Picture in Picture Effects

Make a Picture-in-Picture Effect Video

1. Import two clips and drag them to your timeline.
2. Ensure the clip you want to act as the smaller picture-in-picture is placed on a track directly above your main background video.
3. Select the top video by clicking on it in the preview canvas.
4. Resize it by dragging the selector points (the small squares on the corners of the bounding box) to shrink it down.
5. Move the clip into position by simply clicking and dragging it anywhere around your preview canvas. You can repeat this process with as many videos as you want.

Make a Split-Screen Effect

To make a split-screen video, you need to position two videos next to each other and crop them to fit perfectly.

1. Import two clips and position one video on a track directly above the other in your timeline.
2. Select each of them in your timeline, go to the Video tab in the right-side Properties menu, and click Fit Canvas or Fill Canvas to ensure they fill the screen.
3. Select the top video, stay in the Video tab, and open the Crop menu.
4. Using Easy Crop: Click the blue Easy Crop button to open a dedicated cropping window. Here, you can drag the handles to manually split the screen, or use the Ratio dropdown to select a perfect split like 1:1 or 9:16. Click Apply Crop when finished.
5. Using Advanced Options: Alternatively, click Advanced options within the Crop menu to reveal precise sliders. You can slide the Left, Top, Right, or Bottom values to exact percentages to perfectly split your footage.

Add a Frame to a Picture-in-Picture Video

To add a frame to your PiP video, simply add a rectangle shape behind it and make it slightly larger than the video itself.

1. Navigate to the Elements tab on the left side of the screen and click on a rectangle from the Shapes category.
2. This creates a rectangle in your timeline and preview canvas.
3. Ensure the rectangle is on a timeline track below your PiP video. You can also right-click the shape directly on the canvas, click on Arrange, and select Send backward.
4. To change the color, select the rectangle and look at the Shape tab in the right-side Properties menu. Click the solid box under Shape Color to pick a new color.
5. Click the rectangle in the preview canvas and drag its corner selector points to make it slightly larger than your PiP video, creating the perfect colored border.

Make a Video Collage

Making a video collage with multiple videos is easy:

1. Start a project and upload the videos you want to include to your media library.
2. Drag and drop the first video onto your timeline.
3. Drag and drop the next video onto a new timeline track above it.
4. Resize and adjust the position of each video by clicking on it in the preview canvas and dragging the corner selector points.
5. Repeat this process for each additional video to build your custom collage layout.