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Rich Nicholls · June 16th, 2008, 12:05 PM

Is there a way to place a picture in picture using Vegas Pro 8?

If there is, does anyone know a link to a tutorial?

Rich

John Stakes · June 16th, 2008, 12:18 PM

I am not familiar with Vegas, but with any NLE I have ever used, I do the following:

(1) Place the two target layers of video directly on top of each other, being sure that the video to be shrunk is on the higher layer

(2) Select the higher layer video and go to it's properties

(3) Adjust the scale to a size that you see fit...in your case, perhaps 30% or so.

(4) Position the video to the proper location either by dragging it in the preview window, or manually changing the x and y coordinates

Hope this helps...

-JS

Andrew Kufahl · June 16th, 2008, 12:42 PM

John is correct with the way he said it. In Vegas, you'd want to use Pan/Crop (or Track Motion could work too) on the upper-most track (the one you want to make the smaller picture).

Mike Kujbida · June 16th, 2008, 12:44 PM

Rich, take a look at Vol. 1, #2, 3 & 4 of Edward Troxel's newsletters as he gets into the details of PIP.

Edward Troxel · June 16th, 2008, 01:06 PM

Andrew, PIPs are actually much easier using Track Motion than Pan/Crop. While they both will work, I would recommend Track Motion first for creating PIPs.

Rich, as Mike said, check out those newsletters. They go into significant detail.

Paul Kellett · June 16th, 2008, 01:57 PM

Look here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkphFAZN-iI

Paul.

June 16th, 2008, 12:05 PM	#1
Rich Nicholls New Boot Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 12	Picture In Picture Is there a way to place a picture in picture using Vegas Pro 8? If there is, does anyone know a link to a tutorial? Rich

June 16th, 2008, 01:06 PM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Andrew, PIPs are actually much easier using Track Motion than Pan/Crop. While they both will work, I would recommend Track Motion first for creating PIPs. Rich, as Mike said, check out those newsletters. They go into significant detail. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

June 16th, 2008, 01:57 PM	#6
Paul Kellett Trustee Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bristol UK Posts: 1,273	Look here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkphFAZN-iI Paul. __________________ Round 2 GH5,FZ2000

June 16th, 2008, 12:18 PM	#2
John Stakes Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 558	I am not familiar with Vegas, but with any NLE I have ever used, I do the following: (1) Place the two target layers of video directly on top of each other, being sure that the video to be shrunk is on the higher layer (2) Select the higher layer video and go to it's properties (3) Adjust the scale to a size that you see fit...in your case, perhaps 30% or so. (4) Position the video to the proper location either by dragging it in the preview window, or manually changing the x and y coordinates Hope this helps... -JS

June 16th, 2008, 12:42 PM	#3
Andrew Kufahl Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Menasha, WI Posts: 88	John is correct with the way he said it. In Vegas, you'd want to use Pan/Crop (or Track Motion could work too) on the upper-most track (the one you want to make the smaller picture).

June 16th, 2008, 12:44 PM	#4
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Rich, take a look at Vol. 1, #2, 3 & 4 of Edward Troxel's newsletters as he gets into the details of PIP.