My iMac mid-2011 is too old to go beyond three stacked clips of which two have SplitScreen Pro active, but if you have a more up-to-date iMac, you could go up to four or perhaps even five stacked clips. Well, not done, perhaps, because by having an individually controllable SplitScreen Pro effect for each clip, you can create quite a complex split effect – if your machine is up to it, that is. Choose a Template, set the split block you want your clip to appear in from within the Template chooser, set the controls as desired, and you’re done. The way it works is simple: you drag several clips on top of each other and the SplitScreen effect onto each clip but the bottom one. SplitScreen Pro comes with a scrollable Templates box, controls for block and border settings, controls for border width, video scaling, video location and opacity and in/out animations. After having installed SplitScreen Pro in my Final Cut Pro X effects collection, it became clear Crumplepop’s split screen generator makes complex effects really simple. FxFactory sells Crumplepop’s SplitScreen Pro, a Final Cut Pro X and Premiere Pro plug-in that enables split screen effects without the headaches.
