Yeah, I'm with Liam on this one.

PLUS, your, "making someone or something fade out of a frame alone without the rest of the frame," this isn't a Vegas or another NLE trick. It is you thinking ahead for the shot and post prod. Basically with a locked down tripod and camera you shoot the person with plenty of the "non-person" shot and then dissolve this in front and on the person leaving the shot. DON'T move the camera! You then bring this to your NLE and then dissolve the "empty" shot into the person shot and even dissolve back out through the person "leaving the shot. Simple eh?

Bottom line here is that there is "masses" you can achieve with camera PRIOR to getting to the NLE. Think ols style camrea work and you wont go far wrong. Old was nornally "simple". I've learnt "stacks" from watching old movies - and yes at times I've had my head "truned" by the Bells 'n Whistles of this new digital craft. However, sometimes - OFTEN! - the solution remians in the - OUR - real analogue World . . . ooohhh I can here the keyboards clacking away already!

Grazie

... and you think you've got it tough -

In the good old days, we had to set light to actors and use timelapse.

Then the Unions stepped in.

. . oh Peter . .that is very funny . . I AM chuckling here in rainy London . .. very good! - Hey! Gives a new meaning to the term, "You're Fired!"

Great stuff Peter!

Grazie .. .



oh any luck with the Text Editing? . . .

> oh any luck with the Text Editing? . . ."

Yep - as you suggested Grazie, the Placement Tab makes a better Credit Roll than the Credit Roll.

Grooovy-Tunes! - Grazie

This is one of the great things that Text Editor suppies - the PLUS and MINUS use on the Text Editor Timeline to get controllable Credit Rolls! . . . Hope this "feature" is extended and built upon in V6?

Grazie

omar: check out these videos, all made with Vegas or Movie Studio (Vegas' little brother):

http://www.vegasusers.com/vidshare/textdisp?adinelt-transporter
http://www.vegasusers.com/vidshare/textdisp?philfort-transporter
http://www.vegasusers.com/vidshare/textdisp?briggs-beam_me_up
http://www.vegasusers.com/vidshare/textdisp?chienworks-wallwalking-1m
http://www.vegasusers.com/vidshare/textdisp?mnohr-tport

Those all demonstrate someone fading in or out of the frame.

This is one of the great things that Text Editor suppies - the PLUS and MINUS use on the Text Editor Timeline to get controllable Credit Rolls! .
Grazie, I read in another thread where you suggested the text media generator instead of the credit roll (due to the limitations of the credit roll). At the time I just thought you were talking about simply dissolving or fading one credit into the next. I just realized you were talking about using the placement tab to make it scroll (duhhhh). I just tried it, it looks great (with no limitations on font size etc) and I'm anxious to use it on my next project that requires credits but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything else I may be in the dark on...
What is the PLUS and MINUS use on the Text Editor Timeline you speak of my friend?
TIA,
Randy

You got X and Y coords - yeah? Now if you want text to move right or left them then pop a "minus" sign " - " infront of the X value . . and if you want the text to go up or down do the same! - Experiment with it and you'll quickly get the gist of it.

Grazie

Thanks guys, I know it's not drag-n-drop stuff...I'm just looking for direction.

> omar: check out these videos, all made with Vegas or Movie Studio (Vegas' little brother):

nice. do you have any tutorials btw?

Are you taking a shot of the person and area separately and layering them

Omar: the technique is basically that you shoot the scene with the person in the picture, then shoot it again without them, then crossfade between the takes with whatever sort of transition you want to use.