Premiere Pro · Multicam and sync
How to flatten a multicam sequence in Premiere Pro
Short answer
Select the multicam clips in the Timeline, right-click and choose Multi-Camera > Flatten. Each segment becomes an ordinary clip of the chosen angle.
In Premiere Pro
01
Finish the angle cuts
Make your angle choices first. After flattening you can't switch angles with the number keys.
02
Duplicate the sequence
Right-click the sequence in the Project panel and choose Duplicate, so you keep a version you can still switch.
03
Flatten
In the copy, select the multicam clips, right-click and choose Multi-Camera > Flatten.
04
Check the audio
Flattening uses the multicam's audio setting. Check that the right microphone is still playing.
- Flatten before sending an XML to a colorist; many apps read multicam as stacked tracks.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Eddie keeps multicam switchable when it can, and stacks it when the format can't.
A multicam group Eddie synced arrives in the Premiere project as a real multicam clip, with the angle you chose playing at each cut. The legacy Premiere XML has no native multicam, so there the angles arrive stacked with your chosen angle on top and the others muted. Flatten in Premiere when you're done switching.
Back to Premiere
Open the edit, click Export and choose Premiere. You get a Premiere project (.prproj) or the older Premiere XML. In the desktop app, Send to Premiere Pro builds the edit inside Premiere through Eddie's panel, which the app installs for you.
If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files, so Premiere relinks to them. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media; relink to those, not to the camera originals.
From the help center
Questions
- Can I unflatten a multicam?
- No. Undo, or go back to the duplicate you kept.
- Do I have to flatten before export?
- No. Premiere exports multicam sequences as they are. Flatten for hand-offs and grading.