Awesome, Magic Pen looks great! <http://homepage.mac.com/fahrenba/programs/magicPen/magicPen.html>
Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] <wlight%40weatherlight.com>>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><wlight% > 40weatherlight.com> > >> > > >> > Reply-To: > >> "[email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>" > >> <[email protected] > >> <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging% > 40yahoogroups.com>> > >> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:36:49 -0800 (PST) > >> > To: "[email protected] > >> > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging% > 40yahoogroups.com>" > >> < > >> [email protected] > >> <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><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] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
