Is there a split screen effect for FCPX that...

Gosh Fox, did not know that you are the creator of the said effect! By the time I have been able to read this post of yours right now, I have already experienced your 'problem' of losing control over the rotation process and did not know that there was a problem.

Thanks for your teaching about the solid colors and their usage. Thanks also for mentioning how to stack up generators to create more divisions. Am very recently going about splitting screens and need to play around to get the hang of things and be more 'creative'!

And, may you be blessed for providing this work of yours for free.

I also hope that the present generator will yet be made available: one can use the solid colors as a framework for the pics/videos.

Regards and take care.

Dr. Somanna

Due to the revival of this thread, I revisited this generator and finally fixed what I considered to be its flaws (and added a feature that locks all the lines to one control—I actually rebuilt it from scratch.) Ironically, the version you have already downloaded was posted a year ago tomorrow (how's that for timing?)

You can have a direct download here:

http://sight-creations.com/fxexchange/sc_dividerSet.zip (no need to go to youtube for this!)

This download includes another generator called "The Quad X" which is basically the same thing except each of the quadrants is occupied by a drop zone (but it doesn't rotate). The "cool feature" about this one is that wherever you move the divider lines, the drop zones will automatically center themselves as the dividers move (makes for interesting animations possibilities.) I posted a short video to demo a couple features here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FezqDdPjedM if you're interested.

Thank you for your kind thoughts!

Thanks a lot Fox for all of this goodness on your part. I guess my heart has experienced today what Benjamin of old felt when he received from his brother Joseph...

And he [Joseph] took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

You have made my heart merry Fox! Have downloaded those generators.

I see that Alex4D just tweeted links to your split screen effect.

Really good.

Russ

The project is not terribly complicated.

You can download it here: http://sight-creations.com/fxexchange/SplitScreenSimple.zip

-------------- crash course in creating OSC controls for FCPX --------------

Start with a Line through the center of the canvas (leave some overhang)

In Properties > Tranform, reset the position to 0,0,0

In Shape > Outline, publish the Width and Brush Color (right click on each parameter to select Publish)

To make the OSC: Create a new group and set the Group to 2D and Fixed Resolution (very important!!)

To the Group, add a Poke (Filters > Distortion) filter and check the Publish OSC checkbox [You can use any filter with an OSC in Motion as a control in FCPX and link various parameters from the filter to other aspects in your project — but Poke is the most widely used.]

With the Group or Poke filter selected go to > Properties > Timing and set the Duration to the length of the project (the default is 1 frame - if you leave this at 1 frame, you will never see the OSC control in FCPX.) You can alternately move the playhead to the end of the project and with either the group or filter selected, type 'o' to set an out point.

Go back to the Shape > Properties > Position > X and right click > Add Parameter Behavior > Link

To the Source well, add the OSC Group

For the Source Parameter : Compatible Parameters click the dropdown and select Filters > Poke > Center > X

In the Behaviors > Link inspector, go down to the bottom and for the X offset, set it to -0.5 (very important)

In the Filters > Poke inspector: publish the Center (you must publish these parameters in order to be able to keyframe the position in FCPX -- the Line's position X parameter will not be keyframable linked to another object.)

**very important stuff**

Fixed Resolution: this forces the "reference rectangle" of the filter control to be *iimited* to the canvas dimensions. If this is not set, a slight drag on the control will send the object under link to "astronomical" distances.

X offset: The canvas is measured from a 0,0 CENTER with the left side at -0.5 and the right side at 0.5 (a "distance" or "multiplier" of 1.0) [same for top to bottom]. Everything in Motion is measured by this dimensional measurement times the canvas measurement (this makes all projects in Motion "scalable" to different resolutions.) Therefore, to realign the center of the object linked to the center of the OSC control, you subtract half the distance of the screen (0.5) from the offset. [In a 1920x1080 or a 1280x720, or a 4:3 resolution, -0.5 will always be aligned to center screen... hope that makes sense.]

HTH

You're welcome. Took about two minutes. I labelled all the OSC stuff to help make it easier to disassemble.

Motion "basics" haven't changed that much (hardly at all since M3) ... but the OnScreen Controls are definitely new (since Motion 5).

I can't get a second video to appear in your "Slit Screen Generator" to appear.

When I place another clip above or below the time line, it replaces the first clip in the viewer.

Maybe my 79 years is catching up to me. 🙂

I'm talking about fox_m's sc_dividerset.

David

You should use the drop zones in the Inspector and then click in the browser to select the desired videos:

Thank you Luis!

Quad X2 is much simpler to use than the sc_divider set.

I finally figured out how to use the divider set. I had to mask and resize each clip. On this 2008 iMac, cropping the mask was very jerky and not very precise. Drop zones are much better for me.

David