Final Cut Pro HD 4.5 - Split Screen

I am currently editing a PIF for my college course and i am trying to make a dual/ split screen effect, however i cannot work out how to do it, its really frustrating, i started out by trying to crop the footage but that causes the footage to be jumpy.
any help on this subject would be awesome!
just ask for any more information you may need.
thanks
josh

FWIW, FCP 4.5 wasn't designed to run on the OS you list in your profile. It runs best on OS 10.3.9 with QT 6.5.2.
-DH

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