AVI. how to edit single frames

[JN]

Is it possible to somehow extract single frames from AVI file, edit them in some graphics tool (Pohotoshop, etc...) without changing resolution, of course, and then put them back to AVI ? Thanks.

[theaussie2]

Ulead MediaStudio pro comes with VideoPaint... it does just that!!! Lets you scrawl all over any frame in your movie :P
I'm guessing any timeline editing software would let you drop a frame into the time line.... s'only a glorified JPEG after all.... thats how I add menu frames to DVD Workshop... it even resizes to the correct dimensions.
Hope this helps

Aussie2

[Truman]

If the avi is not the final format but a source for a conversion, then I have a freeware solution.
Extract the frame with Avisynth and TMPGEnc. Here is an example how to edit the 100th frame of a source video, that will be converted to a SVCD compliant MPEG (PAL).

Avisource()
Trim(99,99)

Then load the script as Video source into TMPGEnc, select file > output to file > sequence bmp file, save as *.bmp.
Load the *.bmp into your favorite image editor (gimp?).

Add the edited frame to the video again:

AVISource()
clip1=Trim(0,98)
clip2=Trim(100,0)
LoadPlugin("Avisynth BMP Loader.dll")
BlankClip(25,480,576,"YUY2",25,1,44100,true,true,$ 000000)
pic=AvisynthBMP_Loader("C:\Pics","smile.bmp")
UnalignedSplice(clip1,pic,clip2)

Add and configure all the other Avisynth filters and load the script into
your favorite video application.