Trying to add a border around a picture in picture but cannot get the effect "simple border" to work. It will put a border around the original (top clip in timeline) but that border disappears after cropping it. Is there a way in FC to fix this? If not - any recommendations for a cheap 3rd party effect that works on cropped PiPs?
MacBook Pro (M2 Max, 2023)
I have the Stroke effect (made in Motion as Luis mentioned here) as a free download:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/sdm_downloads/stroke-effect/
You can animate from full screen to PiP by creating the animation (Scale All, Crop, and Position), then create a Compound Clip and apply Stroke to the Compound Clip.
The problem with using the Transform tools is that they are applied AFTER all other effects you add to a clip and that's why you can't use Crop at the "clip level" (requiring using the CC as mentioned) because it will also crop the border effect.
I have a "cheap 3rd party effect" that works on cropped PiPs here:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/sc-border-simple/
With this, you won't have to use a compound clip. You will be able to Crop, Scale and Position your clip with the border as well as Pan the clip within the border all within the effect.
In all honesty, if you have ANY other EFFECT that will position, scale and crop your clip, you can simply add the Stroke Effect after it and you will have a PiP with a border. You will be able to animate all those parameters and the border will stay with it all just as it would with the compound clip.
I have the Stroke effect (made in Motion as Luis mentioned here) as a free download:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/sdm_downloads/stroke-effect/
You can animate from full screen to PiP by creating the animation (Scale All, Crop, and Position), then create a Compound Clip and apply Stroke to the Compound Clip.
The problem with using the Transform tools is that they are applied AFTER all other effects you add to a clip and that's why you can't use Crop at the "clip level" (requiring using the CC as mentioned) because it will also crop the border effect.
I have a "cheap 3rd party effect" that works on cropped PiPs here:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/sc-border-simple/
With this, you won't have to use a compound clip. You will be able to Crop, Scale and Position your clip with the border as well as Pan the clip within the border all within the effect.
In all honesty, if you have ANY other EFFECT that will position, scale and crop your clip, you can simply add the Stroke Effect after it and you will have a PiP with a border. You will be able to animate all those parameters and the border will stay with it all just as it would with the compound clip.
Another way to do this is to crop your upper image to the framing you want, then go to Generators and place a background between the top clip and the bottom clip - and crop that element you just placed to create the border:
MtD
It is not going to work if you crop, but it will work if you scale the clip.
If you need to crop, then another solution may be used. If you have Motion you can create this yourself.
Just create a new effect, add the Stroke filter and publish width, color, and any other parameters you want.
Credit for this solution goes to frequent contributor to this forum, and Motion master, Fox M.
border for inset clip
