Lightworks: create a picture-in-picture effect

With the freeware Lightworks you have one of the best free video editing programs. Tricks like picture-in-picture effects are unfortunately somewhat hidden here. We will show you how to do this.

Insert picture-in-picture effect in Lightworks

A picture-in-picture effect is added in Lightworks via a second video track. So you first have to add a second video track and arrange it appropriately on the screen.

Start Lightworks and create a new project.
First import all the clips you need into your project. Lightworks displays a dialog for this at the beginning.
With the icon "Create a new edit" you have to add a new editing sequence.
Drag your "background clip" into the video track of this cut.
You now have to create the second video track for the picture-in-picture clip. To do this, go to the gearwheel in the upper right corner of the "Edit" window and select "add Track".
Now drag your second clip into the top video track.
Right-click on the second clip and select the "Add" button under "Effects" and then "DVEs" and then "DVE".
Now a window opens in which you can adjust the effect. To create a picture-in-picture effect, you first have to move the main slider from "Scale" to the left. So you need to scale your clip down.
With the two sliders of "Position" you can now move the clip to the right or left. You can even animate the picture-in-picture effect with keyframes.

On chip you will find further practical tips for dealing with Lightworks. For example, we will show you how to export your finished Lightworks project to an MP4 clip.