Bring Picture-in-picture to full screen

[Jon Doughtie]

This is certainly something you can do in Premiere Pro, using the size and position control elements under Motion.

Here’s how to do it easy with a little front end prep. In the project, using the same resolution as your edit, Make a color matte element to create your presets with. They generally default to five seconds in length.

Using keyframes in that color matte, move it back to the position you want – two keyframes each for size and position at the beginning of the matte. Then copy those frames and paste them to the end of the matte, reversing their order.

Tweak keyframe positions if needed and set any easy in/easy out setting you want.

Click the three line menu next to “Effect Controls” on the tab, then click on “Save Preset”. You can name it, make notes about it, etc. Lock the effect to the In Point.

Now you can drop this preset on any clip and quickly tweak keyframe location to move it to the same place, same speed, every time.

Working with a long clip? Cut the clip (CTRL+K) where you want the in and out to happen. Drop the preset and position keyframes as desired. Do this a few times and you’ll have an easy, fast rhythm for getting it done.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2017.1 (as of 8/2017)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from UHD MP4, HD MP4, and HD P2 MXF.