To create a picture-in-picture video, for example a Youtube reaction video, we use the video overlay effect with which a smaller video is overlaid on a large video background. To put one video on top of another or put a small video in the corner of another video, we have quick free ways, also advanced solutions.

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100% Free Ways to Overlay A Video on Another Video

For users who are looking for free solutions only to overlay their videos, it is excited that we have so many online and open sources today. In this part, we will look at 1 online free way to overlay videos without watermark, and 2 offline free tools to put the video on top of another video, according the system you are using.

Method 1. Capcut — Put A Video on Top of Another Video Free Online

A video editing program is surely an excellent addition to your creativity work, however, you may be just looking for a free online solution that can overlay the videos without watermark. After testing multiple online video editors that cover various feature sets and export limits, we finally pick Capcut, the only one video editor not adding a watermark to created videos online for free. It allows overlaying a video onto another video in 4 position with multiple ratio settings. But you have to sign in with Google or other social account to use its services.

CapCut Features

  • Create videos with templates
  • Edit: adjust speed, trim, split, combine, reverse, resize, rotate, crop, flip, overlay
  • Add text, image, audio, effects, captions, transitions, elements, etc.
  • Apply filter
  • Animate video
  • Remove background
  • Auto reframe

Check out the steps to overlay videos online free without watermark

  1. Navigate to https://www.capcut.com/ in your web browser, login in.
  2. Click to upload the videos.overlay video online 1
  3. Drag and drop the videos to the timeline, placing them on 2 tracks. You can drag the end of the frame to match the length of the videos.
  4. Then click on the video that you want to be overlaid, select a overly position.overlay video online 2
  5. Resize and move around to overlay the video as you like.overlay video online 3
  6. Hit Export button, click Download and choose video quality, format to export the video with overlay effect.overlay video online 4
  7. Download the video to your machine.

Method 2. Clipchamp — Overlay One Video over Another Free on Windows

Clipchamp is the best free video editor for Windows users. It is easy to use, though not features advanced tools and stylish stocks, it has all the basic tools to edit a video, such as trimming, splitting, cropping, applying filters, overlaying videos, adding audio/title, AI video creation, auto captions, voice over, text to speech, etc.

And it can export the video to 1080p, to local drive, also share to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube.

To overlay a video on top of another using Clipchamp, you can:

  1. Download Clipchamp to your PC, install and fire up the app.
  2. Drag and drop the videos to this media area.overlay video clipchamp 1
  3. Drag the background video to the timeline on a video track, then drag the overlaid video to the track above the first video track.overlay video clipchamp 2
  4. Now, you can select the video you want to put on top, drag the frames to resize or move around.overlay video clipchamp 3
  5. Finally, click Export to save the video to your PC.overlay video clipchamp 4

Here is the video from Clipchamp Official for you:

Method 3. iMovie — Overlay Videos Free on Mac

iMovie, is the last free tool to access to full features on video editing and offer upgrade versions. It does video on video overlay, however, only mac users can benefit from this tool, unless you got a virtual program to run macOS on your Windows PC.

Check out the steps to overlay video on video in iMovie on Mac

  1. Open iMovie application on your mac.
  2. Drag and drop the 2 videos to iMovie timeline. overlay video on video imovie1
  3. Select the video clip you want to overlay to another, then click on the Video Overlay Settings button, choose Picture in Picture effect.overlay video on video imovie 2
  4. Resize the overlay video frame by dragging the corner, adjust the overlay settings with tools on the top of the video preview.
  5. Go to File > Share > File to finish the video overlay effect.

Advanced Ways to Overlay Videos

To overlay 2 videos, you might want to overlay one video on top of another, to put a small video in the corner of a video, even place one video in the background of another. In order to create different kinds of overlay effects, an advanced video editor can be used to get this done in the easiest and quickest way.

Method 1. Movavi Video Editor — User-friendly Video Overlay Tool

We pick Movavi Video Editor to overlay videos. It is a solid paid option to create and edit videos on Windows PC and Mac, you can find a list of its features as following:

  • AI powered
  • Create quick video with templates
  • Edit and enhance videos: rotate, trim, crop, stabilize, highlight, overlay pic or video, remove background, etc.
  • Add audio, text, watermark, filter, transition, sticker, animation, to video
  • Record and edit audio clips: extract, loop, fade in and out, remove noise, sync
  • Record screen activities
  • Share and export videos in lots of media formats

Regarding its video-on-video overlay effects, there are 10 templates:

  • Picture in picture: overlay video at any corner or position
  • Logo: overlay video with defaulted position and size for adding logo
  • Overlap: put the video completely over the main video at selected point
  • Side by side: overlay the video on the left/right/top/bottom of another video
  • Trio: put 3 videos in the same frame, left, center or right

In a nutshell, you can overlay a video on another video at any position with any size by using Movavi Video Editor.

To overlay one video on top of another, you can:

  1. Grab a free copy of Movavi Video Editor, install and fire up the app.
  2. Drag and drop the video that you want to use as background to Movavi Timeline.overlay video movavi 1
  3. Drag and drop the foreground video that you want to overlay to another above the first video, set the video length by dragging its edge and move the clip to the position where video overlay effect should be applied. After adding 2 videos, you will be navigated to Position tool by default.overlay video movavi 2
  4. Choose Picture in picture effect, move and resize the overlay video frame.overlay video movavi 3
  5. Then click on the blue Export button to save the video overlay.overlay video movavi 4

To put one small video in the corner of another, you can:

  1. Grab a free copy of Movavi Video Editor, install and fire up the app.
  2. Drag and drop the video that you want to use as background to Movavi Timeline.
  3. Drag and drop the video that you want to put in the corner above the first video, set the video length and move the clip to the position where video overlay effect should be applied. You will be navigated to Position tool by default.
  4. Choose Logo overlay effect, move and resize the overlay video frame to add a small video in the corner of another as needed.overlay video movavi 5
  5. Hit Export to save the video overlay.

To put a video in the background of another video, you can:

  1. Grab a free copy of Movavi Video Editor, install and fire up the app.
  2. Drag and drop the video that you want to use as background to Movavi Timeline.
  3. Drag and drop the foreground video above the first video, set the video length and move the clip to the position where video overlay effect should be applied. You will be navigated to Position tool by default.
  4. Choose Overlap effect, move and resize the overlay video frame to put a video in the background of another as you want to.overlay video movavi 6
  5. Hit Export to save the video overlay.

Method 2. Adobe Premiere — Best Video Editing Program

You might have bought Adobe Premiere to edit video on your machine, no matter how advanced your video editor is, all video editor apps use similar steps to overlay 2 video, and Adobe Premiere is not an exception.

To put a video on top of another in Adobe Premiere, you can:

  1. Fire up Adobe Premiere on your Windows or Mac machine.
  2. Click on New Project, select the background video and click Create. This video will be seated on the first video track in Premiere.overlay video adobe 1
  3. Then drag and drop the 2nd video to the media window.overlay video adobe 2
  4. Drag and drop the second video from media window to timeline, onto the 2nd video track.
  5. Now you will be able to drag the handles of the foreground, move around and resize it to overlay on top of another video.overlay video adobe 3
  6. Head to File > Export > Media to save your video to local folder in MP4 format.overlay video adobe 4

Summary

If you want free ways to overlay 2 videos, Clipchamp for Windows, iMovie for macOS and Capcut the Online deserve a try. If you want premium features to edit your videos at a higher level, dedicated video editing software like Movavi and Adobe Premiere are both good options.