Answers.Body: <p>The usual way to do this is with a speed effect.  Create a cut around the one frame you want to render as a still.  Your timeline should look like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>motion-before | single frame | motion-after
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>You can then place a speed effect on the single frame, slow it down to 0% playback speed, and it will happily play forever if you want.  Stretch single frame to 5 seconds of length (120 frames at 24fps) and then composite your text on top.</p>
  
  <p>People do this all the time.  Some applications have a "freeze frame effect" which is precisely setting the speed to zero for a default number of seconds.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am new in any kind of video cutting programs. I started using Hitfilm 3 Express, becuase it's free and simple to use, I think. I'm wondering if and how it is possible to make a video stop for as example 5 seconds, show up a text (to explain something) and then let the video go on. Currently im doing this by splitting the video in two parts, make a screenshot of the scene i want and then insert this screenshot between the two videoparts.</p>
  
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Title: Stop video (something like a screenshot) in Hitfilm 3 Express
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ThreadText: # Stop video (something like a screenshot) in Hitfilm 3 Express
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-05)
  
  I am new in any kind of video cutting programs. I started using Hitfilm 3 Express, becuase it's free and simple to use, I think. I'm wondering if and how it is possible to make a video stop for as example 5 seconds, show up a text (to explain something) and then let the video go on. Currently im doing this by splitting the video in two parts, make a screenshot of the scene i want and then insert this screenshot between the two videoparts.
  
  **Tags:** editing, screenshot
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  The usual way to do this is with a speed effect. Create a cut around the one frame you want to render as a still. Your timeline should look like this:
  
  ```
  motion-before | single frame | motion-after
  
  ```
  
  You can then place a speed effect on the single frame, slow it down to 0% playback speed, and it will happily play forever if you want. Stretch single frame to 5 seconds of length (120 frames at 24fps) and then composite your text on top.
  
  People do this all the time. Some applications have a "freeze frame effect" which is precisely setting the speed to zero for a default number of seconds.
  
  
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