Two or more video sources in one frame

[vlakslee]

I have been looking on the internet to identify how a "new" editing method is done but can't really figure out what it is called. I saw a method where they had two to four different video sources show simutaneously with in one picture. Instead of PIP the sources where side by side or offset to each other, no overlap. Each had a border around the picture. No the sources weren't still but live. Anyone know what this is called and what editing suites they might be using. I haven't ever seen this before and think it maybe something new, at least to me.

[guns1inger]

I can do it easily in Vegas, and I suspect Premiere and FCP can do it just as easily. Any good compositing app (Fusion, After Effects, Combustion etc) would make short work of it as well.

In Vegas it is simply a matter of putting all the videos onto their own tracks (Vegas can have - theoretically, at least - an infinite number of video tracks), then using track motion to resize and reposition the clips within the over all frame. This can also be animated with keyframes so the layout can alter over time. I have used this technique in the past to have separate clips passing over and below each other as a background to motion menus or to credit credit sequences.

I assume, from your description, this is what you are talking about. If not, perhaps you can provide a link to an example.

[mats.hogberg]

A pretty simple AviSynth script can do that too - Look at stackvertical and stackhorizontal.

/Mats

[vlakslee]

Thanks for the input. I knew that it is possible in Premier but since I haven't ever seen this before I thought that maybe there was new program that automated the process. I didn't know about Avisynth. The effect was visually stunning. I did look for an example but came up blank. If I see it again I will make a note of the program and see what I can find from that on the internet.