How would I go creating this effect where the border rotates and zooms in on the girl. I need to apply this to my own picture but have limited software (adobe photoshop and ImageReady 7, Ulead Video Studio, Sony Vegas). I was thinking of creating a GIF animation in imageready but I don't know how. Any help would be appreciated.
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clang
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Vegas can certainly do the zoom effect - on one track show the panning video, on a separate track above that grab the still to be zoomed and use track motion to create an expanding picture-in-picture effect showing just the bit you want. That presumes you don't mind the zoomed-in pic being blurry or pixelated due to being 'blown up' (which will actually look fine if you're emulating a zoom in on securuty footage or similar) - but if you need the zoomed-in pic in perfect focus then you'll need a separate higher-res pic of the required detail matching the pose in the video footage, i.e. you'll actually zoom in on that higher-res pic rather than the actual video footage.
clang
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you mean the fancy border on the zoomed-in subwindow? You could do something similar with another layer behind the zoomed-in subwindow, e.g. a pic of just two big stripes, which would like a border behind the zoomed-in subwindow and could be independently rotated using Vegas's Pan & Crop.
But if you need something more specific, I don't think Vegas can generate animated screen borders, I'd probably try some sort of external business presentation software (e.g. Microsoft Powerpoint?) that can output to AVI files, then use that output as the border layer as above.
But if you need something more specific, I don't think Vegas can generate animated screen borders, I'd probably try some sort of external business presentation software (e.g. Microsoft Powerpoint?) that can output to AVI files, then use that output as the border layer as above.
I did a test for you in After Effects, but Im sure you can do it in any program.
I didnt add in the transparency, but its the same with out it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTuMDh46Vkg
Just rotate a long mask to get the effect and parent everything so they all move together. Except for the picture, you have to scale it on your own because it stays the same untill the box starts to move out.
Reminder, its a quick test, not polished.
I didnt add in the transparency, but its the same with out it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTuMDh46Vkg
Just rotate a long mask to get the effect and parent everything so they all move together. Except for the picture, you have to scale it on your own because it stays the same untill the box starts to move out.
Reminder, its a quick test, not polished.
Gord.T
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Why not try and create something original yourself? Learn your program and create something new. Copying is plagarism. Being inspired by something is not though so there is a line there.
But as per your question "How do I do this"? (5 posts so far, woooot. )
You dont. You look at others work and get inspired then create your own so that someday people may say "How did 'he' do that?".
If you have to ask HOW something is done or more specifically HOW you can recreate an effect, Gaaaaawwwwwddd. Would you be happy with the source files then?
USE YOUR GOD DAMN IMAGINATION.
But as per your question "How do I do this"? (5 posts so far, woooot. )
You dont. You look at others work and get inspired then create your own so that someday people may say "How did 'he' do that?".
If you have to ask HOW something is done or more specifically HOW you can recreate an effect, Gaaaaawwwwwddd. Would you be happy with the source files then?
USE YOUR GOD DAMN IMAGINATION.
clang
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I just gave this a try in Vegas. Alas, it's not quite as easy as I'd hoped - although it's easy to set up a ring-shaped mask and rotate a picture (the dummy border in this case), unfortunately both the mask and the picture rotate lock to each other, i.e. the mask rotates too - I was hoping for the mask to remain static while the picture rotated inside it. 
I suspect it can still be done, setting up the frame mask in one track and the rotating picture in another lower priority track, but I can't get my head around how...
I suspect it can still be done, setting up the frame mask in one track and the rotating picture in another lower priority track, but I can't get my head around how...
Gord.T
Still "Senior Member"
I've included a Vegas 7 project file and some sample media if it will open in your version of Vegas.
Rather than using seperate masks I created TIFF files than include an alpha channel.
That way I didn't have to animate the masks.
I assigned a 'Sony Deform' track effect to the frame and the picture to give it some perspective distortion, as if it was angled.
I manually typed in the values. In my case I used "Amount=0.3" and "Squeeze Left= -0.40" .
Then I animated the Pan and Crop of both the frame and the picture. I manually typed in the values in the Width and Height text boxes of the Pan and Crop dialog box.
Prior to animating I'd place your frame into the timeline, with no deformation, and scale it so that it is as large as it's going to be (the position and size of the picture as it would appear at the end of the animation), then save a still image with and alpha (32bit).
Then do the same with the picture that will be framed. If it's a video you'll have to render off a video of whatever length it is.
Then turn off those tracks, import the pre-rendered ones and animate those.
That way it will be easier to duplicate the Pan and Crop settings of both the frame and the picture.
If you have further troulble let me know and I'll describe the steps.
Hope that's what your looking for.
Here's the Vegas 7 project file, sample images and a sample video.
Rather than using seperate masks I created TIFF files than include an alpha channel.
That way I didn't have to animate the masks.
I assigned a 'Sony Deform' track effect to the frame and the picture to give it some perspective distortion, as if it was angled.
I manually typed in the values. In my case I used "Amount=0.3" and "Squeeze Left= -0.40" .
Then I animated the Pan and Crop of both the frame and the picture. I manually typed in the values in the Width and Height text boxes of the Pan and Crop dialog box.
Prior to animating I'd place your frame into the timeline, with no deformation, and scale it so that it is as large as it's going to be (the position and size of the picture as it would appear at the end of the animation), then save a still image with and alpha (32bit).
Then do the same with the picture that will be framed. If it's a video you'll have to render off a video of whatever length it is.
Then turn off those tracks, import the pre-rendered ones and animate those.
That way it will be easier to duplicate the Pan and Crop settings of both the frame and the picture.
If you have further troulble let me know and I'll describe the steps.
Hope that's what your looking for.
Here's the Vegas 7 project file, sample images and a sample video.
Raptor365, thank you for your answer. You seemed to build upon Clang's answer and create a project based on it. It was similar to what I had done (though more developed with the keyframes). What I really wanted was the rotating border that drk3p created. However, it seems that I will not be able to do it with the software I have. Thus this will suffice.
Also, in regards to you first post, I can see that you were trying to build me up into a better video maker. I know that it is important to have original effects. However, I believe, that in order to learn my program better I need to be able to create effects similar to some I have seen on major film projects.
Also, in regards to you first post, I can see that you were trying to build me up into a better video maker. I know that it is important to have original effects. However, I believe, that in order to learn my program better I need to be able to create effects similar to some I have seen on major film projects.
Gord.T
Still "Senior Member"
Well, the drk3p's video doesn't really have a rotating border and I didn't see one in the original video post. I mean in drk3p's it's a piece that's masked out and placed over the border. If that's want you want you can just create a B&W picture, like a rectangle, animate and render that alone in Vegas, then import it back in and use that as a mask over your frame.
Gord.T
Still "Senior Member"
Here's another one with a mask animated in the Pan and Crop to make that cutout. The only problem is when the mask is at around 45 degrees, the cutout is angled likewise. But you could animate a couple cubes and prerender that for use as a mask to fix it. I didn't include a video this time, just the project file again. Note that the parent track has 2 compositing modes so look for that.
Not sure what else. I guess the text you'd have to animate every few frames.
//I looked at the original video again and his cutouts are angled too as the cutout rotates. So that should be close then.
Not sure what else. I guess the text you'd have to animate every few frames.
//I looked at the original video again and his cutouts are angled too as the cutout rotates. So that should be close then.
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