How to Create Sync Maps and Multicam Sequences in Premiere Pro

• November 27, 2017

• Brian Levin

Today we’ve got an incredibly useful editing tutorial from guest writer Brian Levin. In this article, you’ll learn step-by-step how to create an audio/video sync map and set up your multicam sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro. Let’s get started.

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If you do any kind of editing in Premiere , it’s likely that you’ve come across the need to sync your audio to your video. You might already have a favorite method for doing this but today I’d like to share mine.

But first…

What is this process for?

A sync map is something that you will typically build if you are working on reality TV, documentaries or live events. It’s exactly what it sounds like, a long timeline of all of your audio and video in sync, like a roadmap of all of your footage.

An example of a sync map

As someone who edits a lot of projects with multiple cameras and audio recording devices constantly starting and stopping without slates, a sync map is very useful for me to lay everything out in a single timeline and get a sense of what is happening in the footage and when it is happening.

A sync map is a great place to begin if you need to make one very complicated multicam sequence to edit with.

Multicam sequences

You are probably wondering why I’m going to suggest you make multicam sequences instead of Merged Clips or entirely new media. So first, let me explain what a multicam sequence is in case it’s something you are unfamiliar with it.

A multicam sequence works a lot like a new timeline, except that its default setting is to have multicam enabled when you bring it into your timeline to edit. Other than that, it will look, feel and act very similarly to a new timeline that you create manually.

A multicam sequence can be created in several different ways, which we will explore below. The important thing