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FCPX PIP Tutorial

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Channel: Pixel Film Studios · 2017 · Film & Animation

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Welcome to a FCPX: Picture-In-Picture tutorial from Pixel Film Studios.

In this tutorial, we’ll be going over how to track an area and display a miniature version of the area anywhere on screen.

Lets get started.

In this example, we are going to draw focus to the wedding ring by creating a picture-in-picture effect. 

We’ll start by applying the FCPX Picture-In-Picture tool to the footage and then selecting an area to track. The selected area will act as an anchor point for the stabilization.

After tracking, we want to turn off Edit Mode by unchecking the box. This will turn off the visual representation of the tracked points and turn on the picture-in-picture effect. 

We can adjust the position of the box by moving around the on-screen control. And the magnification of the subject by scaling it. 

In the Inspector window, we can offset the position of the area within the box. 

We can also adjust the dimensions of the box using simple sliders. FCPX Picture-In-Picture is ready to go. 

Now we can add text or additional graphics to the shot.

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