I am making training videos and need some help

Aaron in BNA

Newbie Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 16, 2009 11:43 Messages: 25 Offline

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Sep 16, 2009 23:16

I have looked in help files, online and now I turn to you all. I have made multiple takes for training videos and found that my once steady hand doesn't make for a good pointer. How can I insert an arrow or object to hightlight an area in my video?

My product video area is very tight (I use an oversized tripod with a tight shot of my equipment) and I need a pin point "pointer" on a specific area.

Can anyone help?

Thank you all and Take Care,
AcB

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Cranston

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Aug 17, 2007 02:26 Messages: 1667 Offline

Sep 16, 2009 23:43

Hi MidTNShooter,

If it helps, attached is a simple .png of an arrow I made (with transparent background), that you can place, size, and rotate, in a PIP track, to point at your... ?

Or you can also create your own pointer in the free Paint.net program. It can be obtained in the Extra For Editors section of SMWOV at this link...
http://seemyworldonvideo.com/index.php

Or if you prefer "highlighting". Adrian (vn800rider), did a tutorial on highlighting a subject here...
http://seemyworldonvideo.com/view/649/illustration-of-motion-highlight/


Filename	red_arrow png L.png	Download
Description	Pointer Arrow (.png image)
Filesize	5 Kbytes
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Aaron in BNA

Newbie Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 16, 2009 11:43 Messages: 25 Offline

Sep 16, 2009 23:58

Ahhhh, It didn't pass my thought! Thank you for the kick in my "mind-clutter". I have several programs(Adobe,Macromedia) and that will work great !

Thank you !

AcB Just because you can, doesn't mean you should !

Jay

Newbie Joined: Aug 31, 2009 19:15 Messages: 3 Offline

Sep 19, 2009 16:30

(Using PD

I do not have access to these tools and was wondering if I could get further explanation.

I am also making training tapes and need to do several similar things. I would like to make a circle around someone and 'grey' out everything else. Is this possible, w/o using some of the adobe products or other photo editing solutions.

If I were able to get someone to make this -- what are the pieces of information I need to request. What pixel size should the screen be? How grey should the grey be? Things like this...

Also, does anyone know how to fade in and out of clips. Like a black fade to start the highlight...