Video Editting Question

[Dibs]

I was wondering if there are any other actual video makers here on SWF. Excluding, you know, the combo videos. I mean actual movies with people in them. All I'm using is a Mac and iMovie and I was wondering if someone knew of a way to clone myself in the movies so I can appear twice in the same scene with myself.

 

[SiD]

You have to use a tripod to keep the camera in the same spot, and then crop the videos so they line up next to each other. Just make sure you don't overlap yourself.

Here's a video of mine that shows some effects we have done, including cloning myself.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f2mjewtrWrQ

 

[Dibs]

Wow, those effects are pretty amazing. How long did it take you to learn?

 

[SiD]

That stuff was after about 2 weeks.

 

[Dibs]

Another question, would after effects be able to produce a white letterbox? All I've been using is iMovie and it only makes a black letterbox.

 

[SiD]

Yeah, you can with after effects. You should be able too with iMovie too, just put a picture of a white bar over top of the black letterbox.

 

[Dibs]

Yeah, you can with after effects. You should be able too with iMovie too, just put a picture of a white bar over top of the black letterbox.

Is there a tutorial I can follow that will show me how? I don't really understand how you said to do it.

 

[SiD]

Well I haven't actually used iMovie, but I assume there is more than one layer so you can put stuff on top. So just put a white box on top and move it up to cover the black lines. I don't know about a tutorial.