multiple images on a screen

svleck wrote on 3/18/2004, 10:15 AM

Two questions:

(1) I would like to place multiple still photos on a single shot. These images are separate files. How do I do this?

(2) I would also like to fade in multiple images on a single shot but separately. For example. Fade in the first photo, wait a few seconds then fade in the next photo without affecting the first photo, wait a few seconds, fade in a third, etc, etc.

hope anyone can help

Comments

allyn wrote on 3/18/2004, 10:38 AM

i think you can only have one photo on each video track for a total of three photos at a time. but it is easy to fade each video track in and out at different times.

you'll want to play around with the crop/zoom box for each photo and zoom out far enough that the photos only cover a part of the screen. otherwise they will overlay each other.

IanG wrote on 3/18/2004, 10:42 AM

Place 2 or 3 stills (or videos) one above the other on different tracks and then use pan & crop to adjust the size and position of each. It might be easier to add the first picture, adjust it and then repeat for the 2nd and 3rd - the effect's the same. If you need more than 3 you'll have to think about rendering intermediate avis, importing them and repeating the process with those - it can get hairy! Of course, the pictures can be introduced at different times, and you can add transitions or adjust the fade in/out by dragging the top corners of the pictures.

Ian G.

svleck wrote on 3/18/2004, 1:14 PM

Thanks for the quick reply. Tried your suggestions and they seem to work. Will have to get creative when it comes to fading in more than three stills.

Regards,

Sheldon

Chienworks wrote on 3/18/2004, 6:52 PM

If all four stills appear and dissappear at once, you could simply make a composite image in your favorite photo editing software to show all four pictures in a single file, then use these composites on the timeline. Even if you need to have them crossfade individually, you could create the first composite with images 1 2 3 4, then crossfade to a composite of 5 2 3 4, then crossfade to a composite of 5 6 3 4, and then to 5 6 7 4, and then to 5 6 7 8 .... etc. It's a bit of work, but it will get the job done. Of course, if you use fancier transitions this may not work for you.

Another option is to put pictures 1 2 3 in their respective corners, then render this to a new DV .avi file, then place this new file on a track and add in image 4 in the empty space. Again this is a bit of work and very tricky if you want fancy transitions.