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Clips position
You can use the extra track to create a split-screen or picture-in-picture effect, add a logo or watermark, create a chroma key effect, or insert a short clip without cutting the main video.
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Add files to the project: a background video and a foreground video or a photo.
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Select a clip that should go on the overlay track and drag it over the main video track.
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Place the clip on the overlay track. You will see a line connecting the clip on the overlay track to the clip on the video track. When you move, cut, or delete a clip on the main video track, the overlay clip will be affected as well. When you move the clip on the overlay track, the Position panel will open. If you switch to a different tool, you can go back to this panel by clicking More tools on the left-hand sidebar and selecting Position under Video.
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On the Position panel, select an overlay position: Picture in picture, Logo, Overlap, Side by side, or Trio.
Picture-in-picture
This is the default overlay position. Using this position, you can place the overlay video over any part of the screen.
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Click Picture in picture.
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In the player, move the overlay clip to where you want it to appear in the frame.
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To resize the overlay, click on any of the frame's corners and drag them. Click anywhere inside the frame and drag to move it. The clip's aspect ratio will remain the same.
Logo
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Select the Logo position to place the overlay clip at the top right-hand corner and use it as a logotype.
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Drag the logo to any part of the frame.
Side-by-side
This position splits the frame into two parts.
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Select a clip on the overlay track and then choose a Side-by-side position.
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Hover the cursor over the selected clip in the player. Move the image in the frame and zoom in or out on it with your mouse's scroll wheel.
Trio
With this position, you can have up to three videos in a single frame.
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Select a clip on the extra track and then choose a Trio position.
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Hover the cursor over the selected clip in the player. Move the image inside the frame and zoom in or out on it with your mouse's scroll wheel.
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To add another video and get three in a single frame, add another clip to the extra track and repeat steps 1 and 2.
Overlap
In the Overlap mode, the video on the extra track will cover the main video entirely. You can use this mode to avoid cutting the main video and showing another clip instead or to create the chroma key effect.
Motion tracking
Use the Motion tracking tab to quickly attach any photo, video, or intro from the extra track to objects in your footage.
1. On the main track, separate the video fragment with the object you want to track from the rest of the video clip.
2. Move and resize the overlay video or image in the player or select the preset in the Position tool.
3. Click the Clip properties 
button and go to the Motion tracking tab.
button and go to the Motion tracking tab.4. Place the frame around the object (or person) you want to track.
5. Select the tracking method. Quick is suitable for static objects, Precise is suitable for moving objects. Artificial intelligence will automatically select the optimal tracking settings for any objects.
6. Click Track.
To reset the tracking, click Reset.
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