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Automatic multicam editing for Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro's multicam tools are great for switching angles by hand. For an hour-long podcast that means an hour or more of watching and clicking. CastCut does that part for you, then hands Final Cut a normal timeline.
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In short
CastCut syncs your cameras by sound, cuts to whoever is talking, removes the silences and ums you choose, and opens the result in Final Cut Pro 10.6 or later. Every camera stays on its own lane, so any shot is one keystroke to change.
The manual way, and where the time goes
In Final Cut Pro you select your clips, choose File > New > Multicam Clip with Use audio for synchronization, put the multicam clip in a project, open the angle viewer with Shift-Command-7, and press a number key every time someone new starts talking. Then you blade out the long pauses one by one.
Every step works. The catch is that switching angles happens in real time: an 80-minute episode takes at least 80 minutes of watching, and the cleanup comes on top. The full walkthrough is in how to edit a multicam podcast in Final Cut Pro.
What CastCut does before Final Cut opens
- Syncs every file by sound. Cameras, recorder and phone audio line up without timecode or a clap, with drift corrected over long episodes. See how audio sync works.
- Knows who is talking. From a mic per person, or from one shared mic.
- Picks the camera. The close-up of whoever is speaking, the wide for crosstalk and quick exchanges, and a zoom per person if you only have one wide camera.
- Cleans up, with your say. Long silences, ums and ahs, false starts and repeated takes, each listed before it is cut.
- Finds shorts. Ranked moments, framed for 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9, with captions if you want them.
What arrives in Final Cut Pro
- Every camera synced to your recorder.
- Cuts on whoever is talking, and wide shots for crosstalk and quick exchanges.
- Every angle stacked on its own lane with the unused ones switched off. Press V to change a shot.
- The silence and filler cuts you kept, plus vertical shorts as separate projects.
How it works
- Drop in your files. Camera files and recorder or mic audio, straight off the cards. CastCut sorts them and syncs them by sound.
- Press Make multicam edit. About a minute for an 80-minute episode. Check the cuts, the cleanup and the suggested shorts in CastCut if you like.
- Press Export to Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro opens by itself, even if it was closed, with the episode as a normal timeline.
Record so the edit comes out better
- Let every camera record its own sound, even a scratch track. That is what the sync listens to.
- Start every camera and the recorder before the first word, and stop them after the last.
- A mic per person makes the speaker detection easier, but one shared mic works too. See one microphone podcasts.
- Filming on phones? That works. See iPhone podcasts.
Works with Final Cut Pro 10.6 and later on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 14 or later.
Questions
Does CastCut work with Final Cut Pro?
Yes. CastCut syncs and cuts the episode, then opens it in Final Cut Pro 10.6 or later as a normal timeline, with every camera on its own lane so you can change any shot.
Do I need timecode or a clapper?
No. CastCut syncs by sound, using the audio every camera records.
How long does it take?
About a minute for an 80-minute episode on an Apple silicon Mac, then Final Cut Pro opens with the result.
Can I change the cuts in Final Cut Pro?
Yes. Every angle is still there. Select a clip and switch it, or move any edit point as usual.
Does it remove silences and ums too?
Yes, if you tick them. Every silence and filler cut is listed in CastCut first, so you can keep anything you want.
Which Macs does it run on?
Apple silicon Macs, M1 or newer, with macOS 14 or later.
Try it on your next episode
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