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Freeze Frame & Expand
Is there a way to take a still image from a motion picture and freeze it and then expand that frozen image across the timeline?
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The response will depend on whether you have a Pro version of Vegas or one of the Movie Studio versions.
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Pro v9
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One way of doing it (this works in both Pro and VMS) is to park your cursor on the desired freeze frame, set the Preview window to Best/Full, click the “Save Snapshot to File” icon (looks like a floppy disc – top centre of the Preview window0, choose the desired format, give it a name, save it, drag it from the Project Media bin to the timeline and stretch it out to the desired length.
Since you have Pro though, here is what I consider a better method.
Right-click the clip and select “Insert – Velocity Envelope”.
Add 2 points near the end of the clip.
Set the 2nd one to 0% and move it to the very end of the clip.
Leave the first one at 100% and drag it to the end of the clip so that it’s on top of the 0% point.
The result is an instant freeze frame that can be dragged out as long as desired.
When you’re ready to add another clip, add 2 more points, set them to 0% and 100% and place them at the beginning of the new clip, positioning them the reverse of what you just did.Bonus hint for free 🙂
To constrain vertical movement of the point as you drag it, hold down the Alt key and then drag it. -
Nice!
I owe you a beer!
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I don’t drink but thanks for the offer !!
I’m glad to hear that it worked for you. -
I do it by selecting the singl frame you want in the timeline and rendering the (selected region only) to a file (BMP or JPEG), then import the resulting image back to the project as a media file. Then I put that into the timeline and stretch it using ctrl+drag as desired.
I’ll look into this other method though.
It’s great the way Vegas Pro is so flexible in that it offers many ways to skin a cat.
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