More wonderful overlay questions

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:27 pm

I now know how to do the standard overlay types, thanks to the help of you all and the guides. My newest question is that if i can use a jpeg to make flashes in a clip. could i export lets say a video frame of some stars into a bitmap and edit it in paint shop pro. then reinsert it at the right time so that only the stars flash to the beats?

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:28 pm

Oh ya by the way im using adobe premiere pro:) sorry for the double post

mighty_maxx · Post by **mighty_maxx** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:42 pm

Sure. in premiere you can goto file ---> export --->frame. And then edit in whatever you want, and then import it back in.

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:17 pm

Well i Know that. but how do i get the finished product to look like Just the star flashes. right now it just looks like crap. maybee im missing sumthin

mighty_maxx · Post by **mighty_maxx** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:04 pm

It would be tough to do with footage that have a lot of things moving around. If you could find a clip that had some very distinct lines between the dark sky and what was going on below. You could overlay the bitmap, just over a portion of the clip. This is still something you are going to have to edit a lot of frames.

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:29 pm

Thnks for the help. Do you know of any program that i can use that will take my clips and export it into a bunch of editable bitmap frames?

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:34 pm

Not quite sure what you're asking. A white flash.. or something about stars? I'll go with the white flash. Cut the clip into a small fragment, use the video effect "Lens Flare" on it, then set it to 300%.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:38 pm

James Sharp wrote:Thnks for the help. Do you know of any program that i can use that will take my clips and export it into a bunch of editable bitmap frames?

Um, Premiere Pro will do that. Go to the export settings and change the filetype to Windows Bitmap.

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:55 pm

sweet thanks. i will give that a shot
right now i gotta go to work though