iCreate - UK (2020-02)

Final Cut Pro X

Create the illusion

of identical triplets

T

hesplit-screeneffectis asoldascinemaitself.

Byfilmingsomebodyin onehalfofthescreen

andthenfilmingthemin theotherhalfyoucan

combinethetwoclipstocreatetheillusionofidentical

twins.Tomaketheeffectlookmorebelievableyoucan

havethetwinsinteract.Byanimatingthepositionof

thesplit-screenyoucanmakeonetwinplacea piece

ona chessboardandthenwatchtheothertwinpick

upthesamepiece.Byaddinggreenscreentothemix

youcanplacea thirdidenticalclonebehindthefirst

two,creatingtheillusionoftriplets.In thisguide,we’ll

How to combine spilt-screen, green

screenandanimated masks

Timeneeded

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Combine clips using keying

Refinegreenscreencomposites

Difficulty

showyouhowtoovercomecommongreenscreen

problemssuchasholesin objectsandfringesaround

theedgeofyoursubjects.

Usingsplit-screenyoutoocancreatetheillusionoftriplets

Filmingyourfootage

Whenshootinga split-screensequenceit’simportant

thatnoneof thepropsmove,ortheymaybecome

misalignedwhenyoumixthetwoclipstogetherusinga

split-screeneffect.Weusedblutackto stickourchess

boardto thetable.Tryto avoidanyshadowsonthe

greenbackdropasthesecancauseunwantedpatches

to appearin thecompositeclip.

Knowledge base

SampleColor

Thistoolenablesyouto drawa rectangleonthe

clipto samplethecolourthatyouneedto become

transparent(suchasthegreencurtain).If the

lightingonthegreenscreenis unevenyoucandraw

morethanonesamplebox,creatinga cleanerkey.

Threesourceclips

Tocreatetheillusionof tripletswefilmedour

actorSamplayingchessin therighthalfof the

screen,thenin theleft.A maskwasusedto

combinebothversionsof Samtogetherin a

singleshot.Weusedgreenscreento adda third

clipof Samwatchingfrombehindthetable.

FillHoles

Thisveryhandyslider

enablesyouto fill holes

in yoursubject.The

nearbySpillLevelslider

reducesgreenlight

reflectingonthesubject.

Matte tools

A keyed subject may have a sharp

outline that makes it look ‘cut-out’.

You can soften the hard edge

using a combination of the Shrink/

Expand, Soften and Erode sliders.

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