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Scripting Job – Quotes needed
Hi,
I would like the scripting pros to check out this post and if possible give me a quote on writing 2 scripts for Vegas.
1. TEXT CONVERTER
I usually have over 100 individual text objects on my timeline, as subtitles. I need a script to convert that 1 timeline into an .srt, text file, or anything I can use to create DVD subtitles.2. MASS TEXT MODIFIER
I need a script to look at a selected timeline and change one/more attributes of all the text objects in that timeline. Attributes I must be able to modify:
– font type
– font size
– bold/italic
– font position (top left, top right, coordinates, etc.)Would be nice to be able to change:
– font color (I am fine with entering a 6 digit color code number)
– shadow
– outline
– anything else…Thanks
David Timar -
7 Replies
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Oops. In case you don’t want to post the price here, send me a letter to tdavid232 AT gmail.com .
Thanks
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For your text converter, do a google search on vegas SubText and you’ll find a free one in the first few links that come up.
From the site:
Create your subtitles in Microsoft Word or other text editor, and apply this application. You can even import DVD Architect .SUB files. SubText will then place/generate regions into your project with the subtitle as the label, saving you enormous amounts of time. Your text must be in .txt or .sub format; SubText won -
Hello Mike,
To the best of my knowledge Subtext doesn’t actually take text media objects on a timeline and converts them. It does that with regions.
Or am I wrong?
Thanks
David -
David, I haven’t tried the program so I can’t answer your question.
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David, what you’re wanting to do can’t be done via scripting. Scripts can’t access the individual text or attributes – it can only set presets.
Edward Troxel
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Hello Edward,
In that case, is there a way to apply a preset to all text events on a timeline?
Also, I still don’t understand how the presets that come with Vegas, if applied to a text, DO change the attributes of that text, BUT not the text itself. When I save a text preset, and apply it to another text event, it overwrites the text itself, making the preset pretty much useless.
Any thoughts on that?
Thanks
David -
If you use a script to change the presets, you’ll also change the text.
Edward Troxel
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