Overlay Question

[secookie]

Hi Everyone

I'm using Ulead Videostudio 10 and have been using the various versions for a couple of years now and am extremely happy with some of the results I've managd to get.

Having managed to get a scrolling film reel of photos for our Cub Pack dvd intro last year, I came up with a cool intro but don't know if it's possible.

What I would like to do is have a photo inside a number or letter. For example our Pack is the 1st Monkmoor so the Numebr 1 would appear in the centre of the screen with the photo inside the number, this could then move off and then the letter s appears with a different photo etc.

I can do the movements, that's not a problem, what I am wondering is if it's possible somehow to put the photos inside the letters. The overlays which are included in vs10 seem to be rather limited.

Many thanks for everyone's help in advance - I hope I've got what I had in mind accross.

Simon Cook
Cub Scout Leader
1st Monkmoor Cubs, Shrewsbury

[sjj1805]

I think this would work:

VideoTrack:
Footage of first Monkmoor.
Overlay Track 1:
Your Image of a 1 created with your favourite imaging program such as
PhotoImpact, PhotoShop etc.

The Centre of the 1 is made transparant using your overlay options (chroma screen).
perform the movement you require.

Now save this as a VSP (VideoStudio Project) file with a suitable name.
Start a new project and do the same for Second Monkmoor (or whatever the next group is called) and produce another VSP File.

Continue with this until all of the groups have been prepared.

Now we put it all together.
Start yet another new project. Now Import Video and select each of the VSP files you created above. simply place them on the overlay track one after the other.

Again use the overlay options to make the area outside of these numbers transparant (chromas screen) so that they appear above your underlying video.

[secookie]

Many thanks for the suggestion - I'll give it a try