Adobe Premiere is an amazing editing program for Windows and Macintosh. It has many capabilities for users and allows them to edit videos that other programs like Windows Movie Marker cannot offer. One of the coolest things to create is the four way shot, consisting of four different videos appearing on the screen at the same time. This can be used for home movies, music videos, or other things.
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Step 1
Open Adobe Premiere Pro: Open the program and start a new file. You can call this Four_Way, or any title that you choose.
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Step 2
Importing Footage: Once your project is open, it is time to set up what files you want to use. It does not need to be all videos, if you want to do a cool photo slide show, you can use all photos, or mix up photos and videos.
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Step 3
Memory: Because Adobe Premiere Pro uses real time editing, make sure that you have enough memory to complete the tasks. And save often. You do not want to lose your project and have to start all over from the beginning.
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Step 4
Drag the first video down into the “Video 1″ track. In the preview screen you should see the video as a full screen shot.
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Step 5
Click the effects tab that is to the right of the of the footage tab on the left of the screen. Open the folder that says Video Effects and then go to Distort> Transform.
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Step 6
Click and hold the transform effect and drag it over the video clip. Now, next to the preview screen of the video, there should be a list of effects that includes motion, volume, and now transform.
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Step 7
Click on the arrow that says Transform and there will be a lot of different options. On Scale Height, adjust the scale to 25%. The picture will now look distorted. To fix this, adjust the Scale Width to 25% also. Now you should see a normal picture, just in a smaller size.
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Step 8
Using the position, toggle the location of the scene to one of the four corners. This can be done by adjusting the points and clicking and dragging.
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Step 9
Now that the first video is in place, repeat these steps with the other three videos until you have all four in place. When dragging the videos down, put them in the track above the last video you worked on. The only thing you would do different is the position, selecting different corners for each position.