Roland 4XCamera Maker Operating Guide PDF

2022 Roland Corporation

4XCamera Maker

Operating Guide

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Using the Help Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Shooting Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Shooting with Multiple Cameras (Multi-camera Video Shooting) . . . . 4

Shooting with a Single Camera (Single-camera Video Shooting) . . . . . 7

Shooting While Playing Back Music or Video (Guide Video Shooting) . . 8

Editing a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Opening the Edit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Automatically Editing a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Manually Editing a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Adjusting a Videos Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Adjusting the Videos Length (Trimming) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Adjusting the Start Point of a Video Youve Added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Exporting the Edited Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Using the Help Feature

When you tap on the (help) mark thats shown on the video shooting screen or the editing screen, help indicators are shown on the buttons and icons that you see on the screen.

Tap on a button or icon thats shown with an indicator to get help on that feature.

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Shooting Video

Shooting with Multiple Cameras (Multi- camera Video Shooting)

You can shoot videos with a combination of up to four iPhones or iPads (hereafter devices) at the same time.

The device you use to control the other devices when shooting videos is called the controller, and all others are the remote devices.

* To use your devices, you must install 4XCamera Maker on each one.

1. Launch 4XCamera Maker on the controller and on the remote devices.

2. On the video shooting screen of the controller, tap (camera).

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3. Tap the devices that you want to use as remotes.

4. Tap Accept (or Approve) on the remote device screen. Now youve linked the controller with the remote devices.

5. Tap the (record) button on the controller.

The video starts recording.

Tap again to stop.

MEMO To reshoot, tap the (TAKE) to switch between takes. You can shoot up to five takes.

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Tap to preview the camera images from the remote device.

* The remote device preview is disabled while videos are been shot.

* The videos shot on each remote device are saved to those devices respectively. When switching to the edit screen, the video recorded in the current take is automatically transferred to the controller device.

* If you want to keep the take that you shot, switch to a different take. After shooting a video, if you switch to the edit screen after selecting the take that you want, you can start editing with the desired take.

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Shooting with a Single Camera (Single- camera Video Shooting)

Heres how to use a single device to shoot video.

1. Tap the (record) button.

The video starts recording.

Tap again to stop.

MEMO To reshoot, tap the (TAKE) to switch between takes. You can shoot up to five takes.

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Shooting While Playing Back Music or Video (Guide Video Shooting)

You can shoot a video while a music track with accompaniment or a video is playing back.

Two types of files can be used as guides.

Music files saved in a music app on your device

Video files saved in the camera roll of your device

* Music stored in Apple Music or as files on your network cant be used.

* Some videos may not be used due to their frame rate, such as videos created externally.

1. Tap (guide) to select the guide type.

: guide is not used

: music

: video

2. Select a file by following the onscreen instructions.

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3. Tap the (record) button.

The video starts recording.

If you are using a video as a guide, the video preview is shown.

Tap again to stop.

MEMO If youre doing multi-camera video shooting, the guide audio is played back through the controller device.

We recommend using earphones or an audio device such as the GO:MIXER PRO-X to play back the guide audio. When using the GO:MIXER PRO-X, check the [LOOP BACK] switch setting.

LOOP BACK=ON

The guide audio is also recorded.

We recommend this setting when you want to shoot a video while karaoke music is playing in the background.

LOOP BACK=OFF

The guide audio is not recorded.

We recommend this setting when you want to record separate musical instrument performances or adjust the volume balance when editing.

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Editing a Video

Heres how to edit the videos you shoot.

Opening the Edit Screen

1. On the video shooting screen, tap (edit). The edit screen appears.

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* If youre doing multi-camera shooting, the video is transferred from the remote device. The link screen is shown if the remote device is not linked. Follow the onscreen instructions to relink the device.

* If you shot the video using guide video shooting, the following screen is shown. Select the check box of the video you want to edit, and tap Start editing.

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Automatically Editing a Video

Heres how to automatically edit the videos you shoot.

You can select from templates such as those that use frequent split screens, templates that match certain musical genres and more.

1. Tap (AUTO).

MEMO You can tap (add video) to add a video or still image to edit.

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2. Tap a template.

The editing items are automatically inserted at random.

MEMO Use the help for details on the templates and editing items.

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3. Finish up the editing by moving, deleting or adding the editing items that are inserted.

Moving an item to edit

Drag the icon of the item to edit shown at the bottom of the timeline to the left or right.

Deleting an item to edit

Long-press the icon of the item to edit shown at the bottom of the timeline.

Select Remove this Transition/Composition from the menu thats shown.

Adding an item to edit

You can manually add an item to edit by using the manual edit (p. 15).

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Manually Editing a Video

Heres how to manually edit the videos you shoot.

1. Tap (MANUAL).

MEMO You can tap (add video) to add a video or still image to edit.

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2. Tap the item to edit and then tap an edit point on the timeline.

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As with splitting the screen, if youve selected an item to edit for which multiple videos are targeted, tap the videos in the order you wish to place them into the split screens.

MEMO Use the help for details on the editing items.

Pinch left-right on the timeline to zoom in or out of the timeline display.

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Adjusting a Videos Volume

Heres how to adjust the volume of a video.

All audio is muted, except for the audio from the first video you loaded into the edit screen (the reference video).

Unmute the video whose audio you wish to use, and adjust the volume.

1. Tap (Volume).

2. Adjust the volume of the video.

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Adjusting the Videos Length (Trimming)

You can edit the length of the reference video.

1. Tap (video adjustment).

2. Drag the start/end points of the reference video (indicated by a yellow box) to the left or right.

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MEMO By tapping and holding the reference video, you can set the current position as the start point or end point.

* The length of videos besides the reference video cant be changed.

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Adjusting the Start Point of a Video Youve Added

You can adjust the start point of a video youve added.

1. Tap (video adjustment).

2. Drag the video to the left or right.

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Settings Menu

In the settings menu, you can configure settings such as the aspect ratio and fade-in/fade-out. You can also save the videos you edit as well as load the videos youve exported.

Open the settings menu

1. On the edit screen, tap (settings). The settings menu screen appears.

Saving/loading a project

Setting the fade- out

Setting the fade-in

Setting the aspect ratio

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Saving/loading a project

You can save the video that youre currently editing as a single project. Up to 10 projects (AJ) can be saved.

The video files being edited, the editing item points, aspect ratio and fade-in/fade-out settings are saved in the project.

Save project (Save)

1. Tap the project to save (AJ). Projects already saved are marked with an asterisk.

2. Input the project name, keywords and other information into the MEMO field.

3. Tap the [Save] button. This saves the project.

Load project (Load)

1. Tap the project to load (AJ).

2. Tap the [Load] button. This loads the project.

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Delete project (Delete)

1. Tap the project to delete (AJ).

2. Tap the [Del] button. This deletes the project.

Exporting the Edited Video

After youve finished editing, export your video to a file as shown below.

1. Tap (save video).

2. Tap the Save as a Movie.

The video files