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  • Need help: playing 2 videos at once

    Posted by Eric Andrus on August 15, 2008 at 5:20 am

    basically, i took a tripod, and filmed 2 different scenes without moving the camera, but i want both videos playing over each other. it’s basically a video where i talk to a clone of myself, and end up fighting with him and stuff. the sound plays fine, but the videos either crossfades or switches between one or the other, i cant get both to play at once over each pther…any way to do this?

    Steve Rhoden replied 18 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Allen Zagel

    August 15, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    Hi
    About the only way to do this that I know of would be to put the second video on the track above. I could play with the opacity but to really do it right you’re probably going to have to chroma key or mask out everything on the upper track so it’s all transparent except for the 2nd you. Normally you’d do a green screen for the second video.

    Hopefully someone else knows another way to do it.
    Allen

    ASX Media Group, Inc.
    http://www.asxvideo.com
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  • Steve Rhoden

    August 15, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    You say you did a steady shoot of yourself….i assume one of
    yourself on the left and another on the right.
    Therefore have both clips on the timeline one above the other…
    ….then apply the cookie cutter tool to the upper clip and split the screen in half,then you will see what you need to do to get a
    decent effect. Or you could use the mask tool to draw a close border around you on the upper clip and keyframe the mask with your movement.
    (yourself in front a green or blue background would be much better to achieve what you want to achieve).

    Steve Rhoden
    Creative Director
    TNX EFFECTS STUDIOS.
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