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Freeze frame mono to color motion
DavidADS [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Nov 05, 2021 17:04 Messages: 22 Offline
[Post New] Jan 02, 2022 12:20
I am trying to set a video where it starts out as a freeze frame in gray and then changes to color settings and roll right into motion video. I tried what I thought was the most obvious and took a snap shot of first frame, imported it, keyframed gray to color and then placed at front of video clip. It seems to work but there is a jump from clip to video, which I don't want. I tried minimal overlap, which didn't work either.

I tried freeze frame at start of video, but of course it froze the entire video "following" where I was on the video. I've seen a number of places where a video screen shot starts out gray, goes to color, and then video (motion) continues with video.

Can anyone explain the process to me? I'm using PowerDirector 365.

Thank you in advance. David
optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
[Post New] Jan 02, 2022 14:55
I'm not sure what you mean by a "jump." If you have a grey freeze frame then immediately start the normal video there won't be any kind of smooth transition because the video clip will instantly start playing in full color.

If you want to start with a frozen grey frame then gradually transition to motion and full color, you'll need to use keyframes in the video clip. You can stagger the changes too, so if you want to transition your freezeframe from grey to full color you'll need keyframes there as well.

Here are two back-to-back examples:



You can download the sample project and see the exact settings I used from here.
DavidADS [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Nov 05, 2021 17:04 Messages: 22 Offline
[Post New] Jan 02, 2022 16:57
Optodata, Thank you for the help and example. That is the look I'm going for.
The jump I was talking about was when I placed a png in front of the video. I transitioned from gray to color on the pic and then was in full color by the time it hit video. They were pushed together but still was a blip when going from pic to video. Not sure why.
Will try freeze frame again and see if I can get it smooth.
Thanks again.
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