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How to insert a picture into a video: 1. over the image; 2.between individual video frames

Good day.

An ordinary picture / photo, carefully inserted into a certain part of the video, can help to significantly revitalize your video. 👀

It will not only add emotions and memories, but it can also solve a purely technical problem: for example, discreetly hide an unwanted object in a video, fill in the gaps between two clips, etc.

As the name suggests in this post, I wanted to present two cases at once:

  1. when we add a picture over the video image (as an example, remember TV - each channel has its logo in the corner);
  2. when the picture is placed between certain frames of the video (for example, it is so convenient to explain something to the viewer, or to glue two or three videos together).

The material will be presented in the form of a dozen screenshots with arrows explaining each step (designed for an inexperienced video lover 👌).

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Insert a picture into a video

Using the Video-Editing Editor

Editor 👉 Video Editing (link to the official site) is one of the easiest to learn, while its functionality is very, very worthy.

The program allows you to perform the full range of the most common video operations: gluing, cutting, accelerating / decelerating, replacing sound, inserting images, etc.

Below I will consider our current task ...

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Option 1: insert a picture over the video image

1) And so, after installing and launching the editor - create a new project and add the desired video to it (the "Add" button, see the screen below 👇).

Add video and photo (Video Editing 9.25)

2) Next, you should select our video on the video track and go to the menu "Pictures" - in the tab "Drawings" click on the button for adding a picture and select the one you need on the hard disk of your computer (however, the collection in the editor is also quite good: flowers, clouds, animals, etc.).

Pictures - add your file (Video Editing 9.25)

3) After the picture should appear on top of the video, see the example below. 👇

Now you can move the picture to the desired place on the screen, specify its size, add an outline, shadows, etc.

Changing the size of the added picture - Video Editing 9.25

In general, the problem is solved. Below I will consider another example, only the picture will be placed on the whole screen and in a certain place in the video.

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Option 2: insert picture (s) between separate video frames

1) The first step is the same: we also launch the editor, create a new project and add our video to it! An example is shown in the screenshot below.

Add video and photo (Video Editing 9.25)

2) Next, we find that moment in the video, after which our picture (postcard) should appear, and press the button "Divide" ... Our video should now already consist of two parts (and not one, as before).

Note: if you want to insert a picture at the very beginning or end, then you do not need to separate anything!

Split video track into 2 parts - Video Editing 9.25

3) Now open the menu again "File" and add the desired picture to the video track.

Add a picture to the video track

4) Next, you need to select our picture on the track with the mouse (and without releasing the left button), move it to that "divided" place (where we wanted to insert it).

We transfer the picture to the desired place in the video

5) I recommend that you double-click the left mouse button on our picture on the video track and set its duration (+ improvements, if required).

Duration

6) Thus, it turned out that the picture was between certain frames of the video (and the video itself remained intact, and not 1 second was lost, it just began to consist of 2 parts).

The last step is to save the video (button "Save video" , cm.example below 👇).

Save Video (Video Editing 9.25)

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With the help of the Movavi Video Suite "combine"

The package for working with video 👉 Movavi Video Suite is good, first of all, because it contains everything you need that an ordinary user might need. I installed it once, figured it out more or less - and you can use it! 👌

Use it in almost the same way as the previous program.

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1) First you need to add your video to a new project. To do this, use the tab "Import files" . 👇

Importing Files - Add Files (Movavi Video Suite Software)

2) Next, transfer your video to the video track at the bottom of the program window. 👇

Drag the file to the track

3) In the tab with stickers, you can find hundreds of ready-made pictures that can be easily added over the video 👇 (you can write your own text on some of the templates).

Add stickers over video

4) If you need to insert an image between certain parts (frames) of the video - first you need to find this moment and cut the video into 2 parts! 👇

Cut

5) Then in the section "File Library" ("Import") open a picture from the hard disk and transfer it to the video track between cut frames.

Add a picture between certain frames of the video

6) In general, this will solve the problem! 👌 It remains only to click on "Save / start" ...

Save Video - to MP4 - Movavi Video Suite

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With Movie Creator

All actions below will be presented in the program 👉 Movie Creator (link to the official site).

This is a solid video editor for inexperienced users. Allows you to easily and quickly perform all the most common video editing tasks ...

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1) And so, the first step - after starting the editor, add the desired video and transfer it to the video track (example below).

Add video to track

2) Next, add a photo / picture and transfer it in the same way to the video track (note that another track will be automatically created under the picture!).

Moreover, if now you place the cursor on the place of the track where the picture and the video coincide, you will see that the picture is displayed over the video.

Transferring the picture to the video

3) In order for the picture to be between certain video frames (and not over them): you need to place the cursor in the desired place in the video track and divide the video into 2 parts.

Next, shift the right side of the video clip (so that the picture is between these two parts). See example below.

The picture will appear between frames of the video

4) By the way, the size of the picture can be changed by simply dragging one of its edges with the mouse.

Note: please note that instead of a picture, you can insert another video in the same way and combine them with each other. It will turn out to be something like a sign language interpreter, like on the first channel ...

If you need picture over video

5) To save the received video - press the combination of buttons Ctrl + Enter (or menu "Project / Save as video file ...").

Save as video file

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That's it for now ...

Happy editing!

First published: 25.08.2019

Correction: 11/25/2020

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