Sunday, September 02, 2007

Custom TV Overlay for Windows Movie Maker

Download TV Overlay TitleOne of the neat things you can do with custom titles is to resize the video and overlay an image. Using this technique, you can easily overlay an image of a TV screen, for example. (Click here for a sample video with a TV overlay).

Note: This title has been designed to work with either the XP version or the Vista version of Movie Maker. It also works whether your project has a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio.

To install: Click on the image above which will download the custom TV Overlay title. Once it is saved, run the installer which will copy the required image and .xml files.
To use the new title
  • Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title on the selected clip'.

  • Click on 'change the title animation'.

  • Under your list of one line titles should be a new one called TV Overlay

  • Pick it then click 'Done'.

  • Stretch the title so that it extends for the length of your clip.


  • If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the original forum post that inspired this title.

    9 comments:

    Matt said...

    Awesome! Thanks a ton!

    Woogidude said...

    hey there nice site but the dufult time for the tv is too short and a cant make it longer

    Blaine said...

    The duration can easily be changed for any title. Just open the timeline view and scroll down to the bottom track which is the "Title Overlay" track. Find the title and stretch it as long as you need, the length of the whole movie if you like!

    Woogidude said...

    What i mean is it's too small in title overlay
    but iam fine i copyed and pasted it

    Blaine said...

    Take the right edge of the rectangle in Title Overlay and stretch it to the right. That will make it longer... no need to copy it multiple times.

    Oliver said...

    Hi Blaine,

    Thanks very much for the TV overlay effect. It's great. I wonder, however, whether there is any way of making a different TV. I'm trying to make an old 1960s TV. However, Vista won't let me edit your TV. Any advice?

    Oliver

    Blaine said...

    Oliver, the problem is that Vista won't let you save directly in the AddOnTFX folder, but if you copy the image somewhere else, make the changes and copy it back, it will work. Just make sure the "screen" is in the exact same spot, or edit the Rectangle parameters in the XML.

    jay said...

    hey blaine !

    will i be able to add texts on the top of the tv?

    thanks!

    Blaine said...

    I believe I made it so you can type text into the title and have it appear in the center of the TV screen. Have you tried it?