The twin effect with crop filter

This crop effect can be used to put together a video of a subject to give conservation effect or for double or twin cloned brother in one frame.

Basically to achieve this effect we first need a tripod camera or a steady surface where the camera can be set steady and it should be well inclined to the surface.

To achieve this effect you have to remember that the timing is the factor. You have to time with left side video and with right side video well.

Now take a camera use tripod or keep the camera in a steady surface make sure you don’t move it.

Now take a video shot where the actor or your subject is in left side speaking its dialog in the frame then pause it. Assuming there some one else in front of him make sure you don’t move the camera.

Again take the second shot where the subject is in right side of the frame as he speaks the dialogs to actor of left side.

Now we need to edit the video in editing software.

The software to achieve the crop effect you have to use the following multilayer video editing software or any other which supports multilayer:

Adobe Premier Pro
Sony Vegas Pro
Ulead
Avid Express

Apple/Mac Users
Apple Final Cut Pro
Apple I Movie

Now open any multilayer video editing suite.

On the first layer add video taken on the left side in the frame.

On the second layer add the right side video in the frame.

Now the magic of editing begins

Select the first video in the layer one [left side speaking its dialog in the frame]

Now, from the effect menu or galleries select the crop effect

Now go to effect settings or properties and crop the video

There crop the video from right side but keep half of the videos of the left side with help of video filters/effects filter

Again give the crop effect to second video [right side speaking its dialog in the frame]

Do the same but here crop from left side and keep the half of the video of the right side

Now preview the video you see the double role of your subject

Only thing you have do is to either give pause when one finishes dialog then the other speaks.

In simple we are basically we are dividing the frames of the video just like the chroma effect.

Also Read: Chroma effect