video editing for parallel screen projection ("video wall" with two screens side by side)

22 Feb 2007 12:03 PM

Alain Kessi

hi there!

i'm trying to edit a film in the format 1440x576 (double-width with
respect to dv pal), with the aim of exporting it afterwards to two
different dvd's (left half, right half). the idea is to be able to edit
the two videos together, to adjust timings, etc., between the two
halves, but then use two dvd players and two video projectors to screen
the two halves separately (synchronized).

my first attempt is using adobe premiere pro 2.0. i set up the project
using Editing Mode: Desktop (Pal does not allow me to change the number
of pixels), and i double the width in terms of pixels. having done that,
i can nicely edit the two halves in parallel (as one movie). but how do
i export it as the left half and the right half separately? or should i
export it as one, and then use a different software to crop it (once for
the left, once for the right)? any hints as to which software would be
appropriate (any freeware?)?

does anyone have experience with doing something of the kind, either in
premiere or with another software?

thanks for any hints! please cc: me by e-mail on any reply.

regards,

alain

23 Feb 2007 10:46 PM

Alain Kessi

just in case someone's curious, here's how i did it, after looking in
vain for a possibility to export only a cropped part of the working area
from Premiere: as i was hoping VirtualDubMod (freeware) offers the
possibility to crop the movie after exporting from Premiere:
Video/Filters.../Add.../null transform. then still from Video/Filters...
with the null transform selected, use Crop... and indicate once x1
offset=0; y1 offset=0; x2 offset=720; y2 offset=0, then once again with
x1 offset=720; y1 offset=0; x2 offset=0; y2 offset=0, exporting the
former as the left screen, the latter as the right screen.

only strange Premiere should not have such a feature... i'd still be
interested if someone points me to how this is done in Premiere itself.

regards,

alain

Alain Kessi wrote:
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> hi there!
>
> i'm trying to edit a film in the format 1440x576 (double-width with
> respect to dv pal), with the aim of exporting it afterwards to two
> different dvd's (left half, right half). the idea is to be able to edit
> the two videos together, to adjust timings, etc., between the two
> halves, but then use two dvd players and two video projectors to screen
> the two halves separately (synchronized).
>
> my first attempt is using adobe premiere pro 2.0. i set up the project
> using Editing Mode: Desktop (Pal does not allow me to change the number
> of pixels), and i double the width in terms of pixels. having done that,
> i can nicely edit the two halves in parallel (as one movie). but how do
> i export it as the left half and the right half separately? or should i
> export it as one, and then use a different software to crop it (once for
> the left, once for the right)? any hints as to which software would be
> appropriate (any freeware?)?
>
> does anyone have experience with doing something of the kind, either in
> premiere or with another software?
>
> thanks for any hints! please cc: me by e-mail on any reply.
>
> regards,
>
> alain

24 Feb 2007 5:57 AM

Stuart

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"Alain Kessi" <ke***@kein.org> wrote in message
news:45DD869B.8040500@kein.org...
> hi there!
>
> i'm trying to edit a film in the format 1440x576 (double-width with
> respect to dv pal), with the aim of exporting it afterwards to two
> different dvd's (left half, right half). the idea is to be able to edit
> the two videos together, to adjust timings, etc., between the two halves,
> but then use two dvd players and two video projectors to screen the two
> halves separately (synchronized).
>
> my first attempt is using adobe premiere pro 2.0. i set up the project
> using Editing Mode: Desktop (Pal does not allow me to change the number of
> pixels), and i double the width in terms of pixels. having done that, i
> can nicely edit the two halves in parallel (as one movie). but how do i
> export it as the left half and the right half separately? or should i
> export it as one, and then use a different software to crop it (once for
> the left, once for the right)? any hints as to which software would be
> appropriate (any freeware?)?
>
> does anyone have experience with doing something of the kind, either in
> premiere or with another software?
>
> thanks for any hints! please cc: me by e-mail on any reply.
>
> regards,
>
> alain

You can do it in Vegas 6 it's called Distributed Rendering and you select
'Render using networked computers.'

So try the help file in Premiere for something similar...