Video triptych in Final Cut Pro

[Arnie Schlissel]

[Eric Johnson] “Triptych was also used as a film term to describe use of 3:1 aspect ratio. An example would be “Napoleon”. “

Probably because Abel Gance used 3 cameras and 3 projectors to achieve the effect. And while he sometimes shot a single scene across all 3, he also used the 3 projectors independently.

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[Eric Johnson]

True, like I said, not an attack. Just an example.

[Rafael Amador]

I think that somebody who just begin to discover “the joys of FC” should start with the most basic techniques: Crop and wire-frame.
rafael

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[Nick Meyers]

oh, triptych isn’t that period specific.
but maybe i’m at an advantage.
one of Australias most famous paintings is a triptych:

(courtesy of wikipedia:<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mccubbin> )

[Myrna Shoa]

I am making a triptych in Final Cut. How can I make the 3 split screens big enough, to be projected larger

[David Roth weiss]

[Myrna Shoa] “How can I make the 3 split screens big enough, to be projected larger”

The laws of math and physics do apply Myrna. Whatever format you’re editing has pixel dimensions and you have only a few options available for subdividing that space three ways. They are essentially as you see below, with the upper left subdivided with three frames that are each approx. 15% of the full frame, because both the x and y axis are 33% smaller; the upper right with three frames that are each approx. 24% of the full frame, because the x and y axis are both 48% smaller; and then, the lower version, in which each frame is 33% of the full frame, because only the x axis is smaller, the y axis is maintained at 100%.

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[Myrna Shoa]

Thanks Whatever format you’re editing has pixel dimensions and you have only a few options available for subdividing that space three ways.

I want to find out what is the largest pixel dimension I can use then? I have made a version in a custom pixel frame size of 1020 X 576 and the triptych is larger. .But, I want to be able to put the clips in each section of the triptych full size with no scaling down….so the question is will it work if, say I make a frame size of 4000 X 870 pixels or whatever,and then via a projector, project the triptych onto 3 screens? I am on a digital film and aniamation course and so far no tutor has come up with suggestions.I hope it is clear what info I want…

[David Roth weiss]

Myrna,

What good would video at 4000 pixels wide do for you at a school that only has systems good enough to display HD at 1920×1080 pixels?

You can’t just make up pixel dimensions out of thin air, there are video standards, and you have to pick a standard that you can actually playback on your system and display to a monitor. And, unless your school is very, very, very rich, that will undoubtedly be HD resolution, which is 1920×1080.

So, once you know that, you use the dimensions I earlier mentioned to you and you figure out which of the three methods I illustrated will work best for you, and then you do the math form there.

Does that make sense?

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Andy Mees]

Your only realistic option for what you apparently want to do (a triptych of 3 unscaled videos) is to lay you hands on 3 projectors, then play your 3 independent videos simultaneously side by side, one from each projector … you’ll probably want 3 screens too.

Cheers
Andy

[Myrna Shoa]

BRILLIANT Thanks. I get it….