[Leor Brenman]

Hi Curtis,

Thanks for the quick reply; very kind of you.

For some reason in IE6, I could not save the page you made (file -> Save as) but let me see if I understand what you are saying.

(1) No need for CSS. This is clear.

(2) Make a table and use images for the border (e.g. created in Photoshop)

(3) Use large images corresponding the largest size the table could grow to

(4) If the browser window size is changed the table will grow and shrink accordingly and adjust the portion of the border image displayed?

Regards,
Leor

[Leor Brenman]

Just FYI. You can do this easily in Premier. Premier Audio Effects has filters for swapping audio channels (L/R), replacing channels (L/R), ….

[Leor Brenman]

I can suggest trying John Dickinson’s Handwritten Text using AE’s Brush Tool from May 13. It works well and “may” be applicable. I am not sure how to embed links, but here is the URL of the tutorial (https://www.creativecow.net/show.php?page=/articles/dickinson_john/handwritten_text/index.html).

Regards,
Leor Brenman

[Leor Brenman]

I tried this tutorial out and it works great! Nice job.

I do have a suggestion for others trying this out.

I used this technique on black text on a white background and all looked well in AE 6.5.1. However, when I played it back on a TV (after converting to DVD), I saw that the alpha channel was not clean. Instead of starting out with a clean white background, you could see the letters outline very faintly but noticeable. To fix this, I went back to each paint stroke and increased the hardness to 100% (it was 0% in the default setting) and increased the diameter by 50%. It was a lot of work but well worth it.

Thanks again,
Leor Brenman