Movie Software Suggestion/Recommendation
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Prima! (I can´t translate "Is there a charge for the desktop version? into something that makes sense in German" 
) Aren't you running the program on a computer? Or does that mean “does it cost anything”? Hmmm—my version didn't cost anything.
Animated text: There are various pre-animated text templates available (I never like those things), or you can use a simple standard text, place it, and set a keyframe, then reposition it, even in size or rotation, and set another keyframe. You can do the same with an alpha-channel PNG, for example, an arrow or a red circle...
(before you waste too much time, check YouTube for “CapCut keyframes” or “keyframe animation”).
I look forward to hearing how you're getting along
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Prima! (I can´t translate "Is there a charge for the desktop version? into something that makes sense in German" ) Aren't you running the program on a computer? Or does that mean “does it cost anything”? Hmmm—my version didn't cost anything.Yes, I meant does it cost anything.
Animated text: There are various pre-animated text templates available (I never like those things), or you can use a simple standard text, place it, and set a keyframe, then reposition it, even in size or rotation, and set another keyframe.
You can do the same with an alpha-channel PNG, for example, an arrow or a red circle...
(before you waste too much time, check YouTube for “CapCut keyframes” or “keyframe animation”).
I look forward to hearing how you're getting along️Thanks, I will need to learn more about how to use keyframes properly.
As of right now, I am making some interesting progress. As soon as I can, which might be a while, I will share the progress I am making. As of now, this seems to have the features I want/need for the project I want to do.
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Hi
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I'm making fast and simple progress with CapCut—it's very simple and straightforward (and there are a lot of help-tuts on Youtube)
It has all the needed features, such as transitions, text, sound, etc., and even keyframe animation...
https://www.capcut.com
I am still trying to learn how to use the CapCut software. So far, I am not doing as good as I would like but the software looks very powerful.
For my first video, I would like to video, I wanted to start with multiple images and text. I want to animate some of the text. That all seemed very easy to do but I have one issue I have not been able to resolve. Since page is a mixture of multiple images and some animated text I need to be able to set the background for the page. I would kind of like for it to be a single color. I have not been able to figure out how to set the background color though. Later I plan on adding more pages with more images and eventually an animation that I have created with the Animator plugin in SketchUp.
I have now watched several videos but have not found out how to set the background for my "presentation" though. If you, or others, have any suggestions, I would really like to hear from you.
For others who have looked at this thread (or do look at it) I think CapCut looks like a really cool piece of software.
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Hi again
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even though I don't exactly understand what kind of result you're aiming for, maybe these tips will help you:
To create my own custom background, I edit my own HD JPG (1920 x 1080 px). In my example, a simple green JPG created using any image editor. This way, I set my preferred video format for a later export, for example, for a monitor or TV screen. This JPG can be a custom background color or even the family photo from last Christmas. And this background image spans over the entire duration of the video and is located on the lowest video track!
In the video tracks above it, you can play around with your content: You can make text or other image files fly across the screen, or simply fade them in or out at your desired speed, or animate them, or or or... (In my experience, less fiddling around is often better than too much)
Your slideshow in the track editor will probably end up looking something like a staircase that rises diagonally upward to the right
Once you figure out how to create a nice transition or a keyframe animation, capCut is actually pretty simple and straightforward...
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I used one of their favorites as a background and it worked, however when I started adding more items or changing the timeline of some items I had already included, I could no increase the background to match the other changes so it does not now appear behind all items. So far, I have not been able to find a solution.
Is there a support site or forum you would recommend?
BTW: from an earlier post, are you from Germany? I was stationed there in the US Army from late 1966 to late 1968.
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...so I can understand better—you could send me a screenshot similar to mine, even if it doesn't work exactly as you want it to yet. Maybe also a mock-up screenshot of how it should look later in the video.
If you want to add images (JPGs or similar), they’ll be added by default in full-screen mode, so to speak, and would thus cover your background, which obviously needs to remain visible (?). So you’ll need to scale down your image sequence, similar to the “Cute Robot” in my screenshot...
But before I offer any further blabla I’ll better wait for your screenshots.Yes, that’s right—I live in the Frankfurt area
Where were you stationed back then? -
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️hi!
Hoping this kind of slideshow is what you had in mind.
Within CapCut I placed two photos one after the other on one track (over(or is it above?) my green background-track). This upper photo-track starts with a “pause” where only the background remains visible. Then comes the first photo, which is scaled and positioned randomly. As soon as it ends, there is another short pause. Now image #2 follows. Here, I’ve even added a fade-in and fade-out effect. Image #2 is also scaled and placed somewhat randomly...
(I’m including the YouTube link “How To Fade In and Fade Out” here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUwKCe846E
By the way: when you add your text track, the individual text elements are edited almost exactly the same way as the other video content you've placed.
As I mentioned earlier, I avoid overly flashy effects—the kind that have always annoyed me, even in PowerPoint
Of course, the photos can also fill the entire screen. If you “lock” this state with a keyframe, then enlarge the photo to x times its original size, and set another keyframe a few seconds later, the finished video will give the impression that you're zooming deep into the image....
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Well, I am making some progress. Here is a link to a video I just created and posted on YouTube. BSW Test 1
Yes, I still have a long way to go but at least this is a start. My plan is to expand this video a good bit. I have several more "slide" I want to add but it will take some time. The problem I had with the background seems to be solved (at least so far). I know I also need to add some keyframes and some other features. Let me know what you think of where I currently am.
I do not know where all of those other videos come from and I have not figured out how to all the viewer to replay the video I added.
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@ntxdave
Too bad—your video is private, so I can't view it. But I'm glad to hear you're making progress. -
Too bad—your video is private, so I can't view it. But I'm glad to hear you're making progress.
[link text](Before you publish, check the following:
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Just in case, here is a new link to it. `lUpdated Link (just in case)``
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Can someone verify that my link is now public?
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Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖
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Can someone verify that my link is now public?
Its public
Thanks for the verification @rich-o-brien.
I will have to move on with trying to learn more about learning CapCut. It seems like a pretty strong and versatile tool.
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...I'm back from a little trip.
Congratulations on this successful test video edit. You've really incorporated quite a lot of CapCut tricks into it
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If anyone is using CapCut (in particular the free version). I need some help.
I created a very small video and was able to upload it to YouTube. I then created a more important video that I want to share with certain individuals, but when I try to export/create the video I am getting messages trying to force me to the Pro version. Can anyone give me any advice or suggest other software to explore?
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I think I solved the problem. It appears that I was using some features that are only available in the Pro version. For others, I had been using some animation of text. When I eliminated that, I can now generate a video.
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...I figured as much, since I couldn't reproduce your error message from the previous post.
Less is more, but don't worry—even the free features are still way too extensive
(By the way, if you want animated text, you don't have to use any pre-made text-templates — just use a simple standard text and animate it with keyframes instead.) -
For those who are interested in CapCut, here is the link to a great guide for those who are just getting started.
Hope you find it an interesting guide. It has a lot of information about the toolbars in the application.
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Hope someone can help me. I am trying to learn more about some of the "effects" in CapCut. I have added an image to my trial project and have been able to animate it. I have it moving across the screen, rotating and scaling. Now I want to get it to fade in. I have watched some videos of how to do it, but it does not seem to be working. I have set 3 keyframes. The first one sets the fade to 0, the second one to 45% and the third one to 100% so I should be seeing it start at not showing and fade it as it moves across the screen. However, I am seeing it all through the video.
Can someone give me some advice?
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