• Adobe Premiere Pro

  picture in picture from one source clip

  Posted by Jonny Webb on June 19, 2012 at 4:10 pm

  Hi, i’m hoping this is simple even though i cant find an example of it. Its probably best if i explain with example…
  I have a shot of a choir starting with just 2 people’s faces. the camera zooms out to show whole choir. i want to have a picture in picture effect keeping a close up of the 2 people’s faces.
  did i explain that well enough?
  (there will not be any repeating. the faces will be ‘zoomed in’ and in the same ‘time’ as the rest of the choir).

  i should also point out that the sequence is not one continuous clip – its made of a few clips already. so can you tell if its best i use group, or nest, merge…

  thanks.

  Jonny Webb replied 13 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  Vince Becquiot

  June 19, 2012 at 5:19 pm

  If you want a continuous PIP of an sequence that’s already been edited. Create a new sequence. Bring the old sequence in twice on 2 layers, and delete one of the audio layers using the Alt/option key.

  Then use a combination of the crop filter and motion control settings on your top layer to shrink the size of the image / zoom it in, and position it. There are also PIP presets in the latest version of Premiere.

  Note that this would be easier to achieve in After Effects, if you already know the software.

  Vince Becquiot

  Kaptis Studios
  San Francisco – Bay Area
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  Jonny Webb

  June 20, 2012 at 9:33 am

  THank you.
  That was what i needed to hear. i did this a couple of years ago, and of course only have the final product, not the project files.

  I am interested in doing it in AE – could you give me a starting point, especially any terminology, so i can explore this further…

  thanks again, Jon

  ++ As we’re all here, i guess we’re not all there ++
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  Jonny Webb

  June 20, 2012 at 11:33 am

  i’ve been having some fun with PIP in AE, but i dont understand how to crop a clip. i guess i’m using the wrong terminology. i just cant find the answer anywhere. Any ideas?

  More Info: i have a clip of a choir. i duplicated the clip and scaled it up so i have a closeup of a couple of singers. i want these faces to be the picture in picture. but i need to crop the clip so i can see the choir in the background…
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  Jon Barrie

  June 21, 2012 at 2:31 am

  PiP in PPro will result in more realtime playback and quicker export times.

  A simple PiP in AE is straight forward enough to perfrom in PPro on its own with the crop effects applied in PPro. To “Crop” inside of AE you want to add a mask to the frame and then rescale the mask to achieve the same results as a crop.

  Cheers JB

  Jon Barrie
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  Vince Becquiot

  June 21, 2012 at 2:36 am

  My only problem with PIPs in Premiere, if I may Jon:-), would be scaling quality. AE just does a better job, very noticeable in HD.

  It gets worse if you happen rotate the PIP in a 3D, there is no anti-aliasing in Premiere.

  Vince Becquiot

  Kaptis Studios
  San Francisco – Bay Area
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  Jon Barrie

  June 21, 2012 at 3:00 am

  Fair enough. If its a simple PiP with only a scale/position its same/same, rotation/camera view, I agree the aliasing in PPro is not desirable.

  😛

  Jon Barrie
  Adobe Video Solutions Consultant ANZ
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  Jonny Webb

  June 21, 2012 at 9:09 am

  THanks alot guys. This is most helpful.
  🙂

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