Video Collage seems a bit lacking

BarryTheCrab

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Nov 06, 2008 22:18 Messages: 6240 Offline

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Mar 13, 2018 10:08

Hello all,
I finally went about trying the video collage feature, trying to use it for a music video and use 4-6 clips of different songs.
My impression is the module is under-developed.
A way to alter clip audio individually would be great, and some more robust frame animation within the playback.
Unless I am missing something, it just seems incomplete, a beta of what COULD be.
Sort of boring. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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All vodi

Senior Contributor Location: Canada Joined: Aug 21, 2009 11:24 Messages: 1431 Offline

Mar 13, 2018 12:27

Quote Hello all,
I finally went about trying the video collage feature, trying to use it for a music video and use 4-6 clips of different songs.
My impression is the module is under-developed.
A way to alter clip audio individually would be great, and some more robust frame animation within the playback.
Unless I am missing something, it just seems incomplete, a beta of what COULD be.
Sort of boring.

I agree. I tried it out last year after the update and quickly exited the feature. Way too simple and lacks smarts. Win 10, i7

BarryTheCrab

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Nov 06, 2008 22:18 Messages: 6240 Offline

Mar 13, 2018 14:33

Perhaps I will still find a way to use it. I will have to prep each clip prior to placing into the module. But even that will not give me additional motion in the frames that would really make it very cool. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
Nvidia GTX 960(4GB)/16GB DDR3/
Canon Vixia HV30/HF-M40/HF-M41/HF-G20/Olympus E-PL5.
Tape capture using 6 VCR, TBC-1000, Elite BVP4+, Sony D8 camcorder with TBC.
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JimIowa

Senior Member Location: United States Joined: Mar 03, 2017 21:59 Messages: 161 Offline

Mar 16, 2018 16:16

I totally agree with your assessment. This feature is in its infancy. I did figure out a way to have motion in the collage designer at the beginning and the end, (example here) but it just illustrates the fact that the tool is not yet mature.