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  • make a still photo start to move

    Posted by John Williams on November 21, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    Vegas Pro 13 Win 7 64 bit

    Is there a way to make a still photo start to move?. I have a still photo of a river flowing. Can I make it flow from the photo as if the still water began to flow.
    I have movie of the same view but it goes from still photo to the movie clip. I would like to make the actual still one start to flow. Any help appreciated

    John Williams replied 6 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Francois Pénzes

    November 21, 2019 at 11:26 pm

    Hi John

    Not sure but is this what you are looking for effect wise ?

    https://youtu.be/_ZXFPS2W3VM

    Cheers !

    PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb
    Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core 4.60GHz
    Radeon RX 5700 XT
    Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
    Vegas Pro 16, User since Vegas 3.0

    \’\’When the cutting stops, the editing begins…\’\’

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  • John Williams

    November 22, 2019 at 1:51 am

    Hi Francois. Yes that’s it. How?

    Thanks

    J

  • Francois Pénzes

    November 22, 2019 at 11:20 am

    Hi John

    There is more than one way to do this but here’s the one I used for the example.

    Track 1 is my green screen with frame.
    Track 2 and 3 is the Snapshot I took at the Marker point so it will match the video when the effect starts.
    Track 3 is the video.

    On track 2, using Track Motion, I made the still match the Green Screen Frame. Saved it as a Preset in Track Motion and used that same preset on Tracks 3 & 4 so everything match’s. This is the important part. Make sure that the end of your Still Frame event match’s the point where you took the Snapshot.

    Once you’re done and happy with everything, render it and then bring it back to a new Vegas project and use Track Motion to Zoom In on everything.

    In order to keep everything flowing and organized, make sure you name all of your Tracks and Markers.

    P.S.: The more astute among you will notice that the picture above doesn’t quite match the video. I didn’t think of saving the original .VEG file so I had to redo it. Sigh….

    Cheers !

    PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb
    Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core 4.60GHz
    Radeon RX 5700 XT
    Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
    Vegas Pro 16, User since Vegas 3.0

    \’\’When the cutting stops, the editing begins…\’\’

  • Francois Pénzes

    November 22, 2019 at 11:42 am

    Me again

    What I posted just now was a very basic way of doing this effect. If you want to polish your clip and make it stand out, you may want to watch this tutorial by D.E. Franks from Videopia that Mike Kujbida posted recently.

    https://vimeo.com/5936542

    Cheers !

    PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb
    Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core 4.60GHz
    Radeon RX 5700 XT
    Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
    Vegas Pro 16, User since Vegas 3.0

    \’\’When the cutting stops, the editing begins…\’\’

  • Roger Bansemer

    November 22, 2019 at 1:01 pm

    I’ve watched this video many times. It’s excellent.

    Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

  • John Williams

    November 22, 2019 at 5:47 pm

    Thanks Francois.

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