Preparing for Multi Camera Editing Workflow
Step 1. After organizing footage, open a new project in Premiere Pro and add your audio and video files to the sequence to get your multi-camera editing workflow started.
Important Note:
Do not use Premiere Pro's [Multi-Camera Source Sequence] feature. Instead, place video and audio on separate tracks.
Step 2. Sync the clips
Align the clips recorded from different cameras and mics by selecting them, right-clicking, and choosing [Synchronize] to synchronize clips. You can sync by timecode, use audio-based syncing, or other settings/software for automatic syncing.
Step 3. Adjust the necessary audio sequence settings and normalize audio levels across different mics if needed.
Start Multi-Cam Editing with Cutback
Step 1. Go to [Window] > [Extension] > [Cutback] to launch Cutback.
Step 2. Select [Edit multi-cam] from the menu.
Step 3. Configure sequence preset settings for analysis:
Range: Choose the portion of the sequence for transcription.
Entire sequence: Transcribe all tracks in the current sequence.
Selected clips: Only transcribe selected clips in the sequence.
In/Out area: Transcribe between custom In and Out points in Premiere Pro.
Language: Select the language spoken in the video (one language at a time).
Speaker count: Choose the number of speakers.
For one speaker, select [One person].
For multiple speakers, select [Multiple].
If each speaker has their own mic and separate audio tracks, choose [Audio separated] and assign names per track.
If all audio is on a single track, choose [Audio not separated] and enter the number of speakers. Cutback will detect and label speakers using AI.
Video: Select the [Multi cameras] option and choose the video tracks to use.
If [Audio separated] is selected:
If [Audio not separated] is selected:
Step 4. Click [Transcribe video to edit multi-cam] to begin transcription-based editing.
Edit Video 10x Faster with Captions
Step 1. After using the AI transcription tool, review the automatically generated transcript in Cutback and start editing. Please refer to our text-based editing guide for more information.
Step 2. Adjust Multi-Cam Settings
You can adjust Video track priority to decide which track appears more often. Click [Apply] when done.
Step 3. Modify Speaker or Camera
Click speaker names or track names to assign or change who is speaking and which camera to show. You can rename speakers or add new ones.
Select multiple segments by dragging to make bulk changes.
Tip:
Use shortcuts to quickly change speaker or camera.
Change speaker: alt + 1~9 on Windows / option + 1~9 on Mac
Change camera: 1~9 to switch video tracks
Apply Multi-cam Edits to Sequence
Step 1. Click [Apply to sequence] and choose which sequence to update.
You can apply edits to the current sequence or copy it and apply changes to a new one. Changes are reversible.
Step 2. Choose what to apply:
Trimming edits: Apply cut to the sequence.
Multi-cam edits: Apply speaker names and video track settings.
Enable speaker audio only: Keep only the speaker’s audio active and mute the rest (works only if audio is separated).
Step 3. Click [Apply] to confirm.
Step 4. Review the updated sequence.
If needed, use the [Time Machine] button to revert to the state before applying changes.
You can manually enable/disable tracks in Premiere Pro by right-clicking on clips.
Add Captions by Speaker
Step 1. Click the [Edit Captions] tab to review and edit captions.
Step 2. After editing, click [Apply to sequence] > [Add Captions].
Step 3. Choose the caption type:
Premiere Pro caption track: Adds transcription to the caption track.
Split tracks by speaker: Creates a separate caption track per speaker (for caption tracks only).
Animated Captions: Creates animated captions as graphic clips.
Captions with speaker name: Same as above, but includes speaker labels.
Check out our animated captions guide for more details on motion captions and captions with speaker name.