Video Visibility

SirQuince · Post by **SirQuince** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:36 pm

I have a certain .mov movie that I want to play, but when I run it during G-Force, the waveshape and flowfield cover the movie so only parts are visible at any one time. Is there any way to move the rendered movie up in front of the rest of them so that they are both there? I would equate it to, in Microsoft Word, moving a picture in front of text instead of behind it.
I made a script that essentially stops waveshapes and flowfields from appearing (just the movie), but I still want to see the visualization in the background.
Not sure if it's possible, but any help would be appreciated.

juxtiphi · Post by **juxtiphi** » Sat May 05, 2012 5:14 pm

Hi SirQuince

I'm sure someone here will be able to tell you how to do it. hang in there

Post by **BTT** » Sat May 05, 2012 7:30 pm

Hello SirQuince

I believe this is mission impossible. You can turn off all WaveShapes, FlowFields and Particles then you can view your video, but then it's a case of why bother running it through G-Force. To the best of my knowledge there is no way to play your video in front of G-Force.

Regards BTT

bnh · Post by **bnh** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:15 pm

You really can't expect GForce to act as a video mixer. Yes, you can get the GForce imagery to combine with .mov and .avi files, and in so doing you can determine a priority for placing the GForce imagery or the .mov files "on top," or even blending the two.

To understand the programming techniques just read the following posts:

Making Sprites Move - jpg mov avi - stills -video Documented
http://www.soundspectrum-forums.com/vie ... ight=video

But these techniques are not going to provide an easy solution to the problem you present. The easy solution is to purchase a video mixer (I recommend a TriCaster) and simply combine the GF images coming from your computer with the .mov/avi files coming from another computer, a DVD player, or a live video feed from your video camera. Using a video mixer allows you to place the GForce imagery in the background via various compositing settings.

And then there's another approach: to produce a product using video editing techniques, i.e. "in post."

Using video editing techniques implies that you produce the GForce imagery as a separate .mov/.avi file, and then edit/combine that file with your original .mov/.avi file. You can use software such as Adobe's Premier or Sony's Vegas to determine image priority, i.e. which image source is on-top-of the other.

I see that AVID has a beginner editing package called AVID Studio that will easily do the trick, and Adobe has introduced a stripped-down version of Premier for under $100.00. What you are asking can be easily accomplshed "in post."

You must think of GForce as an image generator, not as a video mixer.

SirQuince · Post by **SirQuince** » Wed May 16, 2012 10:58 pm

Thanks for the help, I didn't know that there was such a thing as a video mixer (although it makes sense that someone has made one). That would certainly fix my problem and I will look into it. Thanks again.