"Wall of Video" Help Please! at DVinfo.net

Vishad Dewan · May 14th, 2007, 02:07 PM

I know this isn't the thread to ask this particular question, but I can't seem to post new threads. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make a wall of video clips in Final Cut Pro. How do you take several clips and have them resized proportionally and made into some sort of 3D wall?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Vishad Dewan · May 14th, 2007, 02:10 PM

Ahhhhhhh!!! How the heck do you make a wall of video in FCP?? I want to get several clips, resize them equally, and then have them shaped into a 3D wall. There's a plugin out there for something like this, but it's a pain in the arse. Does anybody have an idea??

Glenn Chan · May 14th, 2007, 04:38 PM

Re-scale the clips and move them around. There's different ways of doing this.

1- Open the clip in the viewer (double click it, or right click open in viewer). Go into the motion tab. Scale the clip down and move it around.

You can enter in exact numbers here so this is likely more useful for you.

2- In the canvas window, turn the wireframe on. you can resize the clip and move it around there.

Guy Cochran · May 14th, 2007, 05:43 PM

Try Video Filter>Stylize>Replicate

Also Video Filters>Perspective>Basic 3D

And to really get that TV look, we sell the Nattress "Big Box of Tricks" which has "TV lines" and more TV filters...a lot of bang for the buck at $100. http://www.dvcreators.net/nattress-r...ks-plugin-set/

Boyd Ostroff · May 14th, 2007, 08:21 PM

Hi Vishad. I split your post off to a new thread in our FCP forum. Will see if I can find out why you're having problems.

Victor Kellar · May 14th, 2007, 08:49 PM

Basically you need to stack a bunch of clips of the same length on top of each other (V1, V2, V3, V4 etc)

Make sure, in the Canvas window, that Image plus Wireframe is activated. Now, you can either use the "handles" in the wireframe to shrink and move each clip to where you want it, or use the Motion tab in each clipls Viewer window to do the same thing

Not sure about a 3D look .. maybe put colored background underneath all the other clips and apply drop shadows to them or something

Vishad Dewan · May 15th, 2007, 02:36 AM

Okay, what about zooming around with camera angles? I'd have to do that with keyframes, right? Boy, that's gonna be very time consuming. Does anyone know of plugins that might do the trick?

Edward Carlson · May 15th, 2007, 05:34 AM

This method might be time consuming too, but here it goes. Put each video on its own track. Change the scale so you can fit however many you want on the screen. Now change the position of it, copy, and paste attributes to all the other videos. Then you would only have to add the width of the video to the Y coordinate of the next video clip o get them right next to each other. Add the height of one video to the X for the second row, etc.

Boyd Ostroff · May 15th, 2007, 06:48 AM

Vishad, I had already moved your other post to a new thread here in the Mac forum, sorry if this created confusion. But please don't start duplicate threads on the same topic. I have merged both threads together here.

Neil Rostance · May 15th, 2007, 08:04 AM

Edward has given the basics there spot on, but when you mention this "and the camera zooming in and out, up and down"....i think you mean something that is a lot trickier to do in FCP. That's where you'd really need after effects in my eyes...

Is this the type of effect you're looking for?

http://www.pleix.net/netlag.html

Neil

Vishad Dewan · May 15th, 2007, 10:25 AM

Oops. Sorry about that, Boyd.

Okay, I'll give it a go with your suggestions. Maybe I can figure out how that weird plugin works. Oooh...so much support of AE, so not so much for FCP.

Martin Pauly · May 15th, 2007, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil Rostance

Edward has given the basics there spot on, but when you mention this "and the camera zooming in and out, up and down"....i think you mean something that is a lot trickier to do in FCP.

What I'd suggest with FCP only is to create a timeline with custom settings for a very high resolution, then assemble the individual clips there as Edward suggested. Then export this whole sequence to a QuickTime movie file, import it into a second timeline and do your zooms and pans there, with only a single clip's motion parameters to worry about.

Naturally, there are limits to how many total input clips you'd want to juggle this way, and the very neat "netlag" video that Neil provided a link to is probably a good example of what not to do with this method.

- Martin

Patrick Pike · May 15th, 2007, 09:56 PM

Acutally, you can skip a few steps and just nest the sequence.

In other words, create the TV wall in one sequence, then nest it into a new sequence. From there you can adjust the motion of your entire video wall without messing with individual tracks.

Or just use Motion and save a headache.

May 14th, 2007, 02:07 PM	#1
Vishad Dewan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yuba City, Ca Posts: 126	Heeelp! I know this isn't the thread to ask this particular question, but I can't seem to post new threads. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make a wall of video clips in Final Cut Pro. How do you take several clips and have them resized proportionally and made into some sort of 3D wall?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

May 14th, 2007, 02:10 PM	#2
Vishad Dewan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yuba City, Ca Posts: 126	Final Cut Pro Wall of Video!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!! How the heck do you make a wall of video in FCP?? I want to get several clips, resize them equally, and then have them shaped into a 3D wall. There's a plugin out there for something like this, but it's a pain in the arse. Does anybody have an idea??

May 14th, 2007, 05:43 PM	#4
Guy Cochran DVCreators.Net Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 892	Try Video Filter>Stylize>Replicate Also Video Filters>Perspective>Basic 3D And to really get that TV look, we sell the Nattress "Big Box of Tricks" which has "TV lines" and more TV filters...a lot of bang for the buck at $100. http://www.dvcreators.net/nattress-r...ks-plugin-set/ __________________ Guy Cochran DVinfo Sponsor, Cool Gear - DVeStore!

May 14th, 2007, 04:38 PM	#3
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Re-scale the clips and move them around. There's different ways of doing this. 1- Open the clip in the viewer (double click it, or right click open in viewer). Go into the motion tab. Scale the clip down and move it around. You can enter in exact numbers here so this is likely more useful for you. 2- In the canvas window, turn the wireframe on. you can resize the clip and move it around there.

May 14th, 2007, 08:21 PM	#5
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Hi Vishad. I split your post off to a new thread in our FCP forum. Will see if I can find out why you're having problems.

May 14th, 2007, 08:49 PM	#6
Victor Kellar Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada Posts: 239	Basically you need to stack a bunch of clips of the same length on top of each other (V1, V2, V3, V4 etc) Make sure, in the Canvas window, that Image plus Wireframe is activated. Now, you can either use the "handles" in the wireframe to shrink and move each clip to where you want it, or use the Motion tab in each clipls Viewer window to do the same thing Not sure about a 3D look .. maybe put colored background underneath all the other clips and apply drop shadows to them or something

May 15th, 2007, 02:36 AM	#7
Vishad Dewan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yuba City, Ca Posts: 126	Okay, what about zooming around with camera angles? I'd have to do that with keyframes, right? Boy, that's gonna be very time consuming. Does anyone know of plugins that might do the trick?

May 15th, 2007, 05:34 AM	#8
Edward Carlson Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA, United States Posts: 807	This method might be time consuming too, but here it goes. Put each video on its own track. Change the scale so you can fit however many you want on the screen. Now change the position of it, copy, and paste attributes to all the other videos. Then you would only have to add the width of the video to the Y coordinate of the next video clip o get them right next to each other. Add the height of one video to the X for the second row, etc.

May 15th, 2007, 06:48 AM	#9
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Vishad, I had already moved your other post to a new thread here in the Mac forum, sorry if this created confusion. But please don't start duplicate threads on the same topic. I have merged both threads together here.

May 15th, 2007, 08:04 AM	#10
Neil Rostance Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lace Market, Nottingham, UK Posts: 194	Edward has given the basics there spot on, but when you mention this "and the camera zooming in and out, up and down"....i think you mean something that is a lot trickier to do in FCP. That's where you'd really need after effects in my eyes... Is this the type of effect you're looking for? http://www.pleix.net/netlag.html Neil

May 15th, 2007, 10:25 AM	#11
Vishad Dewan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yuba City, Ca Posts: 126	Oops. Sorry about that, Boyd. Okay, I'll give it a go with your suggestions. Maybe I can figure out how that weird plugin works. Oooh...so much support of AE, so not so much for FCP.

May 15th, 2007, 09:56 PM	#13
Patrick Pike Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mariposa, CA Posts: 200	Acutally, you can skip a few steps and just nest the sequence. In other words, create the TV wall in one sequence, then nest it into a new sequence. From there you can adjust the motion of your entire video wall without messing with individual tracks. Or just use Motion and save a headache.