Picture in picture query

[Blackwarrior]

I don't know where to put this question, but I'm wondering how you do a YouTube or any video where you can have 2 videos running in the same film... There's loads of YouTube vids with a smaller video of an fpv camera in the corner of the main film.. I'm sure Lee has done a few....

 

[Lee]

Its done in the editing, using Final Cut pro, Adobe Premier or similar video editing software.

 

[Blackwarrior]

Its done in the editing, using Final Cut pro, Adobe Premier or similar video editing software.

Brilliant, thanks Lee..

 

[pvolcko]

Yeah, I've done them. If it's just a simple put something in the corner type edit it isn't too hard with a decent editor. The problem comes in if you're wanting to crop down the inside pic like it's a moving window onto the secondary video. That takes a while or being handy with AfterEffects to setup proper tracking masks and whatnot.

[video=youtube_share;uTcqLskHBjQ]http://youtu.be/uTcqLskHBjQ[/video]

That one took a long time to edit. The in-picture is cropping, zooming, and panning on X/Y to keep the quad in frame. A lot of hand keyframing and transform manipulations.

 

[Tony]

Yeah, using keyframes to keep something centered takes forever! Been there. lol. Now, I just keep shooting takes until I get the shot that I want lmao.

 

[Blackwarrior]

It does look amazing but if it takes ages I'll not bother....lol. I'll just flip from one camera to the other, seen that on YouTube and it looks OK..

Thanks guys

 

[Tony]

If you just want to do a picture in picture effect, it's as simple as putting your main camera on the top timeline, and your PIP on the next timeline and shrinking the size. I do that on every single video I do with my logo. Takes me about 5 minutes to get it perfect. And that includes a "drink" break lmao.

 

[Blackwarrior]

If you just want to do a picture in picture effect, it's as simple as putting your main camera on the top timeline, and your PIP on the next timeline and shrinking the size. I do that on every single video I do with my logo. Takes me about 5 minutes to get it perfect. And that includes a "drink" break lmao.

I wanted something like what Paul has shown in his clip... I'll see what there is available in the way of software, but it sounds time consuming which is something I don't have a lot of...

Thanks though

 

[Tony]

Give yourself time to get used to the software, which will take about a month, then you can do all the editing you could ever want in less than an hour. Including the PIP.

 

[Blackwarrior]

Give yourself time to get used to the software, which will take about a month, then you can do all the editing you could ever want in less than an hour. Including the PIP.

Yeah I will give it a shot Tony, it will be worth it in the end, those PIP vids look cool

Thanks bro

 

[Graham Lawrie]

Sounds like a lot of effort unless you have really good footage?

 

[Blackwarrior]

Sounds like a lot of effort unless you have really good footage?

It does that Graham, and I guess it's only worth the effort if you do have some good vids... They look really good on YouTube though. I've got a couple of good HD cameras so I'll give it a go.