Lost Video Island

[ebizmybef74]

I have a question.

Is there anyway I can put a picture on top of a video in WMM? So it looks like it's part of the video?

[MovieGuy]

Jeez I don't think so.

You could have a fade between the vid and the pic but I dunnon how that would look.

Sorry.

[ebizmybef74]

that's okay, thanks though.

[Hobbes]

well, it's possible if you took the scene you wanted the picture to fade over, saved every frame in it (which you could do quickly if you converted the scene to MPEG then put it in Animation Shop Pro). Then you would have to take each frame and put that picture you want to fade overtop it in there as a faded second layer.... So yes, it's possible, but very inconvenient!
On the bright side, if you did that, then to speed up the process, after you setup the picture so it's in a seperate layer that's transparent or whatever you want it, then you only have to change the frame for the movie below it, deleting and replacing each frame after you've changed them... if that makes any sense!
At least, that's what I had to basically do with my animations argghhhhh

[Ally]

Warren sorry to say that, but you're a freak XD
we love you for beeing a freak, bu you ARE a freak *heart*

@ Liz you could also give the scene you want to animate to a person with sucha thng with Vegas 5
I would do it for you but by now I don't know how to do ^^;;;

[ebizmybef74]

Hobbes wrote:

well, it's possible if you took the scene you wanted the picture to fade over, saved every frame in it (which you could do quickly if you converted the scene to MPEG then put it in Animation Shop Pro). Then you would have to take each frame and put that picture you want to fade overtop it in there as a faded second layer.... So yes, it's possible, but very inconvenient! On the bright side, if you did that, then to speed up the process, after you setup the picture so it's in a seperate layer that's transparent or whatever you want it, then you only have to change the frame for the movie below it, deleting and replacing each frame after you've changed them... if that makes any sense! At least, that's what I had to basically do with my animations argghhhhh

This is what I looked like after trying to read that.....

Thanks for answering though so now I know what to do if I ever start to understand that computer lingo!

[Hobbes]

well, before you give up, talk to the great Aislynn. She could probably explain it in a less-complicated way She's the queen of animations anywhoo.

[Aislynn]

Hobbes wrote:

well, it's possible if you took the scene you wanted the picture to fade over, saved every frame in it (which you could do quickly if you converted the scene to MPEG then put it in Animation Shop Pro). Then you would have to take each frame and put that picture you want to fade overtop it in there as a faded second layer.... So yes, it's possible, but very inconvenient! On the bright side, if you did that, then to speed up the process, after you setup the picture so it's in a seperate layer that's transparent or whatever you want it, then you only have to change the frame for the movie below it, deleting and replacing each frame after you've changed them... if that makes any sense! At least, that's what I had to basically do with my animations argghhhhh

What's funny is that I did understand that! I can't DO it, (don't have a program that can convert into MPEG ) but I understood it!

Hobbes wrote:

well, before you give up, talk to the great Aislynn. She could probably explain it in a less-complicated way She's the queen of animations anywhoo.

Awww... The queen of goofiness is more like it. But thanks for saying that!

As for your question, Liz, I only know what my limited WMM 1 can do and no, you really can't place a still pic directly over a vid clip. You can try to do what I think of as a "long fade" which requires a clip that's long enough to make the effect as smooth as possible. You drag the clip back into the still then just try to drag the front of the still and the front of the clip as close together as it'll let you. But you're still doing a fade, which means that still pic is going to fade out as the clip fades in. Unfortunately, you really can't get the same effect as Vegas or Premiere or any of the other Big Guys can do, not even with WMM 2 as I understand it.

Gee, so that was really helpful, huh? Sorry! There's so many times I'd love to be able to do one of those cool fade over things with basically two clips running at the same time but I don't think WMM is sophisticated enough to pull it off properly. Bummer, huh?

~Aislynn the Not-So Helpful Viddergirl