Overlay a still image over video.

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Overlay a still image over video.

I am editing a lot of video and have a need to lay an image over the video, like down the left column or even across the bottom.
What I am doing is editing footage of a poker game we filmed and I want to be able to display the players' hole cards like they do on TV.
Does anyone have a solution for this? I've looked and looked with no success.
Thanks for any help you can offer.

iMac 2.4 Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 23, 2009 9:37 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 23, 2009 10:09 AM in response to ScoHaz

In iMovie 08, when you overlay a photo over video, it takes the whole screen. iMovie 9, which comes out later this month, should have the ability to do what you are describing.

Also, if you have QuickTime Pro, you can do this as well. QuickTime Pro is not as intuitive as iMovie so get a good book to help. One such book available from frequent forum participant [QuickTime Kirk|http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/book/index.html]

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Answer 2

Jan 24, 2009 2:31 PM in response to Feenx

In iMovie 08, open the Photo browser, and navigate to the image you want. (Dragging jpegs from the finder works, too).

Drag this image and drop it on the video clip. You should see a blue (green?) bar over the video clip. You can drag this bar from the middle to position it exactly, or you can drag it by the left or right handles to make it longer or shorter.

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Answer 3

Feenx

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Jan 24, 2009 12:48 PM in response to AppleMan1958

How do you overlay an image full screen on imovie 8?

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