Highlight-arrow to follow a person in sports video

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> Could anybody tell me how I can add a highlight arrow, or in some way
> highlight an individual in a sports video?
> I have access to premiere 6, ulead 4.01, and possibly some others. If
> you know how to do it in some other software, I'd consider purchasing
> that application.

> I really hope someone has a better option for me.

Here ya go:

http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videot [...] pnglow.htm

http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videot [...] pnglow.htm

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On 16 Feb 2005 20:28:42 -0800, michael.walk@roche.com.au (Mike) wrote:


>Basically I want an arrow to follow an individual arround on the
>video.

The easiest way I can think of for Premiere is as follows:

1.) Make your arrow graphic in Photoshop on a transparent background.
Save as a PSD file.

2.) Import the PSD into Premiere and lay it on a video track over the
video you wish to highlight. Drag the PSD duration out to match the
video's length.

3.) Go into the position settings for the arrow graphic and move it to
point to your subject as you wish. Mark a key frame for it.

4.) Advance around 10 frames and then reposition the arrow as you
wish. Mark the key frame.

5.) Proceed as above to the end of the segment. When you render the
movie, the arrow should move smoothly from keyframe position to
keyframe position as you laid out, following your subject. If the
motion seems weird, add more keyframes to correct it.

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