Created a marker on the screen

[mikecox]

I often find it difficult to fix a point on the screen where I want; for example, an Iris transition to start opening. Sometimes I put my finger on the spot; because the cursor is in use somewhere else.

Is there a feature that allows a user to "mark the spot", so I don't get my monitor all covered in fingerprints?

[momoffduty]

I would just move the curser. Are you on Windows 8? I have 7.

[Peru]

Write down the time displayed in the timeline panel.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Create a title having a spot against a transparent background. Place the "spot title" on the top video track and use keyframes to change its position to the place that you want the transition (or whatever) to begin. When done, remove the "spot title" from the timeline.

[mikecox]

I would just move the curser. Are you on Windows 8? I have 7.

I'm using Win7 but not sure it matters. I've tried using the cursor, but it's needed to run things elsewhere.

[mikecox]

Write down the time displayed in the timeline panel.

Hmm, do you mean the location? I checked that out but there is no xy indicator.

Maybe the iris was a bad example. Here's a better one.

I'm transitioning between 2 clips. Each clip features a face shot. I want the face in each clip to line up; so the transition is smooth and seamless.

So, at the end of clip one I put my finger on the nose of the subject, then line up the nose on the face in clip 2 with my finder.

When the clips runs the face doesn't suddenly appear a inch away from where it was a split second ago.

[mikecox]

Create a title having a spot against a transparent background. Place the "spot title" on the top video track and use keyframes to change its position to the place that you want the transition (or whatever) to begin. When done, remove the "spot title" from the timeline.

That sounds like a great idea I haven't worked much with title yet, but I'll read up on them and see if can't make this work.

Thanks

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

As an alternative to line up two faces (as per your example). Place the video tracks one above the other. Reduce the opacity of the top track sufficiently so that the lower track is visible. Then use keyframes to change the position of one image relative to the other to achieve image alignment.

[mikecox]

As an alternative to line up two faces (as per your example). Place the video tracks one above the other. Reduce the opacity of the top track sufficiently so that the lower track is visible. Then use keyframes to change the position of one image relative to the other to achieve image alignment.

Yes, when you were talking about using the upper track for the title I got to thinking it was like Layers in Ps; where you can adj the opacity of the upper layer in order to see how images line up.

I'm relatively new to PrE and keep forgetting about the other tracks, and layering.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention; I'll try that out the next time I'm trying to line up my subjects.