Hey guys, what’s up. This is Serge, and today, we’ll take a look at how to add this cool Four-Up split screen effect in Final Cut Pro, without having to download or install any
plugins. Down in my timeline, I have four clips stacked on top of each other. To make a four-up split screen of these clips, first thing we need to do is set the scale of the clips to take up exactly one quarter of the screen. Select your top clip, hold down the Shift key, and click the bottom clip to select them all. Next, over in the inspector, in the transform parameters, set the Scale All slider to 50 percent. This makes each clip exactly one quarter of the size of our frame. But, since all the clips are in the same place, you can only see the top clip, so we need to move our clips to the corners of our frame. Select just the top clip in your timeline, click the transform button, and drag your clip over to the corner of your
frame. Do the same to your other three clips, moving each to a different corner. The problem here, since there’s no snapping guides, it’s very hard to line them up perfect. If we zoom in on our viewer, as you can see, it’s almost impossible to line them up perfect. You’ll either have overlap, or gaps between your clips. A more precise way of doing this is by manually entering the position values in the inspector, and we’re going to have to do a little math
here. I’ll press Command Z a few times to move the clips back to the middle. Let’s start with our top clip. Our project resolution is 1920 by 1080, and since our transform anchor point is in the middle of our clip, we have to change the position values to exactly a quarter of our resolution. To move this clip to the top left side of
the screen, divide 1920 by 4, which gives you 480. We’re moving this clip to the left, so enter -480 for the X value. Do the same for the Y value. Divide 1080 by 4, which gives you 270, and enter 270 for the position Y value. Our top clip is now perfectly placed in the
top left corner. Let’s move onto our next clip, and place it in the top right corner. Select the second clip, and in the inspector, enter 480 for the position X value, and 270 for position Y. Do the same to the bottom 2 clips, entering positive values to move your clips to the right and the top half of your screen, and negative values for left side and bottom
half. Now, if we zoom in on our viewer, as you can see, the clips are perfectly lined
up. But what if you want to change the framing
of your clips? Since we used the transform tool to resize and reposition our clips, we can’t use it to change the framing, or else we mess up what we just accomplished. If you want to change the framing of one or
more of your clips, you have to use the Crop tool. Let’s reframe the clip in the top right
corner. Select the clip in your timeline, and from the transform dropdown menu, select the Crop tool, and pick the Crop option in the viewer. Click and drag any of the corners to resize
your clip, and click anywhere inside this window to reposition your frame. When you click done, your reframed clip goes right back to the
previous position. Next, let’s take a look at how to animate this four-up display. Place your playhead a few second into your
timeline, where you want the four-up display to start. Select your top clip, go back to the transform tool, and click the keyframe button in the top left
corner. Do this for every clip. Go back a few frames, and in the inspector, change the scale back to 100 percent, and position values back to 0. Do this for every clip. Here’s what we have so far. Let’s add this same animation to the end
of our clip, except this time, have a different clip come out on top. Select your clip you want to end up on top, place the playhead anywhere after the original animation, and press Command B to blade your clip. Click and drag the second part of this clip to the top of your timeline. Move your playhead to where you want the out animation to start and select your
top clip. Hit the transform button and add a keyframe. Repeat this for all your clips. Next, move the playhead ahead a few frames, change the scale back to 100 percent, and bring the position values back to zero. Repeat this step on all your clips. Since the clip from the bottom right corner
is now on top, this will be the clips that’s visible after
your out animation. Let your timeline render out, and this is the finished result. There is another way to achieve this four-up split screen effect, and Mark and Steve from Ripple Training have a video that shows another way you can
do this. They also show you how to save it as an effect preset for future use. I’ll link the video in the description below. Make sure to go watch it, and let them know who sent you in the comments. If you enjoyed this video, let me know by hitting the like button and subscribing to my channel. New Final Cut Pro tutorials released every
week. Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you back here next week.
