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[meltdown3]

Hi,
My daughter's wedding was two and a half years ago and I filmed it with three cameras.  I bought EMC 9 Deluxe Suite back then and have been struggling to no avail ever since in many failed attempts to edit the footage into a nice video.  Can EMC 9 do multi camera editing or not?  I've read both that it can and that it can't.  If it can, I need lots of help to figure it out.  If it can't I need advice on what software I should buy that can.
Thanks,
David

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[grandpabruce]

Hi,
My daughter's wedding was two and a half years ago and I filmed it with three cameras.  I bought EMC 9 Deluxe Suite back then and have been struggling to no avail ever since in many failed attempts to edit the footage into a nice video.  Can EMC 9 do multi camera editing or not?  I've read both that it can and that it can't.  If it can, I need lots of help to figure it out.  If it can't I need advice on what software I should buy that can.
Thanks,
David

I don't know how to enter the details of my computer, so:
HP Pavilion dv7 Laptop, AMD Turion x2 Dual Core Mobile RM72 (2.1 Ghz)
4 GB RAM, 64 bit system
Windows Vista Home Premium SP2
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics Card
Other specs as needed

You need to explain what you are actually trying to do.  EMC 9 can edit videos from different cameras.

If you are putting all 3 videos into one production, it can do that too, by using different overlay tracks and positioning of the video.

[meltdown3]

You need to explain what you are actually trying to do.  EMC 9 can edit videos from different cameras.

If you are putting all 3 videos into one production, it can do that too, by using different overlay tracks and positioning of the video.

Ideally, I would like to be able to start with one master camera and make numerous cuts from the master camera to camera #2 and back, and cut to camera #3 and back, in order to get the best angles available.
I read a review on videomaker.com about this software that said it could work with up to 11 video tracks at the same time, as well as multiple audio, overlay and effects tracks.  I only need to work with three video tracks, though I might try to add in some still photos in between videos also.  
Can Videowave run three video tracks, stacked one on top of the other, so I can just switch between the three at will, or is that asking for too much from such an inexpensive software?
It's probably obvious to you veteran editors that I'm new at this, but please excuse my ignorance and use of incorrect terminology and help a father out!  My daughter is getting tired of waiting for her wedding video.    

Thanks,
David

[sknis]

Ideally, I would like to be able to start with one master camera and make numerous cuts from the master camera to camera #2 and back, and cut to camera #3 and back, in order to get the best angles available.
I read a review on videomaker.com about this software that said it could work with up to 11 video tracks at the same time, as well as multiple audio, overlay and effects tracks.  I only need to work with three video tracks, though I might try to add in some still photos in between videos also.  
Can Videowave run three video tracks, stacked one on top of the other, so I can just switch between the three at will, or is that asking for too much from such an inexpensive software?
It's probably obvious to you veteran editors that I'm new at this, but please excuse my ignorance and use of incorrect terminology and help a father out!  My daughter is getting tired of waiting for her wedding video.    

Thanks,
David

EMC 9 is a  Legacy product so it is pretty old in video editing terms.  You can work with a main video and then add several overlay tracks to do what you want.  A lot depends on the audio.  You can use the main camera and audio and add the other video to the overlay tracks to keep the main audio.  This gives a PIP effect that will cover the entire viewable area or just a part of it.  If audio is not an isssue, then you could also just select scenes to use in the production; watch this.

You can add still images either by themselves or as a PIP to keep the audio going.  Agin the PIP could be full screen or just a part of the screen,.

Do you have EMC 9?  The latest version is Creator 2010.  It has all the same options.

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