Newbie: How can I mix JPEGs with DV footage?

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I want to extend my interest in photography into video, so I'm
wondering how to mix photos with video footage? I'm looking to buy a
camcorder in the next week, but I thought I'd do a bit of research
into how I will edit the footage first and how I will output it.

I realise that you can have multiple DV shots on the time-line
simultaneously with editing software, so I'm wondering if it's
possible to have a single JPEG or sequence of JPEGs on the timeline
that will be mixed/blended with the DV footage?

Is it is possible to render a sequence of JPEGs into DV or MPEG2
format? I figured that might be one way to incorporate it with a DV
editing program.
Even if it is possible to work with JPEGs easily in a DV editing
program, are there any stand-alone programs that specialise in
creating video from still images? Is that more the area of animation
software?

Any advice and suggestions on relevant software packages for Windows
only, gratefully received.
 
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"HS Crow" <jdvjkdjn@jdjsjh.co.ie> wrote in message
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> I want to extend my interest in photography into video, so I'm
> wondering how to mix photos with video footage? I'm looking to buy a
> camcorder in the next week, but I thought I'd do a bit of research
> into how I will edit the footage first and how I will output it.
>
> I realise that you can have multiple DV shots on the time-line
> simultaneously with editing software, so I'm wondering if it's
> possible to have a single JPEG or sequence of JPEGs on the timeline
> that will be mixed/blended with the DV footage?

Sure, though I'd recommend using TIFF or BMP rather than JPEG. Any decent
editor is capable of doing this. I work in Adobe Premiere Pro and routinely
mix stills taken with my Canon 10D with video shot with my Sony VX2000.

>
> Is it is possible to render a sequence of JPEGs into DV or MPEG2
> format?

Yes, Premiere Pro will do that with sequentially-numbered stills. Premiere
Pro can render out to a variety of formats, including mpeg, though I
wouldn't recommend it.

> I figured that might be one way to incorporate it with a DV
> editing program.
> Even if it is possible to work with JPEGs easily in a DV editing
> program, are there any stand-alone programs that specialise in
> creating video from still images?

There are amateur programs that do this, but I'm not familiar with them. If
you want control over your work, you'll need a proper editor. Imaginate is
a good stand-alone that will create "Ken Burns"-like pans and scans.

> Is that more the area of animation
> software?

No.

>
> Any advice and suggestions on relevant software packages for Windows
> only, gratefully received.

You need to tell us what kinds of things you want to do, what level of
quality and control you're aiming for, etc.
 
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Many low end video editing programs will allow you to insert a still
image on the timeline. You need to either accept the default display
time or specify how long you want it displayed. This gives you a
slideshow.

There are some stand alone programs that will take a series of still
pictures and create a video file from them. This is in the area of
animation where each still picture is one frame of the video.

In some video editors you get better display results for stills if you
edit them in a photo editor and set the image size and color depth to
match the video. Otherwise the video editor software does the
conversion with sometimes unacceptable results.

Sony Vegas Movie Studio 4 is available for download trial and retails
for around $100.
 
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HS Crow wrote:
> I want to extend my interest in photography into video, so I'm
> wondering how to mix photos with video footage? I'm looking to buy a
> camcorder in the next week, but I thought I'd do a bit of research
> into how I will edit the footage first and how I will output it.
>
> I realise that you can have multiple DV shots on the time-line
> simultaneously with editing software, so I'm wondering if it's
> possible to have a single JPEG or sequence of JPEGs on the timeline
> that will be mixed/blended with the DV footage?
>
> Is it is possible to render a sequence of JPEGs into DV or MPEG2
> format? I figured that might be one way to incorporate it with a DV
> editing program.
> Even if it is possible to work with JPEGs easily in a DV editing
> program, are there any stand-alone programs that specialise in
> creating video from still images? Is that more the area of animation
> software?
>
> Any advice and suggestions on relevant software packages for Windows
> only, gratefully received.


I'd highly recommend taking a look at Vegas Movie Studio+DVD. It's under
$100 and will do all that you're asking (and a lot more). Info and link to
a trial download is at http://tinyurl.com/anh9v

Mike
 
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On 7 Sep 2005 17:57:18 -0700, marks542004@yahoo.com wrote:

>Many low end video editing programs will allow you to insert a still
>image on the timeline. You need to either accept the default display
>time or specify how long you want it displayed. This gives you a
>slideshow.
>
>There are some stand alone programs that will take a series of still
>pictures and create a video file from them. This is in the area of
>animation where each still picture is one frame of the video.
>
>In some video editors you get better display results for stills if you
>edit them in a photo editor and set the image size and color depth to
>match the video. Otherwise the video editor software does the
>conversion with sometimes unacceptable results.
>
>Sony Vegas Movie Studio 4 is available for download trial and retails
>for around $100.

Windows Movie Maker also imports stills
 
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:53:59 GMT, HS Crow <jdvjkdjn@jdjsjh.co.ie>
wrote:

>I want to extend my interest in photography into video, so I'm
>wondering how to mix photos with video footage? I'm looking to buy a
>camcorder in the next week, but I thought I'd do a bit of research
>into how I will edit the footage first and how I will output it.
>
>I realise that you can have multiple DV shots on the time-line
>simultaneously with editing software, so I'm wondering if it's
>possible to have a single JPEG or sequence of JPEGs on the timeline
>that will be mixed/blended with the DV footage?
>
>Is it is possible to render a sequence of JPEGs into DV or MPEG2
>format? I figured that might be one way to incorporate it with a DV
>editing program.
>Even if it is possible to work with JPEGs easily in a DV editing
>program, are there any stand-alone programs that specialise in
>creating video from still images? Is that more the area of animation
>software?
>
>Any advice and suggestions on relevant software packages for Windows
>only, gratefully received.

I use Pinnacle 9 Plus and it will do all that plus.
 
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Proshow Gold as featured on Photodex.com site will allow inclusion of
single jpgs for any length of time and also inclusion of video (upto a
reasonable clip length) to produce an overall mixed presentation with
many features.
Pete
 
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Thank you for all the replies. It is a good idea as someone suggested
for me to tell you what my goals are.
I have recently been taking photographs of relatively slow moving
natural phenomena in close-up; streams, ponds, clouds, trees etc. I
want to take multiple shots of the same location and combine them.
Each show will be different due to the movement.

The movement within the images gave rise to the idea of using a
camcorder and to mix together stills and video footage. But I also
want to explore 'animating the stills' so to speak. I'm looking to
work at a very fine level of detail, frame by frame at times. Will
any decent video editing software allow me to extract and replace
individual frames and to edit them within the program?

I'm still not sure what software to use to 'animate the stills'? Would
After Effects do that? I am interested in experimenting with software
that can interpolate between sequences of stills to create an animated
effect. After Effects!
As you can see these concepts are new to me and I'm trying to find a
jump off point to get me going in the right direction.

<<Yes, Premiere Pro will do that with sequentially-numbered stills.
Premiere Pro can render out to a variety of formats, including mpeg,
though I wouldn't recommend it.>>

Since I'm mixing stills with DV, it would be better to render to DV
you mean?
 
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"HS Crow" <jdvjkdjn@jdjsjh.co.ie> wrote in message
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> Thank you for all the replies. It is a good idea as someone suggested
> for me to tell you what my goals are.
> I have recently been taking photographs of relatively slow moving
> natural phenomena in close-up; streams, ponds, clouds, trees etc. I
> want to take multiple shots of the same location and combine them.
> Each show will be different due to the movement.
>
> The movement within the images gave rise to the idea of using a
> camcorder and to mix together stills and video footage. But I also
> want to explore 'animating the stills' so to speak. I'm looking to
> work at a very fine level of detail, frame by frame at times. Will
> any decent video editing software allow me to extract and replace
> individual frames and to edit them within the program?
>
> I'm still not sure what software to use to 'animate the stills'? Would
> After Effects do that? I am interested in experimenting with software
> that can interpolate between sequences of stills to create an animated
> effect. After Effects!
> As you can see these concepts are new to me and I'm trying to find a
> jump off point to get me going in the right direction.
>
> <<Yes, Premiere Pro will do that with sequentially-numbered stills.
> Premiere Pro can render out to a variety of formats, including mpeg,
> though I wouldn't recommend it.>>
>
> Since I'm mixing stills with DV, it would be better to render to DV
> you mean?

I mean that you should not render to a format that will introduce additional
lossy compression, unless you are going to go direct to DVD after that.

As I noted, Premiere Pro (and AfterEffects) are both capable of treating
your sequential stills as individual frames in a video, and can import them
in that format. That can be an significant time-saver.

Premiere Pro will not interpolate (sometimes called "tweening"). I believe
you will need standalone animation software for that. I don't do that kind
of work so, unfortunately, I can't make any recommendations.