(01-18-2019, 09:35 AM)mikefoam Wrote: Hi
I'm trying to make an animation that can play over a video. I have 20 files saved as .png
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What's the best way to do this whole thing?
Ofnuts has answered from the animation aspect, however IMHO this is more a video editing question.
To combine a video with an animation, one or the other has to be converted to an equivalent format.
It is not usually practical to convert video to animation - large file size - limited colours - etc, so the animation has to get added to the video, which means using a video editor.
Used to be a bit of an art to put a picture-in-a-picture, not any more. Normally I would recommend Openshot for this, but I believe it is a bit flakey in Windows. Have a hunt around for alternatives.
This in linux: https://i.imgur.com/UCslTsr.jpg Easy enough, a sequence of numbered pngs (001.png, 002.png ..) will add automatically and can be scaled/positioned to suit. While a gif can repeat, not so a video, it needs to be copied and pasted to extend the duration.