How do I crop a video to create a screen split effect

AnimeFreakatYoutube

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Apr 08, 2016 17:52

I have two video clips both recorded by an unmoved camera. I need to crop one so that i can overlay it on top of the other, thus creating a slipt screen effect. Like this:

(see attechments)

but in video form.

Please tell me that the only way isn't to edit it in photoshop elements frame by frame.

PLease help!


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AnimeFreakatYoutube

Newbie Joined: Dec 25, 2013 23:03 Messages: 27 Offline

Apr 08, 2016 17:58

what i need to do is use crop/zoom without the zoom.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Apr 08, 2016 21:14

Hi AnimeFreakatYoutube -

It looks like you don't need to crop anything - just mask one of the clips.

Two clips - one recorded as a plain scene with no action & the other has some old guy riding a mower through the scene. Both clips are shot from a tripod to ensure alignment!

Set up the timeline like this with the clips directly below each other...

Select the clip in Track 2 & click Modify > PiP Designer. Click Mask & mask part of the clip (uncheck Keep Aspect Ratio)

The result is that you can see "half" of one clip & "half" of the other...

Cheers - Tony
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Neil.F.1955

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline

Apr 09, 2016 17:52

Hey, Tony!

Brilliant effect! Gotta find a use for that one myself some time! Loved it!

Cheers!

Neil.

Theolilou

Member Location: France Joined: Feb 07, 2016 11:27 Messages: 107 Offline

Apr 10, 2016 04:26

Thank you Tony for your tutorial.

CS2014

Senior Contributor Location: USA-Eastern Time Zone Joined: Sep 16, 2014 16:44 Messages: 629 Offline

Apr 10, 2016 21:28

Know I could use .... a 'mower from nowhere' .... aka someone that would appear out of 'thin air' and mows my yard - around here sometimes... lol

Will that work in the USA Tony?

CS

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Neil.F.1955

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Apr 10, 2016 21:46

Hi, all!

Definitely shades of "Harry Potter" here with lawn-mowers appearing out of nowhere!

Cheers!

Neil

Neil.F.1955

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline

Apr 11, 2016 20:07

Hello, Moderator!

When I get a message in my e-mail in-box stating: Your topic "How do I crop a video to create a screen split effect" (or any other topic) has received an answer since your last visit. You can access this message using the following link", this should mean that I've received a reply from someone else, not from myself, as has happened here. In any case I've already praised Tony's effect and am looking for an excuse(reason) to try it myself in a future video. It has great comic potential. This notification "glitch" happens quite a lot on this website, as I've noticed.

Cheers!

Neil.

AnimeFreakatYoutube

Newbie Joined: Dec 25, 2013 23:03 Messages: 27 Offline

Apr 14, 2016 15:53

Thankyou so much!