Procedures for a Split Screen Effect in VS10+

[sjj1805]

Original link = http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?p=84269#84269

OK - Trevor, Steve, Ron and others,

I spent the last two hours tonight trying to figure out the split screen effect and how to blend it in with surrounding video files, and finally......SUCCESS.

Trevor, you were on the right track. Your solutions worked, but I was wanting to have both split screen clips fade-in and fade-out simultaneously with their neighbouring video clips. Also, I discovered that with your solution, you are stuck with using only the left 50% of each video file's image. I wanted to crop the middle 50% (or so) of the image and discard the two outer 25% areas.

So, for those that want to be able to choose which 50% area of each clip they want in the split screen left and right video clips, and for those that want the two clips to start at the same time and have the same duration and fade-in and fade-out together with the preceding and following video clips for a seamless transition, here are the steps to follow. I apologize up front if the outline is long, but I try to be thorough and complete. Here goes:

Procedures for a Split Screen Effect in VS10+

Creating the Left Video Clip
1.Place the video file that is to become the left video clip on the video track of the main project file.
2.Drag the cropping filter to the left clip and click on Customize Filter.
3.On the starting keyframe, select 50% width and 100% height, then click the Stationary box.
4.Right click on the starting keyframe, select Copy from the drop down menu.
5.Right click on the ending keyframe, select paste from the drop down menu.
6.Click on the cross-hair inside the crop outline box and move the crop box to the desired location, then click on the OK button to close the screen.
7.Click on the Distort Clip box
8.Using the keyboard arrows, move the cropped image to the left half of the preview window.
9.Click on the blue word project under the editor main preview window, then click the Play navigation button to smart render the project file.
10.Save the VSP file.
11.Click on File|New Project to close the main project file.

Creating the Right Video Clip
1.Start a new project file and place the video file that is to become the right video clip on the overlay track.
2.Right click on the overlay image in the preview screen and select Fit to Screen.
3.Drag the cropping filter to the right clip and click on Customize Filter.
4.On the starting keyframe, select 50% width and 100% height, then click the Stationary box.
5.Right click on the starting keyframe, select Copy from the drop down menu.
6.Right click on the ending keyframe, select paste from the drop down menu.
7.Click on the cross-hair inside the crop outline box and move the crop box to the desired location, then click on the OK button to close the screen.
8.Using the keyboard arrows, move the cropped image to the left half of the preview window.
9.Click on the blue word project under the editor main preview window, then click the Play navigation button to smart render the project file.
10.Click on Share|Create Video File, and select Same as Project Settings in the drop down menu.
11.Name the file and click on the Save button.
12.Close this project file (no need to save it).

Merge the Left and Right Video Clips Together
1.Re-open the original main project VSP file that has the left video clip in it.
2.Insert the right video file onto the video track, then drag it down to the overlay track and align the beginning of it with the left video clip (which is on the video track).
3.Right click on the overlay image in the preview screen and select Fit to Screen.
4.Using the keyboard arrows, move the right video file image to the right half of the preview window.
5.Click on the fade in motion effect and fade out motion effect buttons on the Attribute tab.

Create a Seamless Transition between both Split Screen Clips and their Adjacent Video Clips

1. Place a one second cross fade transition between the video clip preceding the split screen clips and between the video clip following the split screen clips.
2. Make sure that the left and right split screen clips begin at the same time code and have the same duration.
3. Click on and highlight the right video clip on the overlay track and use the black trim handles below the preview screen to adjust the fade-in and fade-out durations of the right clip to be precisely synchronized with the two cross fade transition durations associated with the left clip.
4. To do this, click and slowly drag the Jog Slider below the preview screen from its starting position toward the right, at the same time watching the Jog Slider on the timeline ruler move simultaneously across the timeline. Stop dragging and release the preview screen Jog Slider once the timeline ruler Jog Slider/Vertical Scroll Line positions itself at the time code location where the end of the first cross fade transition meets the left video clip shown on the video track. Then drag the left black trim handle to match the position of the preview screen Jog Slider. This will adjust the length of the horizontal blue bar (pause duration of the overlay clip). Repeat this process for locating the second cross fade transition, but this time drag the right black trim handle to match the position of the preview screen Jog Slider.
5. And viola, both split screen effect clips fade-in simultaneously from the preceding video clip and both fade-out simultaneously to the following video clip, with no visual overlap of the two split screen clips and no wide vertical black bars in the background.

In my current project, it came out perfectly.

Good luck to you all.

[Delgaarn]

this is one of the things that I was looking to do down the line. Hopefully you just made my life easier

[Mistersponge]

I keep trying this but when I play back my cropped clip the crop border keeps getting bigger, and bigger. . . .I clicked stationary, any ideas on where I'm going wrong? Thanks!

[sjj1805]

Key frames!

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[xXshuyinXx]

9.Click on the blue word project under the editor main preview window, then click the Play navigation button to smart render the project file.

Please Explain this part more.. where is that blue word project... on X2 then that Play naavigation button to smart render the project??? please explain..

[Black Lab]

Just below the preview window are the words Project and Clip. Click on Project so you are in project mode.