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(Loving Davinci Resolve - I'm a sound engineer using Resolve in anger for the first time and getting great results - ToDo: use Fairlight page as my DAW)

Anyhoo ... I have a multicam setup with 8 camera angles all sync'd, rendering portions of the timeline to suit (setting in/out points in Deliver page, etc: individual songs from filming a live gig).

Now I want to push it so the timeline is split screen (Inspector: zoom + position, keyframes for movement). Looking at more than 2 screens in split-screen view (3 but why not "Brady Bunch" nine?)

But how can I treat each split screen as a multicam and switch camera angles for each split-screen region?

Can it be done?

Or is my only option to make multiple passes of multi-cam selection of camera angles (best guesses), rendering each one THEN load all (three in this case) into another project, sync them THEN zoom + position + keyframes to create the split-screen regions on the timeline?

One consideration is I'm struggling for quality here: some of my camera angles are cropped/zoomed/positioned from one wide 4k camera, others are 1080p

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Cheers
Barry B

But how can I treat each split screen as a multicam and switch camera angles for each split-screen region?

Arrange the splitscreen layout that you want on a new timeline, then convert it into a Compound Clip. Then open your Multicam clip as a Timeline and add the Compound Clip to it. Then it will appear as an available angle in the Multicam switcher.

Edit: in case I've misunderstood you, and you want to be able to change eg the left split screen while keeping the right split screen the same, you should create multiple Multicam clips and stack them on top of each other in the timeline. Then you can select their angles independently.

One consideration is I'm struggling for quality here: some of my camera angles are cropped/zoomed/positioned from one wide 4k camera, others are 1080p

You might be able to improve things with a bit of sharpening. Look for the blur/sharpen section (rain drop and triangle) on the colour page, and start with a value of 0.47.

Ah ha! Excellent advice.

While I can see how a series of compound clips would work, youe other answer od stacked (multicam) clips is what O was really hoping were possible (just didn't have the language(.

And the tip about adding sharpness is a great idea too.

Thank you very much.