Video assistance

[Joe T]

Does anyone here know what kind of program I would need to overlay lines and graphics to video, not still images? Sounds simple but I can't find what it is I need to get.

 

[td873]

Does anyone here know what kind of program I would need to overlay lines and graphics to video, not still images? Sounds simple but I can't find what it is I need to get.

Easy Media Creator 9.0 or better. You can get it on ebay for almost nothing, with immediate download. With this you can put boxes, text, etc into videos.

-td

 

[tonmo]

On PoolVids.com I just use Windows Movie Maker. I *think* it came with my XP machine. Here are a couple of examples of me using the features -- it's incredibly simple:

Bottom graphic with each shot: http://www.poolvids.com/view/36/14.1-run-of-10/

Just a title screen: http://www.poolvids.com/view/20/14.1-run-of-11/

 

[DennyS]

Hi Joe, this is the program I'm getting, using the demo right now.
Thanks
http://www.motionprosoftware.com/index.htm

 

[Joe T]

Thanks guy, I'll look into each one.

 

[cleary]

It really depends on what your editing with. With programs like Adobe Premiere, final cut, etc.... you can take graphics and lines created in photoshop/illustrator and overlay them pretty well. The best bet is Adobe After Effects.... but its far from cheap.

 

[tonmo]

Here is more info on Windows Movie Maker. Sure enough, it comes free with Service Pack 2. More details on the product:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

The examples I gave above are rudimentary. There is much more you can do with it.

 

[cubc]

The best bet is Adobe After Effects.... but its far from cheap.

That's what I use at work and at home. It may be far from cheap but its by far the most amazing video software known to man.. and.. aliens.. and pool players.

 

[cleary]

Well, I wouldnt say its the greatest known to man, but it puts the bread on my table. Its the perfect solution to things like this because you can be 100% accurate with perspective.

Good to see other players do similar work.

 

[tonmo]

oops, I just fully understood what was being requested -- lines and graphics, i.e. to spec out shot patterns, etc... MS Movie Maker won't do that (at least not from what I've seen). They should just add the Drawing module from MS Word to that program, and that'd do it!