How do I insert frames from movie as a background?

videocheez wrote on 6/29/2003, 10:44 PM

I took a screen shot of an individual frame from the movie and I used that as background but I thought that DVDA would have a button that I could click and select individual frames. Any help would be appreciated.

Thnaks in advance,

VC

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jetdv wrote on 6/30/2003, 8:22 AM

If you put a movie on the background, it assumes you want that moving playing for the background.

jeffcrow wrote on 6/30/2003, 2:39 PM

Nope, no ability to take a snapshot in DVDA.

Yet another strange omission, especially when it has the ability to select a frame and create a thumbnail, a menu background can't be that much different. Another thing to put on the list for 2.0. But then again, if you use Vegas to take your snapshot, you can use filters, color correction, sharpening etc on your frame to spruce it up for a better looking background, features that would be a little too much to expect in DVDA.

jetdv wrote on 6/30/2003, 4:04 PM

Actually, that's not entirely true. You CAN take a snapshot in the preview window. So, you could add the clip to the background, make sure nothing else was on the background, pause it on the correct frame, and take a shapshot.

jeffcrow wrote on 7/1/2003, 2:35 PM

Ya know, I had seen that "copy to clipboard" button in the previewer, but when I click on it, I do not get the option to paste my "snapshot" anywhere, not even in Vegas, so I kinda just ingored it after that.

So after reading your reply, Jetdv, I decided to research a little more and see what it is for. The manual suggests this is DVDA's way of previewing a menu on an external monitor. You take a snapshot of your menu, open Vegas, use the split screen view button in the Vegas preview window and select clipboard and now you will see your snapshot, which can be viewed on an external monitor via Vegas.

Am I missing something? Is there really no way to use the snapshot directly in DVDA? Once I got it displayed in Vegas I used the save snapshot button and now it is a file that I can use. But I can't get it onto the timeline first to add fx filters to clean it up. Is there a way to get an image in the clipboard onto the Vegas timeline without saving it first, paste is grayed out?

Seems a lot easier to just load the clip in Vegas, use its superior timeline navigation and scrubbing to find a good frame, prep the image for a snapshot with filters and settings, take and save the snapshot, then bring it into DVDA.

But your tip Jetdv does give us a work around, thanks for the info!

jetdv wrote on 7/1/2003, 2:45 PM

Try pasting it in Photoshop or some other photo editing program. Then you can save it in whatever format you like. Also agree that it may be better to just capture the screenshot in Vegas.