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Freeze video to look like a picture….
Hello,
I was hoping someone would explain to me how do I go about freezing a portion of a video to look like a picture.
For instance: I am rolling beginning credits over a video, and want to freeze a character as their name shows on screen.
Thanks, E. Lopez
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I just tried using the velocity envelope and it worked ok.
right click on the clip and insert the velocity envelope. Choose the spot where you want to feeze and create a new keyframe a 100% velocity then create a second keyframe and pull it down to 0% velocity directly under the first keyfame. This will stop the video entirely where the 2 keyframes are possitioned.
I’m sure there are other methods, but this seems to work.
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Thanks so much Corey… I am not sitting at my editing station, but as soon as I get a moment I will try it.
Regards, E. Lopez
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Another way that’ll work with any NLE:
Trim clip to desired length.
Slice off one frame at the end.
Stretch single frame to the length of time you want to display the still image.And another way that’ll work in Vegas:
Position cursor at desired still frame.
Make sure the video display window is at full resolution, best quality.
Use the “snapshot” (camera icon) button in the display window to save the image as a still.
Drag the new still image to the timeline.Regards,
Doug Graham -
The only problem with the snapshot method is that you can, sometimes, get a slight jump between the last frame and the snapshot. My personal preference is using the velocity envelope and dropping it to zero at that point. Vol 1 #9 of my newsletters talks about changing the speed of a clip in multiple ways.
Scripts can also make it easier to change speeds at a specific point. For example, Excalibur has an option to change to any specified speed at the cursor location.
Edward Troxel
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Wonderful, Looks Great…
Thanks & Regards, E. Lopez
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