I am wondering if it is possible to take a video, extract all the frames, and then layer them on top of each other somehow. Yeah I'm probably not explaining myself too well hehe but I'm a newb at video manipulation. What I'm trying to accomplish is to find a safe spot to stand in The Red Star at the final boss. I can't beat it simply dodging normally I've tried about 100 times now and can't get past the third purple bullet part. My plan is to take a video of that part, trace the bullet paths on each frame and see if there is a spot that is empty all or most of the time.
Eh sorry for the wall o text but I'm kinda desperate right now
I see what you're trying to do. Are you in Final Cut pro? And what color is the background/are the bullets?
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Well that's one problem. I have no budget so I would have to do it with a freeware program :/ I don't know if there's a decent one that can do what I want to do or not.
Kemiroch wrote:Well that's one problem. I have no budget so I would have to do it with a freeware program :/ I don't know if there's a decent one that can do what I want to do or not.
I dunno what to tell you. In final cut, you could extract every color but purple, then layer the clips.
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Kemiroch wrote:Well that's one problem. I have no budget so I would have to do it with a freeware program :/ I don't know if there's a decent one that can do what I want to do or not.
Someone familiar with AVISynth would probably be able to tell you exactly what to do (it's a video editing/scripting/programming language). The only thing I can come up with is using Virtualdub and a dry-erase marker (to mark potential areas of safety directly on-screen while playing back the results full screen). I'd layer many of the internal motion-blur filters together until a satisfactory blending of frames is reached. The motion blur filter is very efficient, so you should be able to put tons of them at once while still playing back the video at a decent speed. What would do better from the sounds of your idea is a different layering/overlay filter entirely, maybe burn, darken, lighten, dodge, overlay, multiply or hard-light at small but those are usually only built into image editing programs. Again, it's probably possible in AVISynth, but I only have basic knowledge of it to do simple 1-5 line operations.
You can download a demo version of most pro video editing programs. I use Vegas and know for sure you can get a demo of Vegas Pro 9. If you layer too many clips it's all going to become blurry and you won't be able to tell what's going on. So you'd probably have to go the chroma key route and knock out everything but the color of the bullets.
If you're trying to do this because you wanna try doing something with video editing go for it.
If you really only care about beating a boss in a game. . . practice harder or watch a video of it on youtube or something.
I've tried about 100 times now and can't get past the third purple bullet part. My plan is to take a video of that part, trace the bullet paths on each frame and see if there is a spot that is empty all or most of the time. 
