<p>If you don't need to do anything too complicated, you might be able to overlay data or photographic elements on video in Adobe Flash (cringe). You'd create a flash object, and send it variables that would control what would be overlaid on it. </p>

<p>An alternative would be to create a script to render a video, and then play that normally. 
The main trouble with doing something like this is the time it'd take to render the video. <a href="http://www.blender.org/" rel="nofollow">Blender</a> for example, has compositing features, and is scriptable using Python - although there'd be a lot to figure out (mostly the framework to interface between Blender and your site). </p>

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2011-08-02T04:28:24.760Z
2011-08-02T04:28:24.760Z
Alex King
<p>usualy, this types of tricks are done in flash, video overlayed with your custom data in a separate container.</p>

<p>if you do it offline, you can script after effects with you prepared video, to render the sequences with your custom data in it. Its a trick with coma delimited spaces...excel export to coma delimited, get a script from aescripts and youre good to go!</p>

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2011-10-17T08:45:59.110Z
trip your face is fbapi with flash
Desmond
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2011-10-17T08:43:23.013Z
2011-10-17T08:43:23.013Z
Desmond
<p>You should try googling for something like <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;biw=1007&amp;bih=610&amp;q=green%20screen%20software&amp;oq=green%20screen%20so&amp;aq=0&amp;aqi=g10&amp;aql=&amp;gs_sm=c&amp;gs_upl=1422l4952l0l6468l19l13l1l0l0l0l609l1860l0.2.2.0.1.1l6l0" rel="nofollow">green screen software</a> or <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&amp;biw=1007&amp;bih=610&amp;q=chromakey%20software&amp;oq=chromakey%20software&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=&amp;aql=&amp;gs_sm=e&amp;gs_upl=37225l39131l0l39428l9l8l0l0l0l3l765l1515l0.3.1.6-1l5l0" rel="nofollow">chromakey software</a></p>

<p>There is a wide range of free, cheap and very expensive applications to do this. Some of the free ones actually work okay - depends on your requirements.</p>

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2011-07-29T15:53:22.390Z
2011-07-29T15:53:22.390Z
Dr Mayhem
<p>I was wondering if anyone knew the technique or how to place dynamic information into a produced video?</p>

<p>The idea is that you could, say connect to facebook, and then display your friends faces in a movie about missing persons or similar. It's the same principle as the <a href="http://www.intel.com/museumofme/r/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Intel Museum of Me</a> where you grant access to facebook and it creates a gallery of your facebook pictures.</p>

<p>Or similar to this video where you can upload your face into a video, <a href="http://vimeo.com/25392805" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/25392805</a></p>

<p>I've been searching for ages for a method or technique for this but I can't find anything. Searching for "how to insert pictures in video" or "how to load dynamic data into video" doesn't seem to yield the right kinds of results.</p>

<p>Thoughts appreciated.</p>

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How to insert dynamic data into a produced video
David Yell
# How to insert dynamic data into a produced video

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-07-29)

I was wondering if anyone knew the technique or how to place dynamic information into a produced video?

The idea is that you could, say connect to facebook, and then display your friends faces in a movie about missing persons or similar. It's the same principle as the [Intel Museum of Me](http://www.intel.com/museumofme/r/index.htm) where you grant access to facebook and it creates a gallery of your facebook pictures.

Or similar to this video where you can upload your face into a video, <http://vimeo.com/25392805>

I've been searching for ages for a method or technique for this but I can't find anything. Searching for "how to insert pictures in video" or "how to load dynamic data into video" doesn't seem to yield the right kinds of results.

Thoughts appreciated.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2011-07-29. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You should try googling for something like [green screen software](http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1007&bih=610&q=green%20screen%20software&oq=green%20screen%20so&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1422l4952l0l6468l19l13l1l0l0l0l609l1860l0.2.2.0.1.1l6l0) or [chromakey software](http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&biw=1007&bih=610&q=chromakey%20software&oq=chromakey%20software&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=37225l39131l0l39428l9l8l0l0l0l3l765l1515l0.3.1.6-1l5l0)

There is a wide range of free, cheap and very expensive applications to do this. Some of the free ones actually work okay - depends on your requirements.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2011-08-02. Score: 0

If you don't need to do anything too complicated, you might be able to overlay data or photographic elements on video in Adobe Flash (cringe). You'd create a flash object, and send it variables that would control what would be overlaid on it.

An alternative would be to create a script to render a video, and then play that normally.
The main trouble with doing something like this is the time it'd take to render the video. [Blender](http://www.blender.org/) for example, has compositing features, and is scriptable using Python - although there'd be a lot to figure out (mostly the framework to interface between Blender and your site).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2011-10-17. Score: 0

usualy, this types of tricks are done in flash, video overlayed with your custom data in a separate container.

if you do it offline, you can script after effects with you prepared video, to render the sequences with your custom data in it. Its a trick with coma delimited spaces...excel export to coma delimited, get a script from aescripts and youre good to go!

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: trip your face is fbapi with flash  

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