Bending Text to fit existing graphic (Vegas 16 on Windows 10)

Thomas-Monks wrote on 4/18/2022, 6:15 PM

Greetings !

I'm trying to fit the text in the ribbon of the graphic (Chief Solono Kennel Club).

I tried Tiny Planet, but that won't work because the text needs to be VERY small to match the slight ribbon curve.

Although this is not the final graphic (I may need to make the ribbon grey slightly darker to get nice contrast. Any Suggestions ??? The text may need to be also stretched, etc. to have a nice fit... and of course brighten the gold a bit...lol

Thanks,

Tom

Comments

lan-mLMC wrote on 4/18/2022, 9:56 PM

Try Ignite/Hitfilm/VEGAS-Effects Puppet tool.

Yelandkeil wrote on 4/19/2022, 2:22 AM

I think VEGAS' Protype Titler can do it.

ASUS TUF Gaming B550plus BIOS3202: 
- Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER GF1 850W 
- ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11PRO; 512GB/sys, 2TB/data 
- G.SKILL F4-3200C16Q-64GFX 
- AMD Ryzen9 5950x + LiquidFreezer II-240 
- XFX Speedster-MERC319-RX6900XT <-AdrenalinEdition 24.12.1
Samsung 2xLU28R55 HDR10 (300CD/m², 1499Nits/peak) ->2xDPort
ROCCAT Kave 5.1Headset/Mic ->Analog (AAFOptimusPack 6.0.9403.1)
LG DSP7 Surround 5.1Soundbar ->TOSLINK

Lumix DC-GH6: HLG4k60p, AWB, shutter=125, ISO=auto (250 - 6400)
DJI Mini 4 Pro: HLG4k60p, AWB, shutter=auto, ISO=auto
HERO5: ProtuneFlat2.7k60pLinear, WB=4800K, Shutter=auto, ISO=800

Win11Pro: 24H2-26100.4770; Direct3D API=12.2
VEGASPro22 + XMediaRecode/Handbrake + DVDArchi7 
AcidPro10 + SoundForgePro14.0.065 + SpectraLayersPro7 
K-LitecodecPack19.0.5 (MPC Video Renderer for HDR10 Playback on PC) 

DMT3 wrote on 4/19/2022, 6:07 AM

why not create the text in your graphic program? if you need to animate it, save it as a separate graphic.

Dexcon wrote on 4/19/2022, 6:25 AM

Try Vegas Pro 16's VEGAS Deform VFX adjusting the Amount, Top and Bottom sliders under both Squeeze and Curve. Then put the title on to its own track and use Track Motion for positioning (V, H, zoom and rotate) over the ribbon and, as well, then fine-tune the Deform settings to create the best fit. The following was done in VP19 but will be the same in VP16:

Last changed by Dexcon on 4/19/2022, 7:37 AM, changed a total of 2 times.

Cameras: Sony FDR-AX100E; GoPro Hero 11 Black Creator Edition

Installed: Vegas Pro 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22, HitFilm Pro 2021.3, DaVinci Resolve Studio 20, BCC 2025, Mocha Pro 2025.0, NBFX TotalFX 7, Neat NR, DVD Architect 6.0, MAGIX Travel Maps, Sound Forge Pro 16, SpectraLayers Pro 11, iZotope RX11 Advanced and many other iZ plugins, Vegasaur 4.0

Windows 11

Dell Alienware Aurora 11:

10th Gen Intel i9 10900KF - 10 cores (20 threads) - 3.7 to 5.3 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 - liquid cooled

64GB RAM - Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz

C drive: 2TB Samsung 990 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD

D: drive: 4TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD (used for media for editing current projects)

E: drive: 2TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD

F: drive: 6TB WD 7200 rpm Black HDD 3.5"

Dell Ultrasharp 32" 4K Color Calibrated Monitor

 

LAPTOP:

Dell Inspiron 5310 EVO 13.3"

i5-11320H CPU

C Drive: 1TB Corsair Gen4 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD (upgraded from the original 500 GB SSD)

Monitor is 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz

Musicvid wrote on 4/19/2022, 6:57 AM

Photoshop, 10 minutes (including coffee).

The banner is not equal height, appears to have been done freehand.

FayFen wrote on 4/19/2022, 8:25 AM

I was able to place it with deform and pan/crop in my VMS16P

Thomas-Monks wrote on 4/19/2022, 4:35 PM

Photoshop, 10 minutes (including coffee).

The banner is not equal height, appears to have been done freehand.

Yep, I'm too cheap to pay for photoshop...I do everything in vegas...lol

Yep it was indeed donefreehand... the last of hand-created art.

Musicvid wrote on 4/19/2022, 5:54 PM

Thomas, 100% free Photoshop is called Gimp.

Former user wrote on 4/19/2022, 6:04 PM

@Thomas-Monks I'll second that, for the price GIMP is an excellent program 👍

Thomas-Monks wrote on 4/20/2022, 10:00 AM

Thanks Everyone !!! Well, since this situation happens sometimes...it looks like I'm learning to be a GIMP ! LOL

Thomas-Monks wrote on 4/21/2022, 10:32 AM

Well, Gimp is kinda pain in the a33... it doesn't even have built-in outline and shadow functions...crazy. I was able to complete the project using Vegas advice here. It will take some time to get better with Gimp. Here's the final project. It's a quick 20-second open to a round at the dog show, i.e. Kennel Club. The show is pirate themed. Sincere thanks, Tom.

3POINT wrote on 4/21/2022, 10:40 AM

@Thomas-Monks Well done! I also favour to use the tools Vegas offers to complete a task.

Former user wrote on 4/21/2022, 10:50 AM

@Thomas-Monks Yep it does, there's a couple of ways to do it, right click the thumbnail, Alpha to selection, Select tab - Grow selection then drop a colour to a new Layer, or Alpha to selection & just use the Border option,

& there's Shadow options