creating a few seconds of 'freeze' within a video

[pooksahib]

The last bit of a video I'm currently editing is of my daughter giving a very cute smile. I'd like to end the video with a 5 second 'still' of this. Is it possible? Grateful thanks if you can show me how/which programs I need.

[manono]

FreezeFrame

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/FreezeFrame

If, for example, the best smile frame is number 10000, then for 5 seconds at 25fps:

FreezeFrame(10000,10125,10000)

And then end the video at frame number 10125. You can even fade it out for two seconds.

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Fade

FadeOut0(50)

Or you can end it on the smile and then loop that same frame for 5 seconds.

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Loop

I suppose NLEs can do the same thing quite easily, but AviSynth is free and these kinds of things are dead simple to do when using it, even if there is a learning curve to using it in the first place..

[pooksahib]

Looks promising - I've seen AviSynth mentioned before but have never used it. I'll give it a bash. Thanks for your help.

[jagabo]

Just about every NLE has that ability. Create a still image of the frame you want, add it to the timeline for the duration you want.

[TreeTops]

You didn't tell us what program you are using to edit your video. Like jagabo said most any NLE can do that. Even Windows Movie Maker.

[budwzr]

There's more to it than that. It needs some creative shmooze too.

I would use a slow ramp to stop it.

[pooksahib]

Firstly, I had to google 'NLE'. My editing needs to date have been basic and are met by Avidemux, Boilsoft (Joiner & Splitter), VideoRedo TV Suite and, on occasion, mkvtoolnix, Windows Media Encoder 9 and Sony Vegas. I may be wrong but, of these, is Sony Vegas the only Non Linear Editor?

As for 'slow ramp', I'm still none the wiser...

[jagabo]

Firstly, I had to google 'NLE'. My editing needs to date have been basic and are met by Avidemux, Boilsoft (Joiner & Splitter), VideoRedo TV Suite and, on occasion, mkvtoolnix, Windows Media Encoder 9 and Sony Vegas. I may be wrong but, of these, is Sony Vegas the only Non Linear Editor?

Yes, Vegas is the only NLE amongst those.

As for 'slow ramp', I'm still none the wiser...

Vegas will let you apply a velocity envelop to slow the video down to a still at the end.
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/controlling_velocity_in_vegas_pro

[pooksahib]

Thanks for that, jagabo.

[jagabo]

LOL, I've never even used Vegas!