Moving frames

Feeling a little Tarantino, I was wondering if it is possible to do the following in Adobe Premiere Elements 10. If I shrink the size of the frame from a specific clip, to about half the size of the window, is there a way to make this smaller frame move from left to right. Then on a second video track I wanted to so the same but make it move in the opposite direction, from right to left, passing underneath the frame moving the other way.
Thanks for your time!

adobenewbie123
Today I tried to turn my interpretation of what you described into a split screen video.. The following is the result that I just uploaded to YouTube
http://youtu.be/JxNkNS_9z1Q
The approach is to define a way to keep the two halves in sync as the Bottom one moves from right to left and the Top one moves from left to right.
It took a lot of consideration getting two videos in the screen so that neither was squashed. It took some cropping and viewing area selection to get something reasonable for me.
Once you have the two halves in place on screen and have Properties Palette/Motion Panel Expanded/Position property opened so that you see the Position values xxxx.x (for right/left or left/right) and to its right xxxx.x (for up down or down up), our focus is going to be on the value to the left, the right/left or left right one.
1. Move the Top half to the right out of the way.
2. Working on the Bottom half, note that the Position values, in this example 360.0, 418.7. That 418.7 is constant for us since you will be working right/left and left right, not up down down up. With the mouse cursor, select and drag the Bottom half to the right to the point where it just disappears off screen. Note the new Position value set. Here it was 1080.0, 418.7. If the 418.7 moved while you were determining the 1080.0 value, just type it back in. Now with the mouse cursor, select and drag the Bottom half to the left to the point where it just disappears off screen. Note the new Position value set. Here it was -360.0, 418.7.
Again, if the 418.7 moved while you were determining the -360.0 value, just type it back in.
3. At this time, move the Timeline Indicator to the start of the Timeline. We want the video to move from right to left so.....
(a) In Motion Panel expanded/Position, type in the set 1080.0, 418.7.
(b) Click on the Toggle Animation icon to initiate the keyframing process.
(c) Move the Timeline Indicator to the end of the Bottom half clip. Type in the Position set -360.0, 418.7.
4. Render the Bottom half. It is done.
5. Move the Top half back in place directly above the Bottom half. Select the Top half and have its Motion Panel expanded open to view the Position values. Here they were 360, 171.9. We want the video to move from left to right so.....
(a) Move the Timeline Indicator to the start of the Top half and, for the Motion Panel expanded/Position set, type in -360.0, 171.9
(b) Click on the Toggle Animation icon to initiate the keyframing process.
(c) Move the Timeline Indicator to the end of the Top half clip. Type in the Position set 1080.0, 171.9.
6. Render. It is done.
Though specific numbers may vary, do you see the scheme in this?
a. each half will have it characteristic up down down up Position value which will stay constant for its half. In this case Top half has 418.7 and Bottom half has 171.9.
b. the Bottom half right left position value is going to be the same as that of the top but just reversed because of the different direction that the videos are going in.
Please check out the above to make sure I have my rights lefts and everything else going in the right direction.
Please let us know the results. Success or back to the drawing board. For the viewer I am not sure of the effectiveness of such an effect, but you may have the key.
ATR
Great precision in the move, but only if that is the effect sought. If not, back to the drawing board.
The YouTube demo had Time Stretch 300% applied to each half to speed up the movement.

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