Screencasting is *definitely* the way to go with this. You can get the video to play at whatever resolution you want and then use a program like Magic Pen - which allows you to draw on your screen - to draw over the top of it.
You can use your spacebar to start and stop the video, your arrow keys to scan backwards and forwards, and your mouse to draw over the places you want. Then if you want to add text over the top, you can import the screencast into an editing program and just lay the text over the top. Magic Pen is a Mac app. But a quick Google for 'PC draw on your screen' brought up this free Microsoft app called ZoomIt which allows you to draw on live video. Looks pretty good, actually. Then you just need to use a screencast to record the results. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 19-Nov-08, at 1:40 PM, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: "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 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
