Split Screens and Picture-in-Picture
Have you ever wondered how sports broadcasts overlay one video over another so that you can watch a close-up of a footballer’s tackle in a small window, while we see the commentators’ reactions in the video behind? This effect is also used in news broadcasts and even some movies to show the action happening concurrently. If you are making a wedding video, you can show the groom waiting and show the bride preparing at the same time to show two different sides of the same story. This can be achieved with the help of a split screen.
In this chapter, we will look at creating similar split-screen effects using composite footage and video resizing, as well as picture-in-picture effects using the Resolve FX Transform Video Collage plugin on the Cut page.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:
- A simple split-screen effect
- Composite clips
- Picture-in-picture effects – Create Tile
- Picture...
