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Picture in Picture Effect

PIP Setup

1 - Download rehanpip.dll HERE and rehanpip.xml HERE . Save the results to C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX

2 - Start Windows Movie Maker. Notice the nine new effects in Video Transitions.

PIP Modifications

To modify the position and size of the window, do the following:

1 - First, make a backup copy of ppstatics.xml and save it somewhere outside the c:\Program Files\Movie Maker directory.

2 - Make modifications to the four transitions called "PIP+ Static B corner ......." which are identified by iconid 10 through 13.

3 - Note the 6 paramters for RectB, they correspond to time, x, y, width, height and z.

Figure 1

The first value, time, should always be 0.0.

The second and third values, x & y, range between 0.0 and 1.0. They represent the upper left corner position of the PIP window. See figure 1 for more detail.

The fourth and fifth values, width and height, range between 0.0 and 1.0. They represent the dimensions of the PIP window.

Note: The values (x + width) should never be greater than 1.0. Also (y + height) should never be greater than 1.0. Values greater than 1.0 would put the PIP window outside the normal boundaries.

The last value, z, should always be 1.0

4 - To put a rectanglular PIP in the center, modify one of the Transition effects as follows:

Figure 2

<Param name="RectB" value=" 0.0, 0.25, 0.4, 0.5, 0.2, 1.0;" />

See Figure 2 for details.

Note: More information can be found at Rehans Website.

For advanced PIP effects, see this section of Rehans Website. These effects require registration but offer more functionality.

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