Ever taken on a job using multiple cameras, thinking that the shoot would be the tough part, only to sit at your computer to edit and feel dread creeping in as each footage file imports? Some longer shoots can involve clips from a handful of cameras, running at different times for different periods of time, and syncing footage for longer videos, such as events, can be extremely trying at the best of times.
How about a music video, where you have five cameras from three locations and six takes of each song from each location?
Getting a headache yet?
Have no fear, as Red Giant makes PluralEyes. PluralEyes is a tool designed specifically to alleviate that pain and make syncing your clips so easy that you can import, sync and edit in no time flat.
In fact, PluralEyes, which announced their latest version - 4.1 - is considered the fastest, most accurate audio/video sync tool on the market. It lives in Red Giant's popular Shooter Suite and is available as you read this.
If you have an older version of PluralEyes, the update is free to current users.
So, let's talk about how it works, and then go over what's new in the latest version of this cool piece of software.
PluralEyes uses the either the audio and video or audio portion of a selection of clips to put multiple clips in perfect sync. It can repair audio drift across clips, and it can work directly inside of Premiere Pro so you never have to leave to get your files synced up. PluralEyes closely analyzes your footage and then automatically uses the best possible sync options. All you have to do is hit the Sync button, and PluralEyes does all of that heavy lifting.
Of course, applications like this are never without their faults. The best part of PluralEyes is that it recognizes it's weaknesses and has brilliant built in tools to address those weaknesses. One of the coolest features is that you can watch as your footage is being synced, just like how your grampa used to sit in a lawn chair to make sure the kid mowing the lawn didn't miss a spot. PluralEyes will show clips that may need attention in a different color right in your timeline, so you can investigate and address any issues.
With applications like this, the ability to sync A LOT of files is critical. Fortunately, PluralEyes has a feature called Smart Start which makes importing media easy. Simply drag and drop an entire folder of media into PluralEyes. The media not only imports, but when running your sync PluralEyes will automatically detect which camera or capture device each clip came from and it will sort them so footage from the same device appear on the same track in your timeline.
Pretty handy, eh?
We mentioned fixing audio drift. What is that, you say? Often in long clips, the audio track will lose sync over time with the video track. PluralEyes is unique in that it can detect drift, fix it, and export perfectly synced audio.
There are options to choose between the original and repaired clips as well.
Hey - you might like your not-synced audio.
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