Once you have added your camera switches, you may want to delete, clean up, snap, resize, or have switches snap to exact frames.
Deleting switches
Click Delete Key to delete a camera switch. The Delete Key button removes a selected camera switch in the Switcher timeline and also removes the keyframe from the Transport Controls timeline.
Switcher timeline before the Camera 2 switch is deleted
Switcher timeline after Camera 2 switch is deleted. Camera 1 fills the empty space.
Removing redundant switches
Click Clean-up to remove any redundant camera switches that might reduce system performance.
For example, in the following figure, there are three Camera 3 switches. In the figure that follows that, the Clean up button is clicked, and the three switches become one Camera 3 switch that lasts the duration of the previous three.
Three Camera 3 switches in a row
After clicking Clean up, the three Camera 3 switches become one
Resizing switches
You can resize the camera switch length by click-dragging the left or right side of a selected camera color’s green highlight in the Switcher timeline.
You can also move camera switch keys added to the Transport Controls by dragging them to another time. The keys on the Switcher timeline update automatically.
Moving switches
You can move a switch by dragging it to a new position on the Switcher timeline. You can also move multiple switches at once. Ctrl-click the switches you want to move, right-click the Switcher timeline. and then select Link selected clips.
Two camera switches linked
Two camera switches moved to the right
Swapping cameras
You can change the order in which the cameras are used by selecting a camera in the Switcher timeline, then clicking a different camera in the Camera Color row.
The selected camera in the Switcher timeline becomes the new camera for that camera switch. This does not alter the location of camera switches.
Snapping switches to frames
- Activate the Snap On Frames option to snap camera switches to the nearest frame after the camera switch.
For example, if a switch occurs in the middle of two frames, the camera switch is bumped to the next frame.
When you select either of the two snapping methods, a dialog box appears asking if you want to apply snapping to all switches or new switches .
Snap Camera Switch dialog box
- Click “Yes” to snap all current camera switches or click “No, snap only new switches” to ignore the existing camera switches, and snap only new camera switches.
The menu to the right of the Snap On Frames button lets you choose two methods of snapping camera switches to frames:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| On Frames | Select On Frames to have the Camera Switch snap to the frame rate of the timeline. For example, if your take is set to thirty frames per second, the camera switches are snapped to this frame rate. If you do not have a video clip associated with the camera, a dialog box appears to warn you that there is nothing on which to base the frame snapping. |
| On Back Plate Frame | Select On Back Plate Frame to have the Camera Switch snap on the frame rate you set as the Back Plate in your Camera view. This way, your camera switch is synchronized with any Back Plate video you might be using. |