inserting a picture file over a video file

[efiste2]

I am trying to create a small video of a stuntman explain one of his stunts, this is a mock up of what id like to acheive, with the picture of the car being a JPEG and the Video playing is the stuntman explaining.



I am trying to achieve this using Womble MPEG Video Wizard, but cant seem to get the picture to blend into the video, the output simply switches between the full screen video and a full screen JPEG.

Can anyone offer advice on the best way to do this, Im not to much of an expert in video editing, so the easier the better.

Thanks

[Budman1]

You can use AVISynth and insert the image as an opaque logo, whatever size and position you would like. I took a few minutes to create the video below with your image and an ad video. You can match the settings of the AVISynth file to the image of the settings below.

Video File: https://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33291&stc=1&d=1440310641

https://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33291&stc=1&d=1440310641

AVISynth file:
clip_black = Directshowsource(("C:\Users\Bud\Desktop\aCommercia l HDCNVRTED..flv"),Pixel_type="YUY2").Lanczosresize( 360,240)
clip_team_one = ImageSource("C:\Users\Bud\Desktop\ScreenHunter_160 Aug. 22 23.54.jpg", pixel_type="YUY2", fps=23.976, end=200).fadeio(28).converttoYUY2.LanczosResize(10 0,90)
clip1 = clip_black.trim(0, -100) + Layer(clip_black.trim(100, -200), clip_team_one, "add", 255, 60, 100) + Layer(clip_black.trim(300, -200), clip_team_one, "add", 255, 200, 100)
Return clip1


Settings:

[efiste2]

Wow thats really kind of you, thanks, i will give that a try.....

[efiste2]

I have installed AviSynth but cannot get the program to run......how do I get to the screen you display above, thanks for your patience..

[smrpix]

A quick perusal of MPEG Video Wizard's help files shows no obvious way to resize an image. Forget it. Forget AviSynth for the moment too. Download the trial version of Vegas Movie Studio and give yourself a fighting chance.

[Budman1]

Efiste2, You can't get the picture I posted above since it is of a program I wrote and posted a month ago but since I received no feedback or interest at all, I have removed the link as it is probably worthless to others. I use it because it has all the odd stuff people wish to do and are hard to remember. It uses AVISynth and FFMpeg heavily but written so it can be adjusted to use anything that can be called as an outside program.

I included the image only so you can match the entries in the AVISynth script to the description in the image (Lanczosresize(360,240) =Video Size Width, Video Size Height, etc. to better understand the script. Once this script is in a text file with the name <something.AVS>, it should be able to be displayed with a viewer that is capable such as Media Player or Potplayer, providing it is the x86 version, which is what version of AVISynth I am assuming you installed (they need to be the same).

If it plays okay, use this script(AVS) in a program that will accept it as input for reencoding such as FFMpeg. Format Factory and others.

Do you have more than one place to place the images?

I Do not know much about Vegas Movie Studio, but if smrpix suggests it, it is probably very good.

[efiste2]

Thanks everyone for you expertise, Vegas Movie Studio is great within ten minutes I have got the bones of what I want, so Thanks again,
another question for you learn-ed chaps, I have actually inserted a VIDEO rather than the still picture, what i need to do now is when the "inserted" video has finished, ideally i would like it to pause on the last frame, can i use another editor to create this, then simply insert it. or can vegas do this, THANKS again!!!

[Brainiac]

Here is a YouTube video that tells you how to do a freeze frame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfciiMoRJMA

Youtube has some good Vegas tutorials; I suggest giving those a spin to get up to speed.

Brainiac

[budwzr]

Thanks everyone for you expertise, Vegas Movie Studio is great within ten minutes I have got the bones of what I want, so Thanks again,
another question for you learn-ed chaps, I have actually inserted a VIDEO rather than the still picture, what i need to do now is when the "inserted" video has finished, ideally i would like it to pause on the last frame, can i use another editor to create this, then simply insert it. or can vegas do this, THANKS again!!!

In Vegas, you can place the curser anywhere on the timeline and take a snap from the preview window.

The snap will automatically come into your media files window.

[aedipuss]

inserting a still picture on the timeline will only "pause" i.e. play as long as you have selected in options/preferences/editing-new still image length, unless you change it on the timeline.