Combining video and stills
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Combining video and stills
Have recently made a video of a family wedding. No storyboarding, so all sequencing done 'on the wing'. The results aren't too bad but need filling out with some scene setting stills. In the past I had a program which allowed combining JPEGs with video footage - can no longer find it.
Does anyone know of such software - preferably free!!
TIA
Does anyone know of such software - preferably free!!
TIA
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: fairly close to the colonial capitol
One idea:
The video capture software on the PC should have a way to input a signal from any video source, so you could then use a video camera directly to capture printed stills of the subject photos. Zoom/pan/fade/focus effects could be added on the fly and made to look very nice if there is a tripod on hand.
Idea II:
A free program is available from Microsoft.com called Windows Movie Maker has image incorporation, audio track addition and titling features. More info here.
Good Luck!
The video capture software on the PC should have a way to input a signal from any video source, so you could then use a video camera directly to capture printed stills of the subject photos. Zoom/pan/fade/focus effects could be added on the fly and made to look very nice if there is a tripod on hand.
Idea II:
A free program is available from Microsoft.com called Windows Movie Maker has image incorporation, audio track addition and titling features. More info here.
Good Luck!
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: Scotland
Agree with the previous poster. I used Microsoft Movie Maker for the first time a month ago and it did all that I needed. I was able to edit several movie clips, intersperse them with still photo's put an opening text credit on it and add a soundtrack.
I hate to say it about a Microsoft product but ... it just worked and was very easy to use
I hate to say it about a Microsoft product but ... it just worked and was very easy to use
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From: gone surfin'
My camera came with a piece of software "picturemania," which works quite well. It saves faffing about, as you select the pics/video's, soundtrack and titles, and it jiggles them all about and produces a video.
Some of the automatic effects look good, but the lack of control can be a bit annoying.
Some of the automatic effects look good, but the lack of control can be a bit annoying.
