How to generate text in scripting?

[Edward Troxel]

With the DirectX plugins, you can only set a preset. With the OpenFX plugins (i.e. Sony Titles & Text for example), you can set the text separately.

Edward Troxel

[Austin Brock]

Could you possibly give some examples of the OpenFX plugins, please?

[Edward Troxel]

As I mentioned, Sony Titles & Text is an OpenFX titler. The only other OpenFX titler I know is NewBlue Titler Pro.

Edward Troxel

[Austin Brock]

My request was for example code for using “Sony Titles & Text” and customizing the text used.

[Edward Troxel]

Basically, you’d do something like this:

OFXStringParameter tparm = (OFXStringParameter)gEffect.OFXEffect.FindParameterByName(“Text”);

rtfSwapText.Rtf = tparm.Value;
rtfSwapText.Text = ReplaceText;
tparm.Value = rtfSwapText.Rtf;

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[Austin Brock]

If anyone wonders how I did this eventually, I made the format of the text I required in Sony Vegas, and then wrote C# to recreate the file I was using, like a temp.xml, and just overwrote it before using.

Then I insert that media, and viola, it displays the correct text.

// List of White Scorers
generatorb = app.Generators.GetChildByName("Sony Titles & Text");
CreateWhiteList(WhiteScoreString);
mediad = new Media(generatorb, "EndScoresWhite");

streamd = mediad.Streams[0];
newEventd = new VideoEvent(endDisplay, endDisplayFor);
app.Project.Tracks[2].Events.Add(newEventd);
taked = new Take(streamd);
newEventd.Takes.Add(taked);

public int CreateWhiteList(string str)
{
string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) + "OFX Presetscom.sonycreativesoftware_titlesandtextGenerator" + "endscoreswhite.xml";

if (File.Exists(path))
File.Delete(path);

using (StreamWriter sw = File.AppendText(path))
{
sw.WriteLine("<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>");
sw.WriteLine("");
sw.WriteLine("com.sonycreativesoftware:titlesandtext");
sw.WriteLine("1 0");
sw.WriteLine(" {rtf1ansiansicpg1252deff0{fonttbl{f0fnilfcharset0 Interstate;}}");
sw.WriteLine("viewkind4uc1pardlang1033bf0fs13 " + str);
sw.WriteLine("}");
sw.WriteLine("");
sw.WriteLine("");
sw.WriteLine("0.952941 0.952941 0.952941 1.000000");
sw.WriteLine(" _None");
sw.WriteLine("");
sw.WriteLine("1.000000");
sw.WriteLine("0.533000 0.220000");
sw.WriteLine("0");
sw.WriteLine("0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000");
sw.WriteLine("0.000000");
sw.WriteLine("1.000000");
sw.WriteLine("7.500000");
sw.WriteLine("0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000");
sw.WriteLine("false");
sw.WriteLine("0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000");
sw.WriteLine("0.200000");
sw.WriteLine("0.200000");
sw.WriteLine("0.400000");
sw.WriteLine("");
}
return 1;
}