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Creating split screen using masks
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Not as elegant as something Brendan (Motion-Man) Gibbons would make, but here’s a quick version of a dual split screen template for you.
Put it in your User/Movies/Motion Templates/Effects folder and use it as an Effect.
It uses drop zones for your source images so click on the wells for each and then select the image you want from the Browser and Appply.
It uses a shape as image mask so the same “crop” controls both images and you can move it where you like. You can also have the split running horizontally as well as vertically if you use the yPos control and zero out the xPos control. There are also controls for reframing and resizing the source images.
It’s just a work-in-progress and there’s lots that could be improved, e.g. borders, feathering, image rotate, a way of using the same template to generate a variety of different split numbers, and some fancy rigging, etc. …
Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
Hey this is cool.
Never thought of doing it using a single rectangle as the one shape to control both “crops” via an image mask.
Off to the pub early for me then today 😉
Cheers,
Brendan
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[Brendan Gibbons] “Hey this is cool.”
You’d certainly have come up with something better, but I just had to see if I couldn’t get in there before you this time 😉
Hoping to refine it a bit more later – thinking up how to switch to a three-up usiung a checkbox rig.
Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
Revised split screen effect:
Now with:
a) pop-up option for 3-way split;
b) border option with color control;
c) shear option to angle edges of split;
d) full controls for scale and position of split screen images;
e) control of split position.Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
Simon,
Thank you… this is really amazing… makes life easier (I have a project with some split-screens). I really like the flexibility of repositioning, etc..
I looked at it in Motion, and it’s a little out of my range at this point, but I’m trying to catch up with you Motion whizzes.
I know I’m pushing your kindness, Simon, but how difficult would it be to create a four way option (two on top, two on bottom) and six way (3-top, 3-bottom). Also, I notice the border control only moves the right screen, rather than from both sides (making it the border off-center); how easy is that to fix.
Again, I am deeply appreciative. Thank you.
Eli
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[Eli Hollander] “Also, I notice the border control only moves the right screen, rather than from both sides (making it the border off-center); how easy is that to fix.”
I think this is me not being clear about my names for things. You need to use the Border Scale control to get an equal border. It looks like you are using the Mask.X.Position control which is there to offset the position of the crop – if you just want an even split of each screen then leave this control where it is.
Or is that not what you meant?
Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
Dear Brendan,
I have tried your splitscreen in Motion and it works perfectly. There is just one question. Do I have to set the length of the motion project to match the clip length? I found that I could drag the created final cut generator to any length but it stays 10seconds long.
Do you have a way for this or is it just a matter of creating a longer duration for the project.
Thanks in advance!
André van Berlo
https://www.yourguitarworkshop.com/
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