problem in picture-in-picture

sopgia wrote on 12/27/2008, 9:16 AM

I have done what i wanted in picture-in-picture; my problem is once i did one clip then it affected the rest of my project. I tried to lock the "lock aspect ratio" from track motion but it doesn't work at all. please help me, thank you very much

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richard-amirault wrote on 12/27/2008, 9:29 AM

You are not giving us enough information.

What, exactly, did you do and *how* did it effect the rest of the project.

Terry Esslinger wrote on 12/27/2008, 10:03 AM

It sounds like you did your Pip with track motion.If so this affects the entire track. You could use another track for other material or you need to resize your PiP track after your Pip is done and place a new keyframe with it resized to normal.

OhMyGosh wrote on 12/27/2008, 10:19 AM

Hi sopgia,
I think I know just what you mean, and it drove me nuts for a long time. On your last keyframe in track motion, right click on it and then click on 'hold'. Then go to the end of that clip plus one more frame and right click on the 'object' in the middle of your track motion screen and select 'Restore Box'. That will then stop everything thereafter on that track from having the same characteristics of the previous clip. I hope this makes sense. Let us know if this helps. Cin

sopgia wrote on 12/28/2008, 9:17 AM

thank you for all your help.
my problem is PIP is fixated on one position. I would like to place different PIPs in different positions.
Terry's way is good but that means a track for each PIP. is it possible to place PIPs in different positions on the same track?
OhMyGosh may misunderstood me when I talked about 'locked aspect ratio'. Your method doesn't seem to 'hold' a PIP in its place. i am doing this in the track motion keyframe window. Maybe I got this wrong.

Chienworks wrote on 12/28/2008, 12:25 PM

I prefer using Pan/Crop for PIP. It seems a little more controllable and sane. It's backwards though ... you drag the dashed cropping frame out larger to shrink the image. The other advantage is that it's individual for each event on the track, rather than being global to all tracks.

Some folks prefer Track Motion for exactly the reasons i listed above. ;)

Terry Esslinger wrote on 12/28/2008, 12:30 PM

You pretty much need a track for each PIP on your screen whether you use trfack motion or event pan and crop. If you are zooming in on a picture use event pan and crop. You get better resolution.

Chienworks wrote on 12/28/2008, 2:08 PM

"You pretty much need a track for each PIP on your screen"

I'd modify that to be "You pretty much need a track for each simultaneous PIP on your screen"

If you have 5000 PIP images in your project, but never have more than 3 visible at once, then you need 3 PIP tracks, not 5000.

sopgia wrote on 12/28/2008, 3:17 PM

Thanks a bunch!
i'll try both useful methods and report back on the better solution.

Terry Esslinger wrote on 12/29/2008, 8:17 AM

Kellys clarification of my information is correct. You need a track for each individual pip that is on the screen at any given moment but it can (and probably should) be the same tracks that were used previously otherwise the project could get a bit unwieldy.