adding still pictures to an AVI

[zapp209]

i have a 5 minute avi that i would like to add my own back ground pictures to it while it is still playing can any one point me in the right direction. i have nero 7 but it only has effects and audio .very limited for me

[kschang]

What do you mean by "adding background pictures to it" any way?

[mikiem]

If you're talking about picture in a picture you'll need to re-render using an editor. Perhaps you could also get the same thing by creating DVD menues with a large animated button, then stripping the video out of the created vob?

[zapp209]

what i have is an avi that is 600 by 200 (small) and i would like to make a dvd out of it with the avi playing in the middle and there will be pictures in the background.

[kschang]

Will the picture change?

[kschang]

AVISynth may be able to do it with Layer command... But I've never tried it.

[zapp209]

no the picture on the avi wont change...its a small video clip. but behind the avi that i want to convert to dvd i want pictures to show up behind it. it doesnt matter if the avi is still in the way blocking the pictures ...in matter of fact i dont want to change the avi..... i kinda want to make several pictures show up behind the avi through out the duration of the video....

[zapp209]

this guide below is kinda what i want to do but is this guide limited to the pictures being only as big as the avi or can i have the picture bigger than the avi in the background and the avi still in the front playing



https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=248307

[zapp209]

this picture below is excactly like what i would like to make

The avi in the middle playing while several pictures in the back ground change.....

after i make this type of avi i will then convert it to a dvd

[zapp209]

[zapp209]

i cant even upload my pictures

[zapp209]

try

[kschang]

*sigh* remove ALL THE PATH, leave ONLY the name, and try again.

[kschang]

I kinda got Layer to work, I'll post a test clip in a little while.

[TerryG]

Easy to do with Ulead VideoStudio9.

[kschang]

Well, it's not EASY to AVISynth, but it's doable.

The script would look like this

# Created by AVSEdit
a=DirectShowSource("clip_a.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)  #352x288 Music Video clip
b=DirectShowSource("clip_b.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)  #640x480 Anime test clip
Layer(b,a,"add",255,144,96,0,true)

And the output looks like this:



Two clips, each moving indepedently. However, the sound is from the clip in the BAKCGROUND, not the foreground.

I did a 30 sec test clip just for the heck of it. It works great. But it's like 7 megs so I can't post them here. Here's a link to Putfile.com...

So you have to do a couple things...

1) Create the background clip based on how many pictures you have, and add any transitions you want. between pictures. Hopefully same length as the foreground clip.

2) Take the sound off the foreground mix, and mix it into this background clip you created.

3) Use it with the code above, and let VDub make final output clip.

[mikiem]

edit: sorry, writing before your results posted.

In a pretty much standard editor like prem, vegas, or ulead you'd have one track with your pictures, changing however you want (fades, wipes etc.). In another track you'd have your avi file. The avi track could then be superimposed on the background track.

Prob. is I guess what software editor you want to use? Many are low cost, a few are free. Step by step stuff would require we know which software you've chosen.

Or, using DVD authoring prog. method, which is a bit of a kludge, and assumes you have an authoring prog that can handle animated menu backgrounds and buttons... Create slideshow using your background images, encode to m2v, demux and encode audio track from avi in ac3, mpg format etc. Use background vid for background in menu page along with avi audio, create one large button containing your avi video as m2v. The authoring app should then create a new menu video which could be demuxed from vob.

[zapp209]

i think i have what im looking for....i just DL wax today and i beleive that is what i want .....i am going to mess with it for a while....ill reply if i need some help
kschang great help with your preview video
mikiem thanks for your input hopefully wax will do the trick.....i cant wait to try it be back soon

[zapp209]

Just want to say


WAX is perfect its what i wanted
thanks for your help