I need a program to put video over a picture...

[PowerFullMac]

I want to take a photo of a TV then put a video over the screen so it looks like its being watched on the TV, but iMovie '06 wont do it and obviously iMovie '08 wont, so does anyone know a free or even trial program I can get that will let me do it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[SchneiderMan]

i think u will need to green screen the tv too

 

[PowerFullMac]

I have seen programs that will take a still image and insert a video into them, it was done a lot here.

Thing is, they are expensive and they have no demo versions, so thats why I am asking here.

 

[NRose8989]

I'm pretty sure you can do this in Final Cut (I use FCE 4) by putting the image into the timeline then setting the duration which you want to picture to show. then using a matte(?) over the screen and put your video into the timeline over the picture and resize / adjust the position of the video to fit inside of the TV screen. I'm still learning final cut express 4 so don't flame me for giving incorrect info.

 

[PowerFullMac]

Final Cut Express aint cheap, though.

I will ask my uncle, though, he has piles of Apple software coz he works for a Apple IT company.

 

[bigbossbmb]

Adobe does a 30-day trial of After Effects. Use that.

 

[PowerFullMac]

Adobe does a 30-day trial of After Effects. Use that.

Thanks!

Downloading now!

 

[AviationFan]

There is, of course, the very low-tech solution of actually videotaping the TV while you play the desired clip on it. Depending on the type of TV, you may have to experiment with the shutter speed to prevent the result from flickering (it should be easiest with an LCD TV).

Taking a still picture and compositing a video onto it is certainly possible, but if you want to make it look real, it may take some tweaking.

- Martin

 

[PowerFullMac]

How would I go about that then?

The TV is LCD, yes, and I dont mind if it looks fake, its for a zero-budget parody film.

 

[tjh1124]

Compositing Plugin

Here's a link to an iMovie compositing plugin (Masks & Compositing iMovie Pack) that looks like it will do the trick for you. It's only $25. I haven't tried it as I bought Final Cut a couple of years ago and use it for all my compositing needs.

http://www.stupendous-software.com/Stupendous/MasksCompositing/Pages/index.html

 

[PowerFullMac]

Here's a link to an iMovie compositing plugin (Masks & Compositing iMovie Pack) that looks like it will do the trick for you. It's only $25. I haven't tried it as I bought Final Cut a couple of years ago and use it for all my compositing needs.

http://www.stupendous-software.com/Stupendous/MasksCompositing/Pages/index.html

Hmm... I decided to just use the After Effects trial if I really need to do it, I found another way to do what I wanted, not as cool as I wanted it to be but I was able to do it with Gimp.

Thanks for all your help, guys!

 

[WonderWhat]

Hmm... I decided to just use the After Effects trial if I really need to do it, I found another way to do what I wanted, not as cool as I wanted it to be but I was able to do it with Gimp.

Thanks for all your help, guys!

How'd you do it with GIMP? I've been trying for, like, two months and I still haven't figured it out.

 

[arjen92]

people that don't have high end stuff but do want to compose something should use keynote. Just put a tv as background (make sure it's pretty square) and put the video in it. Export the keynote as a video.

 

[xStep]

I believe you can do this with QuickTime Pro too by importing a picture with transparency and setting where in the layer it appears. Look for online guides that describe adding a logo via QuickTime Pro.