How can I do this (Effect)

So you know how when Steve gives a keynote, sometimes the video is presented in an almost V shape - with the video on one side and the presentation slide on the other?

I'm wondering how to do that. I'm working on a project for dissemination through iTunesU and I want it to look as professional as I can. I've managed to do picture in picture through iMovie, but it's not really the effect I'm looking for.

This is what I want to do:


I want to say that is an almost iChat like effect.

Any ideas? Surely someone can help me.

What I have:
MacBook Pro (Early 2008)
iLife 2009
iWork 2009
FCE 4
KeyNote presentation exported as a .mov file.
The original KeyNote file.

idea_hamster said:

I think the simplest way would be to just do this directly in Keynote.

1. Record your two video clips.
2. Create a slide with a black background.
3. Drop the two video clips in.
4. Adjust size and shape to achieve the proper perspective.
5. Select [one/both] and in the inspector chose the reflection attribute.
6. In the Quicktime inspector panel, choose how the clips are controlled (e.g., play automatically, play on click, etc.).

You could have also created this in Shake, if it wasn't killed....

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I really like this idea, but is there a way to change the perspective of things other than a graph in keynote?

FSMBP said:

Since you have Final Cut Express 4, you can do this. I'm assuming you know how to use FCE 4.

1. On the first Video track, create a black matte (for the black background
2. Add your 1st video clip on Video Track 2
3. Go to the Motions tab and scale it down, then add a BASIC 3-D Effect (and mess with it.)
4. Repeat for the 2nd video clip
5. Mess with each clip's Motion setting for alignment (centering), and scaling.

I just did it as a test in under 3 minutes. It's very straight-forward, but if you're unsure about some steps let me know!!!

See pics for some clarification.

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This was really helpful. I'm very new to FCE and iMovie to be honest. My experience with video has really been with re-encoding.

I managed to get the perspective right, but it just looks aweful. Here is a screen shot. The file ended up being 1.5gb for 6 minutes...

It just doesn't look quite as good as the Apple Produced one. I can't really figure out what I did wrong.

Attachment 1: FCE Video 1.5GB file
Attachment 2: iMovie video. (What might be the finished product) 50MB file.