Operation Manual

Chapter 6: Two-track editing with Studio Plus 123
The Picture-in-picture tool
Picture-in-picture (often abbreviated to “PIP”) – the
inclusion of an additional video frame within the main
video – is a versatile effect familiar from its use in
professional TV productions.
Picture-in-picture with optional border, shadow and
rounded corners (left). Split-screen effects, like the
vertical split at right, are among the variations that
show off the versatility of the PIP tool.
To use picture-in-picture, start in the usual way by
dragging some video clips onto the Movie Window
Timeline. Drop the clips you want for background
video onto the video track. The foreground clip – the
PIP clip – goes on the overlay track underneath the
main clip.
Note: If you are planning a split-screen effect, like the
one shown at right in the illustration above, it doesn’t
matter which of the two clips goes on which track.
With the clips in place, select the foreground
clip and open the Picture-in-picture and
Chroma key (PIP/CK) tool. It is the sixth tool in the
Movie Window’s video toolbox. We usually refer to