Does anyone remember Pop up video?

VCAM wrote on 11/9/2005, 12:45 PM
(Sorry in advance but I swear I search this whole forum ...up into the 300s prior to posting this question) I am new to the forum and to Sony Vegas PE, I was wondering if it would be possible to create the old VH1 Pop UP video format with Vegas software or would I need a third party app? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

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djcc wrote on 11/9/2005, 3:07 PM
I don't know why you couldn't. To effectively spoof the video, you would need a sound effect ("pop") then a bubble graphic overlaying the video track with your little factoid.

VMS isn't going to be able to generate any kind of a fancy bubble, but if you are reasonably handy with a drawing package (ie, Corel, Illustrator, etc), you should be able to get close.
VCAM wrote on 11/11/2005, 9:38 AM
djcc,
Thanks for the quick response. In what format would I save this graphic in order to import into Vegas as a video overlay? I have Jasc Paintshop pro and Adobe photoshop,which both have the ability to save in multiple formats but I am not quite sure on the specifics...ex..color depth, RGB,chromokey ect. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
dibbkd wrote on 11/11/2005, 1:39 PM
Create your bubble graphic as a transparent GIF image, and make the size as 640x480 or whatever the resolution of your video is.'

Of course the actual bubble part will be much smaller, like 20x30 or whatever, but if you make the image file itself 20x30, you won't be able to pan/crop it as easily. Sounds weird I know, but trust me.

I use Fireworks to make graphics, but pretty much any program can make transparent GIF's.
djcc wrote on 11/11/2005, 3:02 PM
dibbkd gave you good advice. Making it larger than it needs to be usually results in crisper results when you pan out versus inserting it at 100% its normal size IMHO. Whether you need 640 x 480 (or DVD scale) is debatable, but you can always pan out to reduce the image size.

Photoshop or PSP will do fine if you are handy enough to draw shapes in those packages. You can certainly do all kinds of fancy fills, layer effects, etc. For effect, you could even add a drop shadow blending property to the layer that contains the graphic. If you save as either GIF or PNG, you can preserve transparency. I would opt for PNG.

I tend to "draw" things (on the very RARE occasion I need to) in CorelDraw only because I have been using it since a very early version. I use PhotoShop for other purposes, but I have little experience drawing with it. It does have a "custom shape" tool, and you might find one of the defaults to be just what you want.

Make sure you show is a teaser clip of your final results.