intercutting stills and video

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Id like to show a clip one minute long. In the middle 20 seconds id like to
insert a few pictures then come back to the clip. The clip will be a person
talking so id like the audio track to just continue while i cut to the still
pictures. Can this be done?
 
RON said:
Id like to show a clip one minute long. In the middle 20 seconds id
like to insert a few pictures then come back to the clip. The clip
will be a person talking so id like the audio track to just continue
while i cut to the still pictures. Can this be done?
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A method to accomplish this was posted
recently by a contributor named Ralphy.
I think it is worth a try.....

Split your video clip on each side of the
area where the stills will be. Now...drag
the cut portion to the Audio/Music track.
BTW...If you wish to add a 5 second still...
remove 5 seconds of the video clip.
(info below on splitting if you need it)

Drag your still shots to the time line and
drop them in the location where you
removed the video.

The Audio clip on the Audio/Music track
can be dragged right or left to adjust it's
position.

"Splitting A Clip In MM2.1"

Drag the video/audio clip to the
Timeline.

Play the video/audio by clicking the
"Play" button under the view screen.

You will see the Playback Indicator
(vertical line) advancing across the
timeline.

Click the "Pause" button at the point
where you wish to trim and type...
Ctrl+L or click the "Split" button at the
bottom of the view screen.
(you can also make adjustments by
dragging the Playback Indicator)

Make as many splits as you want and
remove the unwanted clips by right
click / delete.

And...Movie Maker 2.1 only displays every
other frame. In order to see all frames, the
following info from PapaJohn may be useful:

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Movie Maker 2 shows you every-other-frame
when doing project editing. MM1 and Movie
Maker in Vista show you each frame.

It's usually not a problem when skipping over
the in-between frames, but sometimes you
notice a flickering frame in a clip that is a 'stray',
and you can't see or cut it out.

If you apply the Slow - Down - Half video effect
to a clip in the timeline, you are then seeing
each frame rather than every other one. You
can see the problem frame and split it out.
Then remove the effect from the clip to return
it to normal.

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
Sorry I forgot to post a thank you for this info. I figured it was something
like that. Ive had the biggest problem dropping things by cutting the clip
using the "red line" feature. The Specific deletion you talked about is more
to my liking.
 
RON said:
Sorry I forgot to post a thank you for this info. I figured it was
something like that. Ive had the biggest problem dropping things by
cutting the clip using the "red line" feature. The Specific deletion
you talked about is more to my liking.
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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
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