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Text over video
Hello –
I believe what I am trying to do is relatively easy, but I cannot seem to find the proper way to do it in any of the tutorials I have watched so far.I would like to have a small amount of text remain in the upper left portion of the screen for the duration of a video clip. In order to have the text readable, I would like to have a solid color background behind the text. But only behind the text, so that the rest of the clip is visible.
I have experimented with a combination of a Text Media Generator, Solid Color Media Generator, and a Cookie Cutter Video FX. However, the limitations of the Cookie Cutter function don’t allow me to create a rectangle that matches the size and placement of the text.
I am sure this is user error on my part. In all of the tutorials I have seen to date, it seems quite easy to make text swoop in from the side seemingly on fire and being riddled with invisible machine gun fire and drops of acid. Just having white Arial font on a blue background camped out in the corner should be quite simple I would imagine.
Thanks for any pointers you might have!
Travis -
10 Replies
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Take a look at this and see if it is helpful:
Just use the pan & crop icon on the actual event on the time line to make your adjustments.
j razz
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There are some effects in the text menus called glow I think that will put a black or any color glow aroung the text and makes it readable without having to put a solid rectangle that blocks viewable video. Hope this helps. Danny Hays
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Thank you very much for the response and especially for the sample file. I have been checking it out. I see now how I should be manipulating the frame to position the background block to end up behind the text.
I feel stupid for asking…but I can’t figure out how you were able to use the Pan and Crop to create the appropriate sized blue rectangle. While I can drag the frame around readily in the pan and crop window, I can’t seem to select the background color rectangle you created, let alone change the size and shape of the rectangle.
Thank you again,
Travis -
Thank you for suggesting this. I did play around with the glow a little bit when I was first trying to make the text stand out against the clip. And it does help. However, I was hoping to have full background coverage to make it stand out even more because of the variability of background colors (sometimes green grass, sometimes blue sky, sometimes yellow leaves, etc.).
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That’s cool. Deselect maintain aspect ratio in the
event pan and crop to get the shape right and use
track pan and crop to get the size. Try lowering the opacity
Just a tad to let a little video show through, kinda like news lower
Thirds. Hope this helps. Danny Hays -
Thank you again for the info. I was able to use the zoom on the pan and crop to get the approximate size, then used the cookie cutter media effect to fine tune the shape.
Oh, and the opacity was a great tip! it looks very nice to have a little of the clip showing through.
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Hmm…I just had something really odd happen when I went to render my masterpiece. While the score bug looks great in the preview window in Vegas (White writing with one block of blue and one block of black background), when I render the footage, the white text disappears completely and the blue and black blocks move to different locations on the screen.
Since I have to look at the preview window to line everything up when editing, what is one to do if rendering causes everything to move around?
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If you render a video at a diferent resolution, like 1440 x 1080 to 720 x 480, things can move on you. Try rendering to the same as your project settings, then you can re-render that to a smaller size without things moving. Hope this helps. Danny Hays
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Hi Danny – Thank you, that did the trick! I changed the rendering quality from good to best and all of the pieces fell into place.
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Oops. I left out a phrase in my post. Need to learn to use the Preview button. 🙂
When I went to change the rendering quality, I noticed that I had accidentally created the project in non-widescreen. Once I rendered in non-widescreen all of the pieces fell into place.
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