.jpg as overlay on video

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Michael McKenney

I am trying to "import" or "overlay" a photo in .jpg format similar to
how a title is "overlayed" on the current clip; in other words, as my
video is running and I am talking, a photo would appear, but the video
would continue and I could still be heard talking, just not seen.

Whenever I do put a .jpg photo on the story board, it only appears after
the video sound of me talking stops as long as I make the photo last,
and then the photo goes off and my audio starts again.

Hope this is clear. I would like to be able to insert somehow a photo
over top of the video clip and show while I continue talking, sort of
like the same way when a title is placed right on the clip, yet the
video coninues on.

Thanks!
 
Michael said:
I am trying to "import" or "overlay" a photo in .jpg format similar to
how a title is "overlayed" on the current clip; in other words, as my
video is running and I am talking, a photo would appear, but the video
would continue and I could still be heard talking, just not seen.

Whenever I do put a .jpg photo on the story board, it only appears
after the video sound of me talking stops as long as I make the photo
last, and then the photo goes off and my audio starts again.

Hope this is clear. I would like to be able to insert somehow a photo
over top of the video clip and show while I continue talking, sort of
like the same way when a title is placed right on the clip, yet the
video coninues on.

Thanks!
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Two short tutorials...good luck...

1) A method to accomplish this was
previously posted 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.

More info on splitting....

"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:

===

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.


2) Info from PapaJohn:

use a second copy of the video clip with the talking head's audio... drag it
to the audio/music track and Movie Maker will use it just for the audio.

that leaves you free to carve up the video track as you want... drop a
section and insert your picture....

don't mute the audio associated with the video clip until the end of the
project... as you can use the wave patterns of both audio tracks to easily
keep things in sync.

--


John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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
 
John said:
================================
Two short tutorials...good luck...

1) A method to accomplish this was
previously posted 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.

More info on splitting....

"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:

===

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.


2) Info from PapaJohn:

use a second copy of the video clip with the talking head's audio... drag it
to the audio/music track and Movie Maker will use it just for the audio.

that leaves you free to carve up the video track as you want... drop a
section and insert your picture....

don't mute the audio associated with the video clip until the end of the
project... as you can use the wave patterns of both audio tracks to easily
keep things in sync.
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Thank you very much, John, for your response. I do understand the
process, but for the one time I wanted to do this, I think I'll pass.
It is a shame that Movie Maker doesn't allow this to be done by simply
dragging or placing a .jpg the same way a title overlay on the clip
works. Oh well . . . . .

Thanks again for the instructions!
 
Michael said:
Thank you very much, John, for your response. I do understand the
process, but for the one time I wanted to do this, I think I'll pass.
It is a shame that Movie Maker doesn't allow this to be done by simply
dragging or placing a .jpg the same way a title overlay on the clip
works. Oh well . . . . .

Thanks again for the instructions!
Click to expand...
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Not sure why you are backing off...the
instructions are not that complicated.

Anyway...good luck with your projects.


--


John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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
 
hi not sure if this is a late reply but at a simple level wouldnt this
work?

eg make your normal clip with audio etc without the overlay. save it
in highest quality.

then make a new video, using the saved video, and simply add overlay's
of jpgs (making the jpg clip last longer for the duration you need).

than you save the final clip :)
 
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