how to scroll pictures over video

[Mike Kujbida]

IMO, Pan/Crop would be the easiest tool to use to do this.
Others may suggest Track Motion but I prefer Pan/Crop.

If picture #1 is completely off screen before picture #2 is revealed, then you’ll need one additional video track (goes above the main video track), otherwise you’ll need two extra tracks.
I’ll assume that there will be 2 pictures on the screen at once so I’ll use 2 extra tracks for this explanation.

Place picture #1 on track 1 and picture #2 on track 2.

Open the Pan/Crop window on picture #1, right-click and select Match Output Aspect.
This ensures that the image will be resized properly and can be placed in any position you want without issue.
To give you some room to maneuver the image, change the Workspace – Zoom (%) setting to 50% or use your mouse wheel to zoom out on the workspace.
To resize the image, place the cursor at any of the corners and drag it out to the desired size.
To move the image, place the mouse in the centre of the screen and position it where you want it to start.
This creates a keyframe at the very beginning of the event.
Press the Last Keyframe button on the timeline at the bottom of the Pan/Crop window to place the cursor at the end of the event.
Position the image at the desired end location.
If it’s going straight down, click the cursor movement indicator (should look like 4 arrows together pointing up, down, left & right) until you have up & down arrows only.
This restricts image movement to the Y axis only.

Hint #1: You can also use your computer’s arrow keys to move the image in the desired direction.
It does takes a bit longer to do it this way though.

Double-click the image on the Vegas timeline and press play to see if you like the speed.

Hint #2: Pressing the Loop Playback button will allow you to see and make adjustments in real time.
The Pan/Crop window can remain open as you’re doing this to amke adjustments easier.

If you need to make the image go slower, drag it out longer on the Vegas timeline, go into the Pan/Crop window and drag the last keyframe to the new endpoint.

The move for image #1 is now done.
Repeat the above sequence for all remaining images.
You may want/need to slide the next image (on track #2) under the image on track #1 so that it appears before #1 disappears.
This is a matter of personal taste.

Hint #3: Fade the images in and out for a smoother look.

Hint #4: To save some time, copy the first image by clicking it and doing a Ctrl+C.
Click image #2,right-click and select Paste Event Attributes.
This will copy the keyframes and positions from image #1 to image #2.

I think I’ve covered everything but, if I’ve left anything out or confused you, please let me know.

[Michael O’connor]

Thanks so much for the advice Mike. I will give that a try and if I run into a snag I will come back. I appreciate your help. Have a great day!

[Michael O’connor]

It worked perfectly!! Thanks.

[Mike Kujbida]

You’re welcome Michael.
Now get back to making that family reunion video a work of art 🙂

[Rich Kutnick]

Hi, Mike. I tried this same technique for a wedding video opening montage (2 JPG stills horizontally criss-crossing one above the other over an HD video clip–7 seconds), and I am experiencing a problem with the stills. The static PIPs over the video look great, but when I introduce motion via keyframing, the two stills become blurry and have thin, black horizontal wavy lines in them. The edited clip therefore is useless. Even viewing the edited clip in Best/Full, as well as pausing, shows this anomaly. I matched the stills to the output format and of course had to make them smaller (keeping the aspect ratio) to fit the screen for the criss-crossing. This happened when I created two unique edited clips with two unique stills and a unique HD video for each edited clip. The first video clip needed Mecalli stabilization and the second clip did not need any tweaking. I believe that I also followed each step of your method to the hilt. So do you have any idea why these two pics are going ballistic on me? Thanks in advance, Mike.

Rich Kutnick
VIDEO IMPRESSIONS

[Mike Kujbida]

Rich, do your project properties match your video events?

[Rich Kutnick]

I hope so. My project properties are 1920 X 1080 60i as is some of my video footage(although the balance of the HD video footage is 1440 X 1080 60i 1.3333PAR, I was told that this is functionally equivalent to 1920 X 1080 60i). The photos, of course are progressive (they are JPG files taken by a professional videographer).

Rich Kutnick
VIDEO IMPRESSIONS

[Mike Kujbida]

Yes those two formats are the same (different PAR, that’s all).
How big are the JPG images (in pixels) that you’re using?
What are your computer’s specs?
Can you upload the short video clips and images (along with a description of what kind of move you’re attempting) to a site such as Dropbox and give us the link to try them and see if we get the same problem?
If you don’t have Dropbox, use the link below and we each get an extra 500 MB. of space.
https://db.tt/rYE74u2

[Rich Kutnick]

Thanks for the offer. I will need to get back to you and everyone else next week, as I may be on to something…

Rich Kutnick
VIDEO IMPRESSIONS

[Rich Kutnick]

Here is a link to the clips and the veg file:

https://www.cubby.com/p/_a199215092f4463398bf86fda4829631/Sony+TEMP

My PC specs:

Windows Version:7 64-bit
RAM:16GB
Processor:Intel i7-3820 CPU, 3.60GHZ
Video Card: NVIDIA 560GTX
Sound Card:Built in to motherboard
Video Capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 built in to motherboard
CD Burner:
DVD Burner:Lite-On Blu-Ray Burner

Interestingly, when I view the veg file in Preview/Full the moving pics look great; in Best/Half the photos look good but are a bit soft; in Best/Full they are blurry with horizontal lines in them. Regardless how I render the veg, too (Logarith, Sony AVC, Sony AVC Blue-Ray, XDCam EX, WHATEVER!, the moving pics in the rendered file ALWAYS are blurry with horizontal lines in them!! In addition, the movement of these photos tends to be jerky, too!! Please look at the veg with the accompanying files and see if you can figure all of this out, per your gracious offer. Thanks in advance.

Rich Kutnick
VIDEO IMPRESSIONS