Create Stunning Split Screen Effects with iMovie

I. What is iMovie?

iMovie is a video editing tool developed by Apple for Apple devices. It has been praised by many Apple users for its simple interface and convenient operation. Within the software, most editing operations can be done with simple clicks and drags. In terms of functional configuration, iMovie provides common functions such as video editing, adding text themes and special effects, inserting music and photos, etc. Since it is one of the pre-installed components of the Apple device, after you use the Apple device to shoot the video, you can use this software to quickly perform a series of personalized editing operations on the video content, which is very convenient.

After understanding what iMovie is, next, let’s simply learn how to use iMovie to create video split-screen effects.

II. How to use iMovie to create video split screen effect?

It is very simple to realize the split screen effect with iMovie, and the specific operation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Run the iMovie software, drag and drop the video file that needs to achieve the split screen effect into the iMovie software, the video will appear in the area to be edited on the upper left by default, and then you need to drag the video file that you want to achieve the split screen effect Drag it to the video editing timeline below. iMovie only has 2 video timelines, you can drag the first video to the video timeline first, and then drag the second video to the top of the first video timeline.

Notice: Below the first video timeline is the audio timeline. If you want to create a video split-screen effect, you need to place the videos on the video timeline.

Step 2: Then, find and select the “Video Overlay Settings” (two small rectangle overlay style) button above the video preview screen in the upper right corner, and select the (Side by Side) option in the (Cutaway) drop-down menu, In this way, the effect of video split screen is realized.

Step 3: After the split-screen effect is achieved, you can freely drag the video screen to adjust the display area of each video, which is very convenient.

The above are the detailed operation steps of using iMovie to create video split screen effects. This tool only supports Apple devices. If you are using Windows operating system, I would like to recommend a split screen production that is very suitable for Windows users. Tools – Renee Video Editor software, let’s learn about it in detail.

III. Use Renee Video Editor software to create video split-screen effect (Windows system)

1. What is Renee Video Editor software?

Renee Video Editor is a video editing software with various functions. This software can not only realize the mutual conversion between various video formats, such as WMV, AVI, MP4, M4A, MOV, MKV and other commonly used video formats, but also can convert files Save as a file format supported by different terminal devices; in addition, the software is also equipped with a variety of video editing tools, which can meet your diverse video editing needs, such as merging multiple videos, custom batch editing videos, and cropping videos Screen, add subtitles, watermarks, special effects filters and background music, convert video to GIF, realize the effect of playing multiple videos on the same screen at the same time, etc.

The interface of this software is simple and easy to operate. Whether you are a novice in video editing or a professional editing expert, this software will be a very good choice for you.

2. How to use Renee Video Editor software to create video split screen effect?

You can use the (split movie screen) function of Renee Video Editor software to realize the effect of playing multiple video clips at the same time in one video screen. It supports importing the same video, and selecting different clips to play in the same screen at the same time, or importing different video clips. video files for screen splicing. The following are the specific steps to create a video split screen effect:

Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Video Editor software, select and click the (Video Split Screen) function option.

Step 2: Next, select (Type) in the left function bar, and you can choose the style of the desired video split screen. After that, add video files through the (+) above. If you want to display different clips of the same video at the same time, click the remaining (+) to continue adding the same video file.

Step 3: Next, select a single video added to the software with the mouse, click the edit button on the right, you can set the start and end time for each video, and click (OK) after the setting is completed. After that, you can make more perfect settings for the aspect ratio, frame, playback order and background music.

Step 4: After the setting is complete, select the (Export) option in the left function bar, set the (Format) and (Resolution), and then click the (Export) button to split the video according to the settings and export to local folder.