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As a filmmaker, shooting with multiple cameras is always a bonus feature because it can cut down the number of shots you need to get in a day. Especially if you use your cameras wisely! However, as an editor myself, I know that syncing up all that audio information from all the takes, shots, and scenes can be a daunting task especially for independent filmmakers where one person does it all. In this tutorial I will show you my method of syncing up audio manually and using Plural Eyes by Red Giant. In my most recent short film, I had the opportunity to film with 4 DSLR cameras. Canon 60D, Mark 3, Mark 2 and the Panasonic GH4. All of them captured audio internally, but obviously they produced poor results. We only used their audio as a scratch track. We set up a proper microphone above the talent and mounted it onto …