I’m trying to build a network that will take two input TOPs of the same resolution and combine them as a split-screen effect — either vertical, horizontal, or mirror. I started making this with crop + layout TOPs which works when the split position is 0.5, but it breaks when I adjust that value. Can anyone suggest a better way to do this?
I found another solution using Container COMPs inside another Container and then an OP Viewer TOP. This works well, except that the OP Viewer output has a weird “stutter” as I drag the crop position slider back and forth. The Container thumbnail in the UI doesn’t have this problem, it moves smoothly. I don’t know why the OP Viewer does this.
Here’s a screen capture showing the different look of the container vs OP viewer:
share your first file, it should be doable without stutter with Crop
I always expect the Layout TOP to handle these cases and am always surprised that it doesn’t . Should be an RFE
In the meantime the rather ridiculous workaround is to use a full size constant TOP and two composite TOPs (one left, one right aligned)
You can probably make it work with just one composite TOP and some expression the in translate step parameter .
your 2 images and a Rectangle TOP into a Matte TOP, left-justify the rectangle and animate its Size x? (yes strange OP Viewering)
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@greg thanks, that works great.
I’m still curious why the OP Viewer acts funny though.