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Solved Adding annotations callouts to a video

Adding annotations callouts to a video was created by MrGrunthunter

Posted 05 Jul 2016 10:56 #1
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I have a video that I want to point out specific things in it while it's being played. Something like fading in a circle around a specific point of interest that I'm describing during a narration or maybe even just adding an arrow pointing at it, which ever is easier. I want to be able to have it fade in briefly and then fade back out again, or something to that effect. I would also need to be able to adjust the size of it for different objects throughout the video.
Can someone tell, or show, me how to do something like this. I am presently in the middle of editing a couple of short videos right now that I want to be able to do this in.
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Replied by DoctorZen on topic Adding annotations callouts to a video

Posted 06 Jul 2016 17:43 #2
Another person asked me almost the same question via email the other day.
If you want to add things like Arrows, the best type of file format to use is .PNG files saved onto a Transparent "checkerboard" background.

Track Motion is the best tool for positioning objects and increasing/decreasing the size.

You can activate a Composite Envelope and add key-frames to it - this can be used to make objects fade in/out over time.
Right-click blank area of video track and select Insert/remove envelope - Composite level

I have added a Project File you can open in Movie Studio Platinum 13.
Download the Twitter Bird as test object as well.

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Replied by MrGrunthunter on topic Adding annotations callouts to a video

Posted 06 Jul 2016 21:24 #3
Thanks Dereck. Where do you find all your .png files or are you creating them yourself? I'd also like to find a circle to use.
DESKTOP: Dell PC WINDOWS 10 PRO, 64-bit, Ver:1607, OS BLD: 14393.1066
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Shared Sys Mem: 8159 MB, DirectX Runtime Ver:12.0

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Replied by DoctorZen on topic Adding annotations callouts to a video

Posted 07 Jul 2016 00:07 #4
There are 100's of websites you can find that have "free icons" and "icons for sale", you can buy.
Google "icons" or "stamps" - things like that.

I use Snagit by Techsmith to create all the screen shots you see on the website.
www.techsmith.com/snagit.html
Snagit has a large range of different stamps like arrows, circles, etc... you can add to screen shots and videos.
You can download the free trial for Snagit and try it out.

When I upgraded to the new version of Snagit last month, I was also offered a discount on extra stamps. I didn't take up the offer, but here is the website you can get them from.
www.softwarecasa.com/superstamps.html

Here is a random example of some stamps from Snagit I use.

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