Picture Frame Special Effect

Hello,
I would like to ask your help if we can do this effect in FCE and how to do it.
I'm thinking of freezing a particular frame then make it look like a framed picture or something like Polaroid images.
Any idea is greatly appreciated.
Braulio

braulio wrote:
I would like to .. freezing a particular frame then make it look like a framed picture or something like Polaroid images. ..
like that, just reversed?
http://sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/piccomesalive
made that a few years ago with iMovie5 and QTpro.. (=didn't own FC/e to that time.. )
the basic steps:
• export the frame of video you like to see on that Pola
• use any paint-app (Pixelmator, Photoshop/elements, .. 'abuse' Keynote ) to create a Pola with that frame as 'photo'
• add that still and keyframe the scenery to zoom-out out of video ..

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