Working with Group Clips
You open a group clip in the same way you open other assets: select the group clip in the Assets pane, load it in the Media Pane, and the clip opens in Asset mode.
Because a group clip consists of multiple individual clips, each with a different camera angle, you can view it in different ways:
• Multi-angle view, either 2x2 or 3x3
• Single-angle view
The following illustration shows a group clip displayed in 3x3 multi-angle view and single-angle view. In multi-angle view, camera angles appear from left to right and top to bottom, based on the order the group clip was created in the Avid editing application. An orange bounding box marks the active angle. The active angle determines which camera angle is displayed in single-angle view and also which angle is displayed when you add the clip to a sequence.
The numbers shown in the multi-angle view illustration are for reference only and do not appear in the user interface.
| Control | Description |
1 | Active angle indicator | An orange bounding box that indicates which master clip in a group clip is active. |
2 | Swap banks overlay arrows | Switches the display from one group of multiple angles to another. If a group clip has more angles than fill a single grid (either 2x2 or 3x3), the angles are displayed in banks. |
3 | Multi-Angle View buttons | Determines whether the clip is displayed in multi-angle view: Single-angle view (1x1)
2x2
3x3 |
| Active Angle button | Displays the active angle. The number indicates the number of the angle in the display, from left to right and top to bottom and across banks. Click to change the video angle from context menu. |
4 | Audio Pane button | Opens the Audio pane. If the pane is already open, it is brought to the front. |
| Match Frame button | Click this button to load a master clip that contains a selected frame of a sequence or subclip. See Using Match Frame for Group Clips. |
The following illustration shows the same group clip in a 2x2 grid and in a 3x3 grid. In both cases, angle 2 is selected as the active angle.
In multi-angle view, if the last bank of a group clip contains fewer than the number of angles in the grid, the remaining angles are displayed as empty slots.
Black filler is used as padding in master clips that have different start or end points from other master clips in the group clip. This filler is slightly lighter in appearance than the empty slot used for non-existent angles so that you can discern the difference.
The following illustration shows an empty slot in the lower right and above it padding for a clip that ends before the end of the master clip. The filler is slightly lighter than the empty slot.
You can create an image from a group clip displayed in single-angle view or multi-angle view. In multi-angle view, all angles are combined as a single image. For more information, see
Saving a Frame as an Image.
You cannot currently create a subclip from a group clip.
MediaCentral UX supports group clips that include audio-only source clips (angles). However, at least one source clip must include video. If you select a video angle in the Media viewer, all clips with audio tracks are available for track mapping.
For more information, see the following topics:
