overlaying 2 video tracks in Premiere - help needed

[sidders]

I have videod 2 parts of a conversation with the same person playing both parts. The pauses / voices match so it appears as a conversation - the timing is spot on. What I actually want to do is ovelay one over the other so you see both people. The video was done with a tripod so the background furniture etc is exactly the same.

Can this be done? I really need to do this tonight so any help woyld be really appreciated,
I've tried messing with the opacity of both tracks, bur the best I can get is both of them 'ghosts' on the screen, if i make one appear better, the other one fades.

I'm using premiere pro v7.0
thanks
sidders

[theReal]

Put the second clip above the other, then you need a video effect called something like "trim and scale" from the effects folder called "transform(ation)"
Sorry, I have the german version of Premiere Pro, so I can't tell exactly if these are the correct names...

The filter allows you to trim video without scaling it, so if you trim the upper clip to 50% from the left, what you get is the left half of the screen filled with the lower video clip, the right half of the screen filled with the upper video clip. When there is no difference in the background then you don't see any border at all.

[sidders]

you are a legend - thank you