Tagging/Favorite certain angle of Multicam Clip?

Is there a way to TAG or FAVORITE a certain angle of a multiclip? It appears that all tagging and favoriting will apply to multiclip as a whole, with no indication of which angle the tag was intended to apply to.
I want to mark certain sections of certain angles of a multiclip to favorite so I remember to use them in the edit, but there doesn't seem to be a way.
Sadly, when you multiclip two clips it doesn't seem to take the tagging/favoriting with it, so i can't tag previous to making the multicam clip because all that stuff disappears.
I sort of found a workaround for the favoriting part. I simply make a favorite in the multiclip then rename "Favorite" to include the angle number I am referring to.
But I can't do that same workaround for tagging.
Am I missing something?

You coulld use markers and make notes.
Russ

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Hi
I have searched the internet and this message bord, but haven't found a good way to solve my problem.
I have shot a wedding ceremony with two cameras and one external audio recorder.
I have tried creating a multicam clip using these three angles, syncing them all with the audio angle. The first angle syncs fine, the second angle is not syncing at all, instead it adds all the smaller clips in weird order (not even according to the created time, even though they were all shot with the same camera).
I have a different part of the same wedding using the same angles that works fine. I think the main problem is that the first camera next to the altar and the audio recorder is close to eachother. The second camera was handheld among all the guests and therefore pics up a lot of background noise and whispering. But the sound of the priest and all the speeches are clearly audible.
So, the questions:
1. Is there a way to improve the sound so they can sync automatically?
2. If not, can I somehow sync angle 1 and the audio and then add the second angle and sync it manually to the audio? Problem here is if I add all the clips, they get inserted in one row instead of with gaps according to created time.
3. I tried adding "first markers" to the first clip of every angle and syncing them, but the second camera still is completely off.
Any ideas how to do this or do I have to add every single clip and manually sync it?
Thanks in advance!
//Mathias

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I do wish the PDF would include the original, manual method of multicam sequence creation, preferably as the first option, as that method still works just fine and often works better than the 'auto' methods now hyped.
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3. Sync them up.
4. Create a second sequence.
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I shoot on three cameras in XDCAM HD1080i60.
They all have jammed timecode.
I import (through XDCAM transfer, and then import the files through FCP X)
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I attempt to make a multicam clip and use timecode as a sync method.
I see this:
Can't select timecode. What's the deal?
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Don't know. It appears for me. Are all the clips using the same kind of timecode.

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You can do it this way.
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Thank you Tom and Luis, but I'm not with any of this. I can add a clip to the timeline or insert a clip into it via the "arrow tools". If I attempt to shorten the clip IN the timeline there is a blank space representing the amount trimmed from the clip.
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Just getting started with FCP X (10.0.5). I have imported from 3 cameras shot at the same time, but the clocks were not necessarily synchronized.
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OK I knew it was something simple. The clips have to be in the same event. Thought I had tried that but apparently not. Found the answer in another discussion. I couldn't find anywhere in the documentation that they had to be in the same event, and being new to FCP X wasn't sure the best way to organize multiple cameras.

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I know how to create a picture-in-pictre where I would overlay the PIP clip over the primary clip in my timeline, and reduce the size of the PIP window.
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Thanks

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Select the PIP angle as the active angle. Go forward in the project a bit and cut to a different angle.
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Stretch it out for the length of your video so it covers up everything else.
Select the PIP layer and press Shift-T for the transform function and shape the PIP and position it as you like.
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Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how I can color match between my multicam clips in FCPX. I'm kind of a newbie, but I'm trying... :-)
If I double click on a multicam clip that I just created, I see all the clips expanded on the timeline. At that point, I can sync, edit, etc. If I color match there, it's very easy, and it works well. The problem is that I can't figure out how to save all my edits and then "un-expand" the mulitcam clip so it's just the one layered clip (same as if you just drag the multicam clip down from the events list).
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Johnny

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I've got a similar problem to the one you helped on this thread.
I'm trying to colour correct one of the multicam clips in the angle editor.
When I click colour match and hover over the other clip part of this multi cam clip nothing happens and the 'apply match' button remains greyed out.
I can colour match the individual cuts back in normal time line but of course I don't want to waste time doing it to every single clip/cut.
Why won't it let me colour correct in angle editor?
The mouse icon turns into a mini monitor when I hover over the clip i want to match to.
Any ideas?

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