How do I put two clips one on top of another

burntresistor · Post by **burntresistor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:58 am

I have premiere pro, This is a very common amv special effect where they have one clip and put an after image of another on it that’s doing all the movement(I am describing it the best I can.. too bad there isn’t a guide I'm sure this is asked a lot)The clip on top has a after image look to it sometimes.

suprkrillin · Post by **suprkrillin** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:04 pm

you mean like one clip is transparent and you can see through it?
i don't have your program, but usually how it works, is you put a separate video track over the current one, then put the second clip you want to be playing over the first one in the timeline. then, for the clip on top, you bring down the opacity, and the frames will become see through.
(how you bring down the opacity may vary for each program)

burntresistor · Post by **burntresistor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:07 pm

burntresistor · Post by **burntresistor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:15 pm

Basically, what I want to do is have three screens running at once one as the background and the other two in the corners. I’ve seen it similar things in other videos and just wanted to know how, if its too hard to explain can you point me in the right direction.

Org Profile · Post by **GloryQuestor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:19 pm

Wildcat:

You should have two video lines when you start editing a video on your timeline (the area where you drag your footage to add it to your own video). Your timeline should look like this when you start a new video (and should look like this right now:

---------------------------------------------
Video 2
---------------------------------------------
Video 1
---------------------------------------------
Audio 1
---------------------------------------------
Audio 2
---------------------------------------------

So, let's say you want to overlay video (or picture) A on top of video (or picture) B. To do that, you have to place video A on your timeline like this:

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Video 2 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
---------------------------------------------
Video 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
---------------------------------------------
Audio 1 (Audio Waveform)
---------------------------------------------
Audio 2
---------------------------------------------

However, when you do this where Video A is at 100% Opacity, you can only see Video A. Think of Video A as a wall you put in front of another wall - Video B. So, when you play your video, here's what you would see:

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Video 2 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (100% Opacity)
---------------------------------------------=====> Only able to see Video A
Video 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB (100% Opacity)
---------------------------------------------
Audio 1 (Audio Waveform)
---------------------------------------------
Audio 2
---------------------------------------------

To see Video B through Video A (so that Video A looks like it is "on top of" Video B, we have to make Video A less opaque (more transparent) so that we can see through Video A to Video B:

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Video 2 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (45% Opacity)
---------------------------------------------
Video 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB (100% Opacity)
---------------------------------------------=====> Now able to see a faded
Audio 1 (Audio Waveform) version of Video A
--------------------------------------------- on top of Video B
Audio 2
---------------------------------------------

Your Premiere Pro help file can tell you more about creating overlays in Premiere, but I hope this helps you understand a bit more of how overlays work.

Org Profile · Post by **GloryQuestor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:27 pm

Wildcat666 wrote:Basically, what I want to do is have three screens running at once one as the background and the other two in the corners. I’ve seen it similar things in other videos and just wanted to know how, if its too hard to explain can you point me in the right direction.

Using my illustration above, add another Video line to your timeline (your help file can assist you with this) and put the overlaid video on top of each other, with the opacity less and less as you go up from your base video, shown below as Video A:

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Video 3 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC (40% Opacity)
---------------------------------------------
Video 2 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB (70% Opacity)
---------------------------------------------
Video 1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (100% Opacity)
---------------------------------------------
Audio 1 (Audio Waveform)
---------------------------------------------
Audio 2
---------------------------------------------

(These are good Opacity values to use, but tweak them as you see fit to your liking, as long as you leave the base video at 100& Opacity/)

To put two videos in the corners, you will have to make two Picture-in-Pictures at those corners. (These are under the Effects Presets folder under "PiP"). As to how to do PiPs in Premiere Pro ... either use your help file, or someone else may have to assist you with that.

(Sorry I can't be of more help with PiP.

)

burntresistor · Post by **burntresistor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:31 pm

Thanks

burntresistor · Post by **burntresistor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:33 pm

I either don't have picture in picture or it's called somthing else

burntresistor · Post by **burntresistor** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:44 pm

heh, it looks like just one big blur. Do I change the size of the avi im using to make it smaller than the one I want to background? (it's a good blur.... its a blur that shows I'm in the right direction, since I can see more than one avi)

suprkrillin · Post by **suprkrillin** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:27 pm

so, you want to have 2 clips playing, but as like little boxes on the sides, rather than covering the whole screen?
then yeah, you need to shrink the two clips on top, and if they are not covering the whole screen, you can raise the opacity as well.