How to land a photo on the exact line that mentions the person
Tell Vizard Agent which photo belongs to which mention. A card that appears while she is talking about her father is doing something completely different from one that appears when she says the word, and the second is what makes a personal reel feel edited rather than illustrated.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Describe the mentions rather than the times. The transcript is what Vizard Agent matches against, so "when she mentions her father" isn't vague to it: it's a precise instruction that survives any change to the edit. Say the subtitles stay exactly as they are, because they're the thing that must not be rebuilt.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
Finding the moment is the easy part, since Vizard Agent matches your description against the transcript. Most of the care goes into where the cards sit. An existing reel already has a subtitle position, and a card that covers it either hides the words or fights them for the same strip of screen. Here a personal reel needed two photo cards. In the session behind this article it:
- Inspected the reel and the photos, viewing the photos alongside a frame of the reel to judge the fit.
- Checked exactly where the subtitle pill sat and viewed the subtitle seam close up, because a card placed over it would look like a mistake.
- Measured the layout and the dialogue loudness, then generated music and measured it against the dialogue level.
- Built the photo card frames, rendered the reel with the cards and the music, and checked the rendered frames and the loudness.
- Reviewed each card moment and inspected the card detail at full size, since a crop through somebody's head is invisible at playback speed.
- Fetched the photographs from their original posts when better copies were needed.
When does this not work well?
Some mentions can't carry a card. If the line is half a second long, if two people are named in one sentence, or if the photo is low resolution, the card is either a flash or a distraction. Busy existing graphics leave nowhere to put a card, and in a fast-cut reel a card interrupts the rhythm.
Common questions
Can it find the mention itself? Yes. Vizard Agent matches your description against the transcript.
Will my subtitles change? No, if you say to keep them. Vizard Agent works around them.
How long should a photo stay up? Vizard Agent holds it for the length of the line that names it.