Guide

How to Edit Multi-Camera Footage Automatically in Adobe Premiere Pro (Easiest method in 2025)

When editing footage shot with multiple cameras like podcast or interview videos, switching between angles smoothly and enabling/disabling audio for each speaker can take a lot of time. This tutorial will cover:

How to use AI in Premiere Pro to automatically edit multi-camera footage in just five minutes.
How to transition between camera angles naturally and control the frequency of switches.
How to automatically add subtitles for each speaker with a single click.

Step 1: Adding Video and Audio to the Sequence in Premiere Pro

Add to Sequence

First, create a sequence in Premiere Pro and add your video and audio tracks.

There are two main ways to edit multi-camera footage: manually separating tracks for editing or using Premiere Pro’s Multi-Camera Editing feature. In this guide, we’ll use the manual track separation method.

Synchronizing Clips

To align the clips recorded with multiple cameras and microphones, select them, right-click, and choose [Synchronize]. You can sync clips based on timecode, audio, or other settings.

Adjusting Audio Levels

If audio levels differ between microphones, adjust them to ensure a consistent volume.

Step 2: Using Cutback for Automated Multi-Camera Editing

After installing the Cutback plugin, launch it and click [Edit multi-cam] menu. If you haven’t installed Cutback yet, download it here.

Defining the Editing Range and Language

You can choose to edit the entire sequence, specific clips, or only the selected in/out range in Premiere Pro. Cutback will also detect the language automatically unless manually specified.

Setting the Number of Speakers

For multi-camera editing, set the Speakers to Multiple.

Depending on whether each speaker has a separate audio track or all voices are mixed into one track, the settings will differ.

If Each Speaker Has a Separate Audio Track

Cutback's auto multicam edit feature settings for Speakers when audio is separated

If speakers were recorded on separate tracks, Cutback detects the speaking person based on audio volume.

Select [Audio separated].
Enter the [Speaker names] (e.g., Tom, Jerry). This will be used for subtitles and speaker identification.
Assign Speakers per audio track to corresponding speakers. Uncheck any background music or unused tracks for better accuracy. You can click [Reload] if the list is not showing all tracks in your current sequence.

If All Voices Are Mixed into One Track

Cutback's auto multicam edit feature settings for Speakers when audio is not separated

If recorded with a single microphone or mixed into one track, Cutback’s AI will automatically detect and distinguish speakers.

Select [Audio Not Separated].
Choose the [Number of Speakers].
Select which [Audio Tracks] the AI should analyze. Ensure only relevant tracks are checked. You can click [Reload] if the list is not showing all tracks in your current sequence.

Configuring Video Tracks

Cutback's auto multicam edit feature settings for video tracks where speaker is separated

You can assign speakers to different video tracks:

Select [Multi-Cameras].
Select people that appears in that video track. If you don't see someone's name, you can add them in the [Speaker] option. If there's a video track where there's no speaker, uncheck them. You can click [Reload] if the list is not showing all tracks in your current sequence.
Adjust the [Video Track priority] to control how often each angle appears. You can change this priority later.

If you don't have your audio separated, you can choose the desired frequency for each video tracks.

Cutback's auto multicam edit feature settings for video tracks where speaker is not separated

Names & terms

You can give some information to AI to get a better accuracy for transcriptions.

Keywords: Add difficult-to-recognize names or terms for improved transcription accuracy. Separate the words in the list with commas (e.g., Cutback, LTV).
Script reference: If a script was used, upload it to improve subtitle precision.

Generate Subtitles for Multi-Camera Editing

Click [Transcribe video to edit multi-cam] to begin processing.

[Tip] If the AI encounters an error during recognition, please check whether your internet connection is slow. Cutback analyzes content on its servers rather than on personal computers to provide high-performance AI services. If you are in a slow internet environment, errors may occur when transmitting audio data to the Cutback server.

Visit https://fast.com to test your internet connection, and click “Show more” to check if your upload speed is at least 200Mbps.

Step 3: Editing the Footage

Cutback screen of the auto multi-cam edit feature for rough cut editing

After analyzing the video, Cutback will generate subtitles, identify speakers, and assign camera angles based on the settings you provided.

Text-Based Editing

Cutback allows text-based editing using subtitles instead of traditional waveform editing. In [Rough Cut] Mode, you can delete unwanted segments by dragging or using shortcuts. You can check out the shortcuts by clicking the keyboard icon on the top right. The edits are only applied to the sequence when you click [Apply to Sequence].

Modifying Multi-Camera Settings

Adjust video track assignments and frequency settings as needed.
Click [Apply] after making changes.

Changing Speakers or Camera Angles

Cutback screen of the auto multi-cam edit's modifying speaker and camera

Cutback screen of the auto multi-cam edit's modifying speaker and camera for multilines

Click the name or video track for each line to modify the speaker and the video track. You can also add speakers or change their names.

Click on the speaker or camera label to modify the assignments.
You can also batch-edit multiple lines at once by selecting them.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Cutback supports variety of shortcuts for faster editing. You can check out the shortcuts by clicking the keyboard icon on the top right.

Move cursor: W, A, S, D
Change speaker: Alt + 1-9 (Windows) / Option + 1-9 (Mac)
Change camera: 1-9 keys

Step 4: Applying Edits to the Sequence

Select Sequence for Application

Cutback screen of the auto multi-cam edit's apply to sequence options

Once satisfied with the edits, click [Apply to sequence]. You can choose to overwrite the current sequence or create a new one. Changes can be undone using the [Time Machine] feature.

Apply Edits Options

Trimming Edits: Applies deletions to clips made in Rough Cut Mode.
Multi-cam edits: Applies all multi-camera settings by cutting and disabling the parts that is not going to be used.
Keep speaker audio only: Mutes non-speaking audio tracks. Check this if you only want the speaker's audio to be enabled.

When you're done, click [Apply] to apply the edits to sequence.

Step 5: Adding Captions

Cutback screen of the auto multi-cam edit's edit captions

To edit subtitles, switch to the [Edit Captions] tab. Once editing is complete, click [Apply to Sequence] and then [Add Captions].

Caption Options

Premiere Pro Captions: Adds subtitles to the CC Track of Premiere Pro's built in caption feature. You can separate tracks for each speakers.
Animated Captions: Generates animated graphic captions.
Captions with speaker name: Creates graphic clips with speaker names in it.

After selecting [Animated captions] or [Captions with speaker name], you can set detailed styles and animation for the captions.

Cutback screen of the auto multi-cam edit's caption style panel

Step 6: Finalizing the Edit

Screen of Cutback's multi-cam edit applied to the Premiere Pro sequence.

Once applied, the sequence will be automatically edited. If adjustments are needed, use the Time Machine button on the top left to revert to previous states. You can also manually enable or disable clips in the sequence.