Putting a still image on top of a movie clip

Alright, let me explain my scenario. I have a scene in my movie where I want to put someone else's head on top of another persons body (it's not *****). Basically, I want to know if you can put a still image on top of a moving picture. I know this is borderline flash animation, but I want to know if it can be done in Final Cut Express 4.
Thanks!
- Jd

Yes, it is possible.
If the person's body is moving, it is not easy to make his new head on top move smoothly. So a satisfactory result may be hard to reach, but it all depends on what you are expecting to get.
In any case you have to add the new still with the head in the timeline on top of the video, and apply the Basic Motion keyframes to its Scale, Center and/or Rotation controls. Add as many keyframes as you can manage (possibly even one every 5-10 frames) to make the still (head) follow the underlying body smoothly. Note that at 3 keyframes per second (a keyframe every 10 frames with NTSC) you need 30 keyframes in 10 seconds of movie... if you accept a jerkier result you can lower the keyframe number, but it really all depends on the body movement in the movie, and the precision you need.
You might need also to prepare the still by removing all its background, in order to have only a head in it, before importing the still to FCE. For this you could first use Photoshop (Elements) to remove the background, save as .tif with transparency, and finally import to FCE.
See if it works...
Piero

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