can you do multi-layering video with pinnacle studio 8?

jerry
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Can you do multi-layering video with pinnacle studio 8. There is an article in the September issue of Videomaker that talks about this but there is not enough detail. What I mean by is having one video on top of the other. Like a picture in a picture.

Posted 8 years ago #
nobody
Member

Well, it requires a workaround. A good tutorial can be found here. http://www2.gol.com/users/spee/Studio/effects.htm

Posted 8 years ago #
jerry
Member

thanks for the response, kingkool68. i have tried the address you gave several times and it keeps coming up with no results. would you please type it again. maybe i have misread what you sent. thanks.

Posted 8 years ago #
nobody
Member

http://www2.gol.com/users/spee/Studio/effects.htm

Works fine for me; but here is the text directly from the site.

Picture in Picture (PiP) without using Hollywood FX is very doable. You will need to create two projects: the first project is to create the Picture in Picture clip, the second project is your main project which includes the Picture in Picture clip.

Place both the main clip and the secondary clip on the timeline (not storyboard) and trim them to the required lengths. Select the main clip, open the video toolbox and add a title overlay. In the title editor add a button to the title overlay. I suggest you use the Misc - Thin White Frame button, but many of the other buttons will do to. The button will be your PIP frame; position and size the button accordingly. Exit the title editor and you will notice that the title track now contains a disc menu. Tick off Use moving video for all thumbnail buttons (the filmstrip icon) in the disc menu toolbox. Click Set chapter link for selected button to set the start of your PIP clip. When you render this project to an AVI file, it will both include the main clip with the PIP effect and the secondary clip.
You are now ready to include the AVI into your main project. Trim the end of the AVI file to get rid off the secondary clip; this is the first reason to render your PIP effect seperately from the main project. The second reason is that if you output your project as a VCD/DVD, the menu will be treated for what it is; a menu and not a video clip with Picture in Picture.

Posted 8 years ago #
PHM
Member

I work with Studio 8 and the best answer I got to this question was from their forums and it was to buy an inexpensive program from Magix to complement Studio. Studio does not have multi video tracks. I did get Magix and it's wonderful! It's worth the price just for the special effects and audio capabilities. And it will solve your video layering problems without investing in a much more expensive NLE program. But if you have the $$ you may want to consider other NLE software like Vegas. Pinnacle also has other software worth considering. My opinion, get Magix.

Phil

Posted 8 years ago #