
A Photo in a Video - Videographer Tips
- 2020-09-15
- Category - Post-Production
- Tags - After Effects, Photo
Using a photo in a video, it sounds totally ordinary and normal, right?
It shouldn’t be and the rule of thumb is not to use any photo inside a video!
However there are times when it does make sense to show a photo during a video.

- Show Archive shots
- Things you only have in photo
- Freeze the moment
-> The great aspect and advantage of a video is that it’s moving images and there are different little tricks to “upgrade a photo” and make it come alive!
Some ways to animate a photo:

- Basic Transformations – Zoom in, Zoom out, Sliding
- Parallax effect
- Other effects like Ink, Mosaic
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