[geeks] Re: overlaying text onto video

[Dave Kimmel]

On Nov 29, 2004, at 9:26 AM, Joshua Boyd wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 09:12:36PM -0500, Dave Fischer wrote:
>> This isn't a sane approach, but I'd use mpeg_play to split it into
>> one jpg file per frame, then add the text with ghostscript, and use
>> ppmtompeg to stuff it back into an mpeg.
>
> That's almost the way I'd do it.  Except, I might consider using either
> a custom program to do the overlays (been meaning to learn how to write
> software to use freetype anyway), or else figure out how to write a
> cinepaint script for the task.

When I saw this thread, I thought of this neat little product (no, I 
don't work there):

http://www.hvwtech.com/pages/products_view.asp?ProductID=351

Not a sane approach considering that the video is already digital, but 
still kinda neat.

-- Dave Kimmel
    crisco_kid at shaw.ca