{"id":67634,"date":"2015-12-10T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=67634"},"modified":"2015-12-10T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T18:24:42","slug":"cool-video-trick-of-the-day-how-to-create-a-cloning-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/cool-video-trick-of-the-day-how-to-create-a-cloning-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Video Trick of the Day: How to Create a Cloning Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn how to duplicate yourself with this easy cloning effect. You’ll be beside yourself with joy!<\/h2>\n

Top\u00a0image: Jesse Eisenberg<\/a> in The Double<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Creating a cloning effect<\/strong> is surprisingly easy. In a nutshell: you can create a cloning effect by overlaying two videos, as long as the backgrounds stay the exact same.<\/strong> A\u00a0simple mask tool or cropping effect will\u00a0do the trick.<\/p>\n

For example if we\u00a0composited the images below:<\/p>\n

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We could end up with a pretty convincing cloning effect<\/strong> that uses only a single mask.<\/p>\n

\"Cool<\/p>\n

Creating a Cloning Effect in After Effects<\/h3>\n

Created by\u00a0Film Riot<\/a><\/h4>\n

This video tutorial from Film Riot shows how easy it is to create a cloning effect using After Effects<\/strong>. The tutorial is fairly straightforward \u2014 just mask out the areas around your cloned subject. It should be noted: if you want to create a cloning effect\u00a0<\/strong>where the subject passes in front of another clone, you will need to do some potentially time-consuming rotoscoping.<\/p>\n