Answers.Body: <p>A great tool for this is Davinci Resolve: <a href="https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve</a>. It is very capable, has an excellent free version and can easily accomplish the desired tasks.</p>
  
  <p>A quick intro to Animating a Spite/Image over Video is shown here:  <div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                  <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGuHNHQO2Xw?start=0"></iframe>
              </div></div> -- <em>Davinci Resolve - How to Move Images (Animate Movement)</em></p>
  
  <p>A quick intro to Masking can be seen here: <div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                  <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kmfjITxh1sg?start=0"></iframe>
              </div></div> -- <em>Masks in DaVinci Resolve 16</em></p>
  
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Body: <p>Can anyone please advise: I'm looking for a recommendation on free video editing software that can:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Overlay a sprite (static image with transparency, e.g. .gif) atop a video,</li>
  <li>Move and rotate the overlaid sprite over some specifiable portion of the video,</li>
  <li>Mask the sprite, (i.e. create a movable/changeable shape that covers the sprite but is invisible in the video).</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Sorry if my terminology is primitive - it's been years since I last dabbled with video editing software; I'm not sure how terminology has evolved since then.</p>
  
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  <p>I'd be grateful if the recommended software also had a tutorial -- either built-in or easily findable online -- on how to do the above.</p>
  
Tags: <video-editor><editing><software>
Title: What free video editing software is capable of moving/rotating a sprite atop video?
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ThreadText: # What free video editing software is capable of moving/rotating a sprite atop video?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-29)
  
  Can anyone please advise: I'm looking for a recommendation on free video editing software that can:
  
  1. Overlay a sprite (static image with transparency, e.g. .gif) atop a video,
  2. Move and rotate the overlaid sprite over some specifiable portion of the video,
  3. Mask the sprite, (i.e. create a movable/changeable shape that covers the sprite but is invisible in the video).
  
  Sorry if my terminology is primitive - it's been years since I last dabbled with video editing software; I'm not sure how terminology has evolved since then.
  
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  I'd be grateful if the recommended software also had a tutorial -- either built-in or easily findable online -- on how to do the above.
  
  **Tags:** video-editor, editing, software
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-29. Score: 4
  
  A great tool for this is Davinci Resolve: <https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve>. It is very capable, has an excellent free version and can easily accomplish the desired tasks.
  
  A quick intro to Animating a Spite/Image over Video is shown here:
  
  -- *Davinci Resolve - How to Move Images (Animate Movement)*
  
  A quick intro to Masking can be seen here:
  
  -- *Masks in DaVinci Resolve 16*
  
  
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