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Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam May 20 2009, 12:58 PM

I'm just curious and I might want to try it myself.

But how do people split a youtube guitar video in half or in 4ths so that you can have one video of you playing lead, and then make your own backing rhythm for the other video.




^^ Like here at :30

Posted by: Emir Hot May 20 2009, 01:02 PM

This is an easy task. What program are you using? I can tell you in Sony Vegas. Free ones can't do this.

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic May 20 2009, 01:02 PM

You need a video editing software like Sony Vegas or Adobe Premier (and others too).There you often have the option to scale down the video in order to make the picture in picture effect...Depends on the software you use, I can give you more detailed info if you tell me which software you use for editing(if I use that one too).

Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam May 20 2009, 01:11 PM

Well I didnt even have any software downloaded because I wasnt sure if I could edit Webcam videos with it ?

Posted by: Emir Hot May 20 2009, 01:32 PM

you can edit any video but the quality will depend on your camera

Posted by: Muris Varajic May 20 2009, 01:36 PM

Yep.

Posted by: -Zion- May 20 2009, 02:14 PM

i'd like to know that actually.. if you wouldn't mind..

Posted by: Emir Hot May 20 2009, 02:24 PM

Let's say you work with 2 video tracks. Import your videos in each track. Select one video and go to tools/video/track motion. There you can resize, stretch and position your video anyway you like. The same do for the other one and you'll see them both.

Posted by: -Zion- May 20 2009, 02:25 PM

thank you.. thats awesome..

Posted by: Emir Hot May 20 2009, 02:40 PM

cheers

Posted by: Pedja Simovic May 20 2009, 02:49 PM

I agree with Emir here !

The best way to do this is in Sony Vegas. Try to find trial version on the official website, if you like it buy it. Its really awesome program !
You can also add audio tracks in there even add text to your videos or animations. Possibilities are endless !

Let us know how it works for you

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic May 20 2009, 02:58 PM

Sony Vegas is the easiest and best video editing software! Emir described how to do it.You can edit ANY video with it even from mobile phones

Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam May 20 2009, 08:38 PM

thanks a lot guys, I'm buying Song Vegas.

Posted by: Muris Varajic May 21 2009, 08:22 AM

Congrats ESJ and ask if you need any help with it.

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic May 21 2009, 11:09 AM

That's great!! Once you get it , if you have any questions ask since we "all" use it for our lessons work!

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic May 21 2009, 10:47 PM

There's a Vegas Movie Studio 9 that is around 50$. It's the cheapest, and gets the job done mate.

Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam May 21 2009, 11:13 PM

Im actually looking at other video editing software now, I didnt end up buying the Song one.

What are some other ones, maybe even better ones ?

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic May 22 2009, 09:24 AM

It's not Song it's Sony like in Sony Vegas. Vegas is more than enough for you needs mate, I don't see why you would buy anything better. Vegas is great cause you can use it straight out of the box, it's got a low learning curve, but on the other hand you can do some advanced stuff with it as well.

If you do want better software (but more pricier and complex) check out

- Avid Media Composer (~2000$)
- Adobe Premiere (~500$)
- Final Cut Pro (for Mac, ~600$)