"Worth the money" is kinda a new slogan for me. I finally broke down and bought CS4, and the process of the main editing for a roller derby bout was reduced to 25% of its original time using Premiere Elements. Seriously...8 hours versus 2!
Ideally, I'd like to find a way to do it with the tools I have, though. It seems there'd be a way. Maybe I'll ask around at Creative Cow. -- Rhett. > I dunno, your screencasting solution is a great one. Plus, buying a tool > that just does that one thing sounds like wasted money. > Of course, I think you want to do it a lot, so the money may be worth it. > > Schlomo Rabinowitz > http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress > http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking > AIM:schlomochat > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:31 PM, J. Rhett Aultman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> I went looking for a YouTube video to illustrate, but I couldn't find >> one. >> So, basically, let me see if I can describe better. >> >> Let's say I have a still-shot of some players about to make a play. I >> want to draw on that, illustrating how the players are about to move, >> and >> I want my process of drawing on it to be recorded as a video or >> animation. >> Something like, say, After Effects, is good for letting you draw a line >> an then set keyframes to animate it, but what I want is to be able to >> draw >> and have the whole drawing process recorded. >> >> The cheap DIY way I can think to do this is with a screencast program. >> I'd load the still image up in something like Photoshop, run the >> screencast program, draw on the image with the paintbrush, and then I >> could crop the video so nobody saw I was using an art program. >> >> But there's got to be an easier way. >> >> -- >> Rhett. >> >> > I think you¹re actually after two separate things... The first is to >> layer >> > two feeds (video/graphics/animation) onto each other in real-time, >> being >> > able to control either video independently of the other. The second is >> an >> > animation tool to animate your drawing - I don¹t know your john madden >> > example, so I hope I understood right! >> > >> > For the layering/playback I think you¹d have to look at some other >> apps >> > outside adobe for that, I¹m sure there¹s something out there that >> > broadcasters use. It¹s probably not right for what you¹re looking for, >> but >> > it gives you an idea of what can be done: I use Modul8 (for visuals), >> one >> > of >> > its features being that you can add a layer onto a playing video, onto >> > which >> > you can draw. Whether you¹re drawing or not, the rest of the playback >> is >> > unaffected... you can stop/play/rw/etc the underlying video just like >> > always. >> > >> > If you find an app that can do something similar then you probably >> > wouldn¹t >> > need to pre-draw and get something to automatically animate your >> drawing? >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > David Terranova >> > www.davidterranova.com | blog.davidterranova.com | www.rebelrave.tv >> > >> > >> > >> > From: "J. Rhett Aultman" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<wlight%40weatherlight.com> >> > >> > Reply-To: >> "[email protected]<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>" >> <[email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>> >> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:36:49 -0800 (PST) >> > To: "[email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>" >> < >> [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>> >> > Subject: [videoblogging] Football chalkboard >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Maybe a bizarre question, but one that was popping in my mind as I'm >> > shooting sporting events these days. Let's say that I wanted to do a >> > chalkboard kinda like John Madden uses when he's explaining football >> plays >> > in instant replay. What would be nice is to basically just draw on the >> > video and have some tool turn my real-time drawing into an animation. >> I >> > have Adobe CS4 but I honestly can't think of a way to do that. >> > >> > Anyone got a good idea for this one? >> > >> > -- >> > Rhett. >> > http://www.weatherlight.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
