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Steve Grisetti wrote on 1/8/2013, 12:19 PM
If you use a title with a transparent background and put it on a video track above your photo, it should work.

Is that what you're doing?
chulaivet1966 wrote on 1/8/2013, 12:41 PM
Well....
I had about 300 photos for my (personal) military documentary project and needed to add text to all of them.
I've used this great FREE program to add the text to the photos then brought them into Sony Movie Studio 9.0.

Here it is:http://download-paint-net.com/

EDIT: I just realized that my suggestion may be the long way for you and I'm not saying your Movie Studio version wouldn't do the same thing.
I'm still on 9.0 which is about 3 years old or more so I can't offer a more streamlined process.

Hope that helps....
clv1966
R_W_B wrote on 1/8/2013, 1:45 PM
Thanks I see what I was doing wrong now, I didn't have the text on the text track at the top but had it on the video overlay track.

What is the difference between the Video Overlay track (2nd from top) and the Video Track (3rd from top)?

Also is there any way to move the duration or frame length of a clip or text with the keyboard ? I can't seem to match them up with my mouse. Or maybe a way to just fill in the frame length numbers without trying to manually size them.
Chienworks wrote on 1/8/2013, 2:13 PM
There is absolutely no difference between the text, video overlay, video track, or any other image tracks. They are completely identical in use and behavior. The only difference that matters is the order of the tracks, starting from the top down. Whatever is on the top track covers up anything on the tracks below it, except where it is transparent or empty. If something is transparent or empty then you see the tracks underneath.

I suspect that your real problem was that you had chosen a text preset with a black background first rather than the transparent (checkerboard) background.
R_W_B wrote on 1/8/2013, 5:58 PM
Well I'm not sure, all I know is I moved the text from sitting on top of the video (in the Video Overlay track) up to the Text tract. Then I could see the video and the text instead of just the text.

BTW what is the Video Overlay mean ? (as opposed to just Video).

Also is there any way to move the duration or frame length of a clip or text with the keyboard ? I can't seem to match them up with my mouse. Or maybe a way to just fill in the frame length numbers without trying to manually size them.
Chienworks wrote on 1/9/2013, 7:22 AM
Did you also have the video in the video overlay track? If you had text and video on the same track then the shorter event takes precedence and replaces the longer one.

Alternatively, have you applied any compositing methods to the video overlay track?
OhMyGosh wrote on 1/9/2013, 9:38 AM
"I can't seem to match them up with my mouse."
The first icon above the time line should be 'enable snapping'. If that is enabled, you should be able to drag your text or picture and it will snap to the length of the other. Cin
R_W_B wrote on 1/9/2013, 2:47 PM
Yes I did, that's exactly what I had. I have corrected that now. Haven't learned what "composting methods" are yet. But I know as soon as I moved it off the track to above it worked. That was kinda dumb on my part to put the text on top of the video but if memory serves me that's the way I did in MS's free Movie Maker.
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Subject: RE: Adding text to photo
Reply by: OhMyGosh
Date: 1/9/2013 10:38:35 AM
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"I can't seem to match them up with my mouse."
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The first icon above the time line should be 'enable snapping'. If that is enabled, you should be able to drag your text or picture and it will snap to the length of the other. Cin
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Oh Thanks.