This is a guest post from Final Cut Professional contributor Anthony Bosco.
Hey everyone. Today I have a great Final Cut Pro tip for you! Cropping. It is stronger then it sounds, I promise. I recently made my own video using the cropping tool.
Let’s get started!
So let’s say you are using a single camera and you want more then one of the same person in the shot. I know what you are thinking, green screen right? Wrong! All you simple need is a tripod and Final Cut Pro!
The cropping tool can be reached simply by double clicking on your video and then clicking on the motion tab. As seen in the photo below.
In the video I needed to be walking out my apartment door and then back out the closet door. This was easily done by using the same shot and the cropping tool.
All I had to do was keep the camera in a fixed position while I was shooting. Then in editing, I was able to use the cropping tool to split the screen and get both of my performances seemingly in the same shot.
Play around with his tool and I’m sure you will learn it in no time!
Check out my video:
Endless Doors from Anthony Bosco on Vimeo.
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