posted 05-30-2000 08:14 PM
Alright, I hope you are starting from scratch, and not trying to use existing footage. The absolute most important/time saving thing you can do is plan and shoot your shots correctly. I did not do that in the previous clip, and it was a royal pain in the arse to fix.
If you are usinging a camcorder (I assume you are no shooting film) you need to turm auto exposure OFF and set your exposure manually. Even if your lighting is perfect and consistant your camera will make little adjustments here and there which will inturn cause you to have a VERY visable line going down the screen where you are splitting it.
Like I said, I didn't do this right in that clip, granted I still fixed it, but getting the footage right the first time would have saved me alot of time doing brightness correction in post. So Remember set your exposure MANUALLY!!
You had the right idea in using transperancies, over lap your clips (one in VID1, one in VID2) But then, go into VIDEO>TRANSERANCY and select NONE. next move your veritices to split the screen however you desire (horizontal/verticle/diagnal).
That's it. Pretty dang simple eh? 
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posted 05-30-2000 06:57 PM