How to cut a two-camera interview when the cameras do not match
Upload both camera files and tell Vizard Agent which is the wide and which is the close-up. Vizard Agent checks the audio sync between them, verifies it holds across the whole take rather than only at the start, measures the green screen, and cuts one edit into the formats you need.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Name the cameras and their roles. Vizard Agent cuts between them on the interview's own rhythm once it knows which is which, and stating the frame rates is unnecessary: it reads them, and reads the drift they cause. Upload the complete takes, because drift can only be measured across a whole recording.
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What does Vizard Agent actually do?
Consumer cameras rarely record at the same frame rate. Two cameras at 23.976 and 29.97 frames a second can be perfectly aligned at the top of a take and visibly out by the end, and a single sync point at the start hides that completely. So Vizard Agent checks the sync, then checks it again across the take. In the session behind this article it:
- Checked the past project notes, the background reference image and the logo file before touching the footage.
- Probed all three video files, including a wide camera at 3840x2160, 23.976fps and 233.74 seconds with uncompressed audio, and reviewed frames from camera A, camera B and the reference video.
- Checked the audio sync between the two cameras, then verified it stayed stable across the whole take rather than only at the start.
- Transcribed the interview and analysed the reference video's style.
- Inspected the green screen at high resolution, measured the key colour and the screen's extent, and checked the frame edges for anything that is not green.
- Delivered one edit in two shapes, widescreen and vertical, both cut from the same synced pair.
When does this not work well?
Two cameras that were not set up together as a matched pair create problems no edit can fully hide, and Vizard Agent will report them rather than quietly living with them. Mismatched colour shows at every cut, a green screen with gaps cannot be keyed, and a separate audio recorder is a third clock that needs its own sync.
Common questions
Do I need a clapperboard? No. Vizard Agent syncs from the audio on both cameras.
What if the cameras used different frame rates? That is the common case. Vizard Agent measures the resulting drift and corrects for it.
Can it deliver widescreen and vertical? Yes, from one edit. Vizard Agent reframes it, keeping the timing you already approved.