge for editing your videos. The rest comes step by step. It is just learning-by-doing.
Another advice: Adobe Premiere Elements is also a good program for what your want to do. But it is much cheaper and a bit easier to learn. For editing simple home-movies perhaps the better choice. It has even a build-in DVD-authoring.
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