Need help with this effect

[Ninjafox]

Ok, theres gonna be a total of four clips. Now what i want to do is put the four clips together making all come up on one clip. So what im going to do is make boxes.

so it'd be like this:
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clip 4 | clip 1
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clip 3 | clip 2
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Now i got clip one in by using the effect "clip" but my problem is i cant figure out how to put what i "want" into the other clips. For Example, i want to get someones face into where it says "clip 2" but all i can get is his body.

[madbunny]

Well a lot depends on what program you're using. If you are using Premiere and dont' have AfterEffects, then you would use a combination of the motion control box and layers fairly easily.

If you have aftereffects, I believe there is a function that does just that (tile or something)

Try looking up those three items in your help function.

[TaranT]

If you want to do something like this, it's very easy with Vegas. Takes about 20 minutes to set up and then you just start dropping clips on the timeline.

Unfortunately, Vegas Movie Studio - has the tools, but not enough tracks to keep it simple.

Whatever the software, the basics are:

(1) resize the clips to 1/4-screen (motion or pan/scan setting)
(2) move them to the selected quadrant (motion or pan/scan setting)
(3) crop or mask to clean up the borders

If possible, apply the motion and crop settings to an entire track and have one track per quadrant. That's better than having to apply them to each and every clip.

[Ninjafox]

Im usin Premier 6.5, how do i use the motion control box and layers to achieve this effect? Yeh I knew Vegas MS would be able to do it cause i used it alot in my Haibane vid . Wish they'd make a program that had Vegas and Premier in one, "Pregas" or "Vemier"

[Ninjafox]

Oh, i worked it out ^^ after reading a guide hehe, cheers for the replies, Pregas and Vemier *WooT*

[Ninjafox]

ah sorry, i just need to know how to solve this problem then that should be it.



My problem is, you see where the red circle is? i want that whole section to be black, but as you can see there is something there.

[TaranT]

Use a garbage matte ??
http://www.adobe.com/tips/preppictinpic ... inpict.pdf

[Ninjafox]

cool, i got it how i wanted to, cheers mate

[Ninjafox]

ehe ^^;;, quick question, how do i play the clips like "backwards" ?? so far my clips are like this:

clip 1 | clip 2 | clip 3 |

and i have my clips fading out towards the person starting from clip 1 to clip 3, but what i want to do is "start" the fading from clip 3 to clip 1.

clip 1 | clip 2 | clip 3|

[madbunny]

"start" the fading from clip 3 to clip 1.

There is your answer. Fade the layers in the order that makes you happy.