Clam Sync

Guide

Importing into your editor

Premiere ProDaVinci ResolveFinal Cut ProAvid Media Composer

Premiere Pro

  1. File → Import, and choose … - synced (Premiere).xml.
  2. A bin appears with the synced sequence. Open it.

One video track per camera, with its own audio linked; one audio track per recorder. Clips that need a look have a label colour: rose (not synced), mango (drifting), iris (placed by recording time), Caribbean (placed by timecode).

DaVinci Resolve

  1. File → Import → Timeline, and choose … - synced (Resolve).fcpxml.
  2. Leave "Automatically import source clips into media pool" ticked.

Resolve can't take clip colours from an imported timeline, so clips that couldn't be synced are easy to find at the end of the timeline, after a gap.

Final Cut Pro

  1. File → Import → XML, and choose … - synced (Final Cut Pro).fcpxml.
  2. A new event holds the synced project (and the multicam clip, if you asked for one).

Each camera and recorder is a sub-role, so you can show, hide or solo a source from the timeline index. Clips that need a look have a marker and a keyword such as "Clam Sync: unsynced".

Avid Media Composer

  1. File → Import, and choose … - synced (Avid).aaf.
  2. The clips link to your original files, so nothing is copied or transcoded.

One video track per camera and one audio track per channel. Avid's timeline works in whole frames, so recorder audio sits on the nearest frame. Clips that need a look have a locator.