Flashing Arrows To Emphasise

[Squid_uk]

Hey peeps!

What im a looking to do is, i have a project i have created using Ulead VideoStudio 11 and part of it has a freeze frame with text that appears and i would also like have like a flashing arrows to emphasise the text?

What is a good way to achive this?

[SLK001]

For what?

DVD Movie? (Possible)

DVD Menu? (Not possible)

[SLK001]

Rethinking this, I believe that it WOULD be possible to do this in a DVD Menu using a series of videos that have a flashing arrow. Each set of text that you want emphasised would have to have its own menu. You would then use "auto actions" to jump between the menus.

In other words, it would be a major pain in the ass to do, but using motion menus, it could be done.

[Squid_uk]

Sorry,

Yes its to go in the actually movie

[SLK001]

Well, in the movie, you would have to treat the flashing arrows as video and encode them into the project. If there are buttons involved here, then using subpictures could also achieve the same effect.

[dphirschler]

1) Capture the frame that it will freeze on.

2) From that image, add the label. Save it as img01

3) Now add the arrow. Save it as img02

4) Create an AviSynth script similar to this:

v=AviSource("mymovie.avi")

#insert the blinking arrow
f=5876 # this is the frozen frame
v=v.trim(0,f-1)+blink(50,10)+v.trim(f+1,0)

return v


function blink(times, rate)
{
	img01=ImageReader("img01.bmp",0,1,1) # Label
	img02=ImageReader("img02.bmp",0,1,1) # Label and arrow

	v=loop(loop(img02,rate)+loop(img01,rate),times)
	v=v.AssumeFPS(29.97)

	return v
}

Darryl

[gadgetguy]

1) Capture the frame that it will freeze on.

2) From that image, add the label. Save it as img01

3) Now add the arrow. Save it as img02

4) Create an AviSynth script similar to this:

v=AviSource("mymovie.avi")

#insert the blinking arrow
f=5876 # this is the frozen frame
v=v.trim(0,f-1)+blink(50,10)+v.trim(f+1,0)

return v


function blink(times, rate)
{
	img01=ImageReader("img01.bmp",0,1,1) # Label
	img02=ImageReader("img02.bmp",0,1,1) # Label and arrow

	v=loop(loop(img02,rate)+loop(img01,rate),times)
	v=v.AssumeFPS(29.97)

	return v
}

Darryl

Adjust "AssumeFPS" as required for PAL.

[Squid_uk]

Im not quite sure what to do when you say 'add the label'

Sorry if im being completly dumb!

[dphirschler]

Im not quite sure what to do when you say 'add the label'

Sorry if im being completly dumb!

I was referring to the text label you made reference to in your first post. Reading back through it perhaps that was already in the video, you would just need an empty frame and one with the arrow in it.


Darryl

[Squid_uk]

The video i have is a friend crashing a sit-on sled and the point that he has the look of pain i have placed text that appears but also wanted a flashing arrow pointing at his face.

[olyteddy]

Use the 'DingBats' or 'WingDings' or whatever font (for an arrow) and the charachter generator functions of uLead.