Crumplepop have added to their range of Final Cut Pro X effects by publishing SplitScreen X. Create vertical, horizontal and diagonal split screen effects easily from within FCPX for $75.
You are probably already familiar with Crumplepop's range of effects and template for FCP7 and FCPX.
They have just announced their latest product, SplitScreen X which give an editor 38 different split screen shapes to choose from.
"Accompanying the classic rectangular split screens are new angular screens – triangles, angled stripes, and the Dallas style split. With SplitScreen X you can customize your split screens in several different ways: By using sliders to position a screen along the X or Y axis, by entering precise numerical values to match screen elements exactly, or by using onscreen controls to quickly and easily recenter or scale your screens. By including this range of controls, SplitScreen X makes is easy to quickly create a very wide variety of looks.
SplitScreen X allows you to scale any clip within any screen. Just grab the corner of the onscreen control and drag to adjust the size. For more precise adjustments, you can use the Scale slider or enter precise numerical values. And as with every control in SplitScreen X, you can add keyframes if you would like the scale to change over time within your split screen.
Once you have created a split screen, you can insert it into any other split screen. This allows you to quickly create an enormous variety of nested split screen configurations very easily. No matter how complex the design, you can likely achieve it by nesting split screens in SplitScreen X.
Any split screen can be rotated to create a completely unique design. While the screens rotate, the video clips retain their normal orientation, allowing you to flip or transform any split screen. Combined with scaling, this technique can be used to create some extremely unique split screen designs."
I am the Editor-in-Chief of FCP.co and have run the website since its inception ten years ago.
I have also worked as a broadcast and corporate editor for over 30 years, starting on one inch tape, working through many formats, right up to today's NLEs.
Under the name Idustrial Revolution, I have written and sold plugins for Final Cut Pro for 13 years.
I was made a Freeman of Lichfield through The Worshipful Company of Smiths (established 1601). Though I haven't yet tried to herd a flock of sheep through the city centre!
Current Editing
2020 has been busy, the beginning of the year was finishing off a new property series (cut on FCP) for Channel 4 called The Great House Giveaway. I also designed and built the majority of the graphics as Motion templates. It has been a great success and the shows grabbed more viewers in the 4pm weekday slot than any previous strand. It has been recommissioned by C4 for 60 episodes, including prime-time versions and five themed programmes. The shows have also been nominated for a 2021 BAFTA.
Although both were postponed to later in the year, I worked again on ITV's coverage of the Tour de France and La Vuelta. 2020 was my 25th year of editing the TdF and my 20th year as lead editor. The Tour was the first broadcast show to adopt FCPX working for multiple editors on shared storage.
BBC's Snooker has played a big part in my life, I've been editing tournament coverage since 1997. I'm proud to be part of a very creative team that has pioneered many new ideas and workflows that are now industry standard in sports' production. This is currently an Adobe Premiere edit.
Covid cancelled some of the regular corporate events that I edit such as trade shows & events. I was lucky however to edit, from home, on projects for Amazon Kindle, Amazon Black Friday, Mastercard and very proud to have helped local charitable trust Kendall & Wall secure lottery funding.
As for software, my weapon of choice is Final Cut Pro and Motion, but I also have a good knowledge and broadcast credits with Adobe Premiere Pro, MOGRT design and Photoshop.
Plugin Design & Development
I'm the creative force behind Idustrial Revolution, one of the oldest Final Cut Pro plugin developers. It hosts a range of commercial and free plugins on the site. One free plugin was downloaded over a thousand times within 24 hours of release.
I also take on custom work, whether it is adapting an existing plugin for a special use or designing new plugins for clients from scratch. Having a good knowledge of editing allows me to build-in flexibility and more importantly, usability.
FCP.co
Now in its 10th year and 4th redesign, running FCP.co has given me knowledge on how to run a large CMS- you are currently reading my bio from the database! Although it sounds corny, I am pretty well up on social media trends & techniques, especially in the video sector. The recent Covid restrictions has enabled live FCP.co shows online. This involves managing a Zoom Webinar through Restream.io to YouTube and Facebook.
The Future
I'm always open to new ideas and opportunities, so please get in touch at editor (at) fcp.co. I've judged film competitions, presented workflow techniques to international audiences and come up with ideas for TV shows and software programs!
