Picture in Picture

Ralph413 wrote on 2/12/2004, 5:33 PM

Hi again everyone,
I would like to do a picture in picture type edit. Is this possible? What I'm looking to do is take a jumpback video effect and place still pictures on top of it. The jumpback is an avi. type file. I tried a few different thins in pan,crop zoom mode but ng.

Thank you

Ralph Bruno

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 2/12/2004, 6:20 PM

Quick hint to keep in mind ... Pan/Crop may work backwards from what you expect. The dashed rectangle represents the outer edge of the video frame. If you want the picture to be smaller you have to stretch the dashed rectangle out larger so that the picture becomes small in relation to it.

The other thing to keep in mind is that the final video is produced by layering the tracks from the bottom up. Place the background on the bottom video track and the pictures on the overlay track.

Steve Grisetti wrote on 2/13/2004, 6:13 AM

Another hint: Before you open pan/crop, set your timeline cursor on the section of video you'll be working on. That way you can see a preview of how your effect is working as you adjust it.

Ralph413 wrote on 2/13/2004, 9:40 AM

Thank you. I got it working like a charm I can run 2 pictures and a jumpback underneath the photos. Just wondering is it possible to put boarders around each picture instead of around the whole scene?

djcc wrote on 2/13/2004, 11:05 AM

For borders, try the cookie cutter video FX if the Border FX does not do what you want.

And pardon my ignornace, but what the heck is a "jumpback"?

Ralph413 wrote on 2/13/2004, 7:15 PM

Thanks I will try that.
A jumpback is a pre recorded video 5-30 sec of a specific scene. (like rose pedals flowing down the screen or the ocean water ripling over the screen) The most popular name for these is Digital Juice (the name of the company who produces them) you can see a lot of these on Espn, NBC News, MTV, ect.

djcc wrote on 2/14/2004, 7:54 AM

Thanks for the explanation - I know what you are talking about, just never heard a definition.