Mith Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Is there a feature or some way to freeze my videos first frame before it starts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogen Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 yes, its called In-Time in video cue properties 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mith Posted September 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 The In-Time is not working for me... I put 3 seconds on In-Time, then the video starts 3 seconds foward and don't freeze at any moment. Should this be a bug with my watchout, should i reinstall? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator jfk Posted September 5, 2012 Moderator Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Is there a feature or some way to freeze my videos first frame before it starts? No. yes, its called In-Time in video cue properties That is not what in-time does. --- It is simple to open the video in any video editing tool (even QuickTime Pro) and copy a frame from the video so that you can use it as a still. The In-Time is not working for me... I put 3 seconds on In-Time, then the video starts 3 seconds foward and don't freeze at any moment. Should this be a bug with my watchout, should i reinstall? No bugs here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulisses Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 can't you just add a PAUSE CUE at the first video frame ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner Walter Posted September 15, 2012 Dataton Partner Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Pause cue might work, but it has risks. Also depending on codec used. For instance, recently I did a 3D presentation where content was supplied as png sequence. (22 slides with 40 moving animations (and 40 stops). They had only 8 sequential stills or less per stop. Soon found out that using mpeg2, no matter which GOP structure, was a pain in the ass getting the pause cue's right, leaving the correct still displayed. Finally turned to h264, with full keyframe on each frame. Bit more processor intensive, but did a perfect job. But using first (few) frame(s) of video to start of with you might risk the fact that WO won't load video. I guess if you made sure that video is edited with at least 3 seconds of still picture embedded, you should be safe. Preloading video by using preactivated aux timeline is an easy tool. Using an exported still of first frame is always the safest way to go. Simply assuming you can use just a pause cue is not enough... But why haven't you just tested this yet? I always extensively test ALL chosen solutions before even starting to designing and programming the show, so I always have enough time to solve any upcoming issues. Hate to solve these issues with a client breathing in my neck. I strongly feel that my client deserves a calm and worry-free (pre)show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mith Posted September 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I wanted use position moviment before starts playing the video, so i can't use stop cue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner Walter Posted September 18, 2012 Dataton Partner Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Well, then I suggest you use the pre-roll function (found in the video cue properties window). Is that what you mean? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner Walter Posted September 18, 2012 Dataton Partner Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Hmmm, no, that wouldn't work either. You basically want the video flown in with a still first frame and start to play once in place? Then, yes, just stick to exporting the first frame as still for this. How easy can it be, right? (you could use pre roll as long as the needed animation, do the position tweening on this and copy these tween points to the still cue (so you don't have to fiddle around with position, it's exactly as is) Or am I missing something here, guys? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mith Posted September 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 I can freeze the video first frame by using cues comands and an auxiliar timeline, but doing it to several videos would take some time and mostly i don't have the time. Usually I'm using a black image to the moviment and fade to the video when in the position, but it also takes some time. But I guess there is no easier way :/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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