Free Video maker that can animate pictures

Question

I have been searching for a video maker/editor that has these requirements for as long as i can remember, do you know any free video maker for windows that can do the following:

• Able to insert images on the video then move it around EDIT: (on the canvas)
• Able to put videos on the main video (Optional)

Answer 1

I know I already have an answer above but for those who need a little less of a learning curve but a little more steps to the installation there is moviepy and Vapory, I have to admit that I have yet to give it much of a test it looks like it can do a lot of what you are looking for.

• Free gratis & open source
• Cross Platform
• More specific to movie manipulations
• Can insert images into the video
• Can use a video embedded in a 3D scene e.g.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9R21SquDSk
• Can insert one, (or more), other videos in frames into an existing video.

An example script adding two videos together:

from moviepy.editor import *
# UKULELE CLIP, OBTAINED BY CUTTING AND CROPPING
# RAW FOOTAGE

ukulele = VideoFileClip("../../videos/moi_ukulele.MOV", audio=False).\
               subclip(60+33, 60+50).\
               crop(486, 180, 1196, 570)

w,h = moviesize = ukulele.size

# THE PIANO FOOTAGE IS DOWNSIZED, HAS A WHITE MARGIN, IS
# IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER 

piano = (VideoFileClip("../../videos/douceamb.mp4",audio=False).
         subclip(30,50).
         resize((w/3,h/3)).    # one third of the total screen
         margin( 6,color=(255,255,255)).  #white margin
         margin( bottom=20, right=20, opacity=0). # transparent
         set_pos(('right','bottom')) )



# A CLIP WITH A TEXT AND A BLACK SEMI-OPAQUE BACKGROUND

txt = TextClip("V. Zulkoninov - Ukulele Sonata", font='Amiri-regular',
                   color='white',fontsize=24)

txt_col = txt.on_color(size=(ukulele.w + txt.w,txt.h-10),
                  color=(0,0,0), pos=(6,'center'), col_opacity=0.6)


# THE TEXT CLIP IS ANIMATED.
# I am *NOT* explaining the formula, understands who can/want.
txt_mov = txt_col.set_pos( lambda t: (max(w/30,int(w-0.5*w*t)),
                                  max(5*h/6,int(100*t))) )



# FINAL ASSEMBLY
final = CompositeVideoClip([ukulele,txt_mov,piano])
final.subclip(0,5).write_videofile("../../ukulele.avi",fps=24,codec='libx264')

Answer 2

You can do both in Blender - it has a bit of a learning curve but:

• Insert Image into video by using the video as the texture for one object and move moving another - Yes in 3D Demo of Video texture here
• You can potentially have different videos attached as textures to different faces of the same or different objects, each of which can have their own motions so you could, potentially, have a model of a Drive-In with a movie classic playing and fly in a new screen with a newer movie already playing on it.
• Free - Yes both gratis and open source
• Cross Platform - you can run Blender on:
  • Windows 8/7/Vista 32/64-bit
  • Mac OS/X 10.6+ 64-bit
  • Linux most recent distributions 32/64 bit
  • FreeBSD 64 bit
  • Other platforms with a bit of work

Of course you can do a lot more, video editing, 3D modelling, animation, rendering, games...