How To Do Split Screen Effect¶

This effect is also known as picture in picture effect or PIP.

In this example we will see how to have 4 screens playing at once in the video.

Example - 4 screens in one(YouTube)

To create this effect you need 4 video tracks on the time line. Add extra tracks to the time line from the Tracks menu.

You create a project/timeline like that shown in Figure 1 and described in detail below.

Video 1 (appears in bottom left in the result) has no effects added to it.

Video 2 (appears top left in result) has a Position and Zoom effect added to it (See Figure 3). This effect has a sizing and positioning effect as part of it that causes the Video on Video Track 2 to be scaled down 50% and be positioned in the top left corner.

Transition between Video 2 and Video 3 — Standard composite transition between Video track 2 and Video track 3.¶

Video 3 (appears top right in result) has a pan and zoom effect added to it (See Figure 5). This effect has a sizing and positioning effect as part of it that causes the Video on Video Track 3 to be scaled down 50% and be positioned in the top right corner.

Transition between Video 3 and Video 4 — Standard composite transition between Video track 3 and Video track 4.¶

Video 4 (appears bottom right in result) has a pan and zoom effect added to it (See Figure 7). This effect has a sizing and positioning effect as part of it that causes the Video on Video Track 4 to be scaled down 50% and be positioned in the bottom right corner.