Edit .avi background

[VideoBackgroundEdit]

Hello all,
I have an .avi video that has the same background color in (or is it for?) all frames. I wish to edit the color, so I need either a free program which can change the color, or I need a free program which can split an .avi by frame, so that I can edit every frame's color, and then make a new .avi from them.

Please help...

Thanks in advance.

[unclebud]

At the least you probably need an NLE (Non Linear Editor) to open your .avi file and render out individual frames for you to change in a photo editor.
If the background color is fairly consistent you may be able use a "green screen" effect, a solid color that can be keyed out and replaced in the timeline of the NLE.
Free NLE's are pretty basic at best, you might be able to use a trial version of Premiere or Vegas to do what you want.
Good Luck

[VideoBackgroundEdit]

At the least you probably need an NLE (Non Linear Editor) to open your .avi file and render out individual frames for you to change in a photo editor.
If the background color is fairly consistent you may be able use a "green screen" effect, a solid color that can be keyed out and replaced in the timeline of the NLE.
Free NLE's are pretty basic at best, you might be able to use a trial version of Premiere or Vegas to do what you want.
Good Luck

Ok, I downloaded Quick AVI Splitter which can split up a video by frame, but I learned that's not a feasible option, seeing as the video has 600+ frames. It would take forever to modify each individual frame by hand.
So, I went ahead and download Vegas Pro 10.0 like you suggested, and took a look at the program, but could not find an option to insert a "green screen" effect, as you put it. Vegas Pro has many Video Event Fx options, but "green screen" was not one of them. I attached a screenshot of the effects that are available in the program. Maybe you'll be able to spot the one that I need.

Thanks.

EDIT: And like already mentioned, the background color is the exact same for all frames, and I wish to change it for all of them.

[poisondeathray]

it's called "chroma keyer" in vegas , but if you key it out, it becomes transparent , so you have to put a layer underneath to "show through"

another method is "secondary color correction" . e.g. change someone's shirt color from red to blue . Search google and youtube - there are dozens of step by step video tutorials on how to do this

[VideoBackgroundEdit]

it's called "chroma keyer" in vegas , but if you key it out, it becomes transparent , so you have to put a layer underneath to "show through"

another method is "secondary color correction" . e.g. change someone's shirt color from red to blue . Search google and youtube - there are dozens of step by step video tutorials on how to do this

And how do you put a layer underneath?

Thanks for the reply.

[poisondeathray]

you can use anything, just drag it to the track below

e.g. a png from photoshop . Or you can use vegas' media generator

[VideoBackgroundEdit]

you can use anything, just drag it to the track below

e.g. a png from photoshop . Or you can use vegas' media generator

Well, I tried that already, but the image obscured the video beneath it for the time that it was visible.
Should I import the image first, drag it to the timeline, and then import the video?

Yeah, I think that's what I'll try.

EDIT: Ok, that appears to work, but I'm confused with the chroma keyer effect. When I select it, it opens a Video Event Fx dialog box with a Preset: drop down menu which has the options "Blue Screen", "Green Screen", "Pure Red Screen", "Pure Green Screen", "Pure Blue Screen", and then it has a color selection tool underneath it. It doesn't appear to be transparent, and when I click the "Animate" button, leaving everything at the default setting ("Blue Screen"), and click Play for the video, it now shows most of the video obscured and invisible, even though I have the image with the new color background underneath the video.

EDIT: Ok, nevermind. I figured it out. I modified the color of the Chroma Keyer to match the one I want to replace, and it works now.

[poisondeathray]

you can use anything, just drag it to the track below

e.g. a png from photoshop . Or you can use vegas' media generator

Well, I tried that already, but the image obscured the video beneath it for the time that it was visible.
Should I import the image first, drag it to the timeline, and then import the video?

Yeah, I think that's what I'll try.

wrong relationship

video on top , color image on bottom

think of the alpha channel as a see through "hole" so the image below can be seen to "poke through"

You can re-arrange the order of the tracks after they are laid out, it doesn't matter

[VideoBackgroundEdit]

you can use anything, just drag it to the track below

e.g. a png from photoshop . Or you can use vegas' media generator

Well, I tried that already, but the image obscured the video beneath it for the time that it was visible.
Should I import the image first, drag it to the timeline, and then import the video?

Yeah, I think that's what I'll try.

wrong relationship

video on top , color image on bottom

think of the alpha channel as a see through "hole" so the image below can be seen to "poke through"

You can re-arrange the order of the tracks after they are laid out, it doesn't matter

Thanks a billion! I figured it out, and got it to work.