Feathering 2 clips side-by-side

Julius_ wrote on 2/19/2008, 8:32 AM
Hi,

I thought this was easy.
I have 1 clip of someone talking and another clip of showing what he's talking about (past/history).
What I am trying to do is split the screen in 2, on the left the guy is talking and I want it to feather out to the clip on the right that is also feathered on the left side.

I'm using the cookie cutter, but RRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! I can't get it done. Help!

Comments

Julius_ wrote on 2/19/2008, 11:55 AM
I GOT IT...dam it was so easy afterall :(

2 clips on timeline, use cookie cutter, shape is sqaure, play with the box until the feather is on the right side and adjust the Size and Feather.

CLip2, do the same but move the box to the left.

Dam that was soo easy...I think I need a new career.
TGS wrote on 2/19/2008, 12:06 PM
Are you trying to cover the entire screen?
You'll have to use pan/crop and the cookie cutter to either isolate a section you want, resize and move it to the side of the screen you want, or shrink the entire frame down to a size that won't quite fit 1/2 the screen.
You can also disengage the "Maintain Aspect Ratio" (in pan/crop) and by manipulating the size of the frame, and a little struggling, you can make a section that's about the right size as one half the screen. Getting that to the side of the screen you want is the hard part.
The top one is easier. You resize (usually zoom out a little, making the picture smaller than the frame) and then you can move it's location (within the frame area) and the cookie cutters location to get it to the side you want. It works zooming in too, you just have to move the big picture within the frame, by using the magnifying glass icon to shrink the pan/crop window down to where you can see it all.
You place one track on the side you want, then do the same for the other track and place on the opposite side.
I hope I made sense.
TGS wrote on 2/19/2008, 12:07 PM
Just my luck, he got it while I was answering.
Kennymusicman wrote on 2/19/2008, 12:07 PM
Look in event pan/crop - at the bottom you will see masking. Well worth a little investigation for future projects
Julius_ wrote on 2/19/2008, 12:13 PM
TGS: Ahhhh...you can post it anyways, I'll act surprised...I thought there was another way.

I did use the pan corp on both clips...now I can't remember what I was doing wrong...oh yeah it was the SQUARE...this proves one thing...it's the memory that goes first and not the hair :)

It ONLY took me 2 hours to figure this out (gulp)