highlighting footage

nmagee

hi, does anyone know is it possible to put a circle around an image in a video as a highlighting method?

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That's not too difficult

Create a png circle of the colour required and with a transparent background.

Alternatively use Bing to find suitable png circle images..there are loads you can download.

Place your main clip on the sequence line Video track 1 and the circle image onto the overlay track above it,Video track 2.

Drag the red cursor line so the sequence preview shows the circle on top of the video.

Select the circle on the overlay track and click effects.

Scale the circle to the size required.

Add the Position effect and drag the circle to the required place and Apply the effects.

You will now have outlined your subject

Use keyframes to move the circle around to follow the subject if required. This works best if the subject moves in straight lines.

Nat

nmagee

Thanks Nat,

can you create a png circle within videopad

nmagee

It's a sporting event, so struggling to with the keyframes to get it to follow as not straight lines? how can u save each sequence?

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If your circle is large enough you won't need so many keyframes but you CAN create any number of keyframes (the frequency of these along the timeline is comensurate with the size of the small marker squares in the preview pane--it limits it to every 2-3 frames) So stepping through the clip in the effects panel a few frames at a time you can simply drag the circle image along to outline your subject and create a new key frame. Although this is a bit of a phaff, you can follow an object that moves about the frame. A straight line movement is pretty easy by contrast...keyframe start.......keyframe finish.

You can't create a png marker with VP...but downloading a suitable shape using say, Bing images is easy. It can be scaled in VP to fit the subject.

Once you have a sequence on the timeline you are satisfied with, click the + next to "Sequence1X" This will clear the timeline and place your new clip into the sequence bin as "Sequence 1" where it will now behave a new clip. As you complete each section you can repeat the procedure.The sequences can then be placed on the timeline like ordinary clips.

There is a bug here though, since the audio track does not show up when the sequence is added back to the timeline. It plays though. At least something plays. I am not sure whether the audio that plays belongs to the main clip or both clips mixed. I shall have to run a test and find out.

Later.......The audio track is a mix of any audio you had on the original sequence.

Nat