Overlaying something on the video? at DVinfo.net

Norris Combs · August 17th, 2012, 04:45 PM

How do I place an arrow pointing to something in the video? With still photographs, I use Photoshop. However, I have no clue how to do this in a video clip. Do I need to get some sort of plug-in?
Thanks,

Gerald Webb · August 17th, 2012, 05:09 PM

Just find a pic of an arrow u like in google images
Drop in photoshop, remove background ( if there is one)
Save as png
Animate and size it in Vegas
Done
:)

Mike Kujbida · August 17th, 2012, 05:13 PM

Norris, you do it the exact same way as you do with stills. If the video is moving around, you'll have to go into Pan/Crop and use keyframes to keep the arrow where you want it to be.
BTW, there are a lot of arrows in the Wingdings font which you can load (and resize as needed) right into the Vegas text generator.

edit: Gerald beat me to it :)

August 17th, 2012, 04:45 PM	#1
Norris Combs Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: OC, CA Posts: 344	Overlaying something on the video? How do I place an arrow pointing to something in the video? With still photographs, I use Photoshop. However, I have no clue how to do this in a video clip. Do I need to get some sort of plug-in? Thanks,

August 17th, 2012, 05:09 PM	#2
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Re: Overlaying something on the video? Just find a pic of an arrow u like in google images Drop in photoshop, remove background ( if there is one) Save as png Animate and size it in Vegas Done :) __________________ http://vimeo.com/livewebvideo

August 17th, 2012, 05:13 PM	#3
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Re: Overlaying something on the video? Norris, you do it the exact same way as you do with stills. If the video is moving around, you'll have to go into Pan/Crop and use keyframes to keep the arrow where you want it to be. BTW, there are a lot of arrows in the Wingdings font which you can load (and resize as needed) right into the Vegas text generator. edit: Gerald beat me to it :)