Motion and Overlays

PhilJackson wrote on 7/24/2007, 9:34 AM

I am trying to create a video with 4 tracks and in each track, I am starting with a full screen photo and moving it to a corner of the screen and shrinking it so that when I am finished with 4 photos, I have all of them on the screen at one time. I then want to bring in a fifth photo in a full screen and replace the first one. What I am finding is that if I put it on the 1st track, it is always behind the other tracks. I need to know how I can bring in this 5th photo up in front of the others.

Does anyone have an answer?

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 7/24/2007, 11:10 AM

The tracks are ordered from the top down. Anything on the top track will be in front of lower tracks.

I'm not sure how you're accomplishing this though since Vegas Movie Studio only has 4 video tracks. If i were going to do it, i'd set up a small project with the first four photos and render that to a new file. Then start another project with this new file on the second track and the 5th photo on the top track.

PhilJackson wrote on 7/24/2007, 1:09 PM

Thanks.

That was what I was finding out. I guess I will just go to a plan B.

mickbadal wrote on 7/24/2007, 1:53 PM

I think this can be easier than going through the effort of rendering a complete video file and starting a new project every time.

After the final 4th photo completes it's drop down, end all 4 photo events at "point A" on your timeline. Take a "snapshot" image of the final frame that consists of all 4 photo's, and continue on with your timeline by placing that snapshot on track 1 at the frame right after "point A". Then begin dropping new photo's in on track 2, track 3, track 4. Repeat by taking another snapshot, etc. etc. I would think this could be done all in one project.

PhilJackson wrote on 7/26/2007, 12:28 PM

I like that idea. I will have to try it and see if I can make it work.