slj Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 The title may seem awkward, but last night I discovered an interesting fact of paint.net, i don't know if it was meant to be, but anyway, here's the tutorial. What we are goint to do is making a movie play in paint.net and then we can draw on it on another layer (the movie layer will not be saved though) 1. What you need - Paint.net (paint works too if you want) - VLC media player (get it here ) - Brains (not necessary though) 2. Setting up Paint.NET 1. Fire up Paint.NET 2. Take the standard canvas size (800 x 600) or larger if you want 3. Fill the background layer with special black, Hex code : #000001 4. Rename the layer with the special black to Movie or some sort 5. Make a new layer, where you can draw with any color, except the #000001 black Image (click me!!!) 3. Setting up VLC media player After you installed VLC, open it and open your favourite movie file, i used my DVD of Harry Potter, but an ordinary .avi, .mpg, etc.., are okay too. After that, let the movie play maximised, not fullscreen, where the movie is playing, there the movie will play in Paint.NET. And then, open Paint.NET again with the special black and enjoy drawing on and with movies!!! Note : I couldn't make a picture of that, because when you print-screen vlc's movies, you get the special black) Note 2 : Remember, you can't save the movie layer, it will always be black. PS: If this didn't work for you, please note that this wasn't a joke, as i don't know on which computers it will work. Create cool burned-in images!!! Flash version of the tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Rulez Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I didn't know you could do this, seems difficult, considering there is Youtube .. But good tut, 8/10 its deffinitly original! The post above probably has crappy art.. Just look past that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slj Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 I didn't know you could do this, seems difficult, considering there is Youtube .. But good tut, 8/10 its deffinitly original! gee, thanks Create cool burned-in images!!! Flash version of the tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Heh. This is because of the Video Overlay. Quite cool, no? :-P You can get the same results by hitting Print Screen while the media player is open and pasting it into your image. Â The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slj Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Heh. This is because of the Video Overlay. Quite cool, no? :-P You can get the same results by hitting Print Screen while the media player is open and pasting it into your image. yes, that's how i found it, then i saw it was because of the #000001 black Create cool burned-in images!!! Flash version of the tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmgWtfBbq Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yea works with MS Paint too. Found out by accident when trying to take a screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axle Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 why would you bother?? if it can save each frame as a new layer then well, its a good way to make an animated pic but why not just use VLC player normally?? My Deviant Art | My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNonsense Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 just hit Shift+S to make a screen-shot in VLC, if you pause the movie, you can afterwards hit the e-key and VLC will move to the next frame, so you can take several screen-shots to make your animation. VLC will come through any app that's black, doesn't have to be an image editor. but there's no point in watching a movie like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruePaintNetta Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Doesn't work with my PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmariusx Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) Not working, is it patched by VLC? It isn't working in MS paint either. Edited October 5, 2010 by xmariusx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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