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Drop shadow on Subtitle on Bluray
Former user
wrote on 9/8/2014, 8:43 AM
I am creating subtitles for a Bluray and they could really use a shadow to stand out. but the Shadow option for text does not show. Is this not supported on Bluray?
I wasn't aware that there was a shadow option for any text in DVDA. I normally copy/paste the text then use that as a shadow/outline. Have I been missing something obvious all this time?? :-(
Former user
wrote on 9/8/2014, 1:09 PM
There used to be a shadow option for subtitles, but it is not there. But it is in the online help.
It's there in my Consumer version 5.0 Build 186. In the Edit Text toolbar beneath the preview window is an 'S' which has a drop down box with X Offset, Y Offset, Blur and Colour. Is this not what you are looking for?
Former user
wrote on 9/8/2014, 7:42 PM
That is what I am looking for, but it is not on my screen on 5.2. I have a big O for outline, but no S. I remember seeing it in the past, but I don't remember if it was this version or an earlier one.
That's interesting. I don't have the "O". Perhaps "S" has been replaced by "O" in the pro version. Personally I prefer to have drop shadow not outline. But I would have expected the pro version to have both!
Former user
wrote on 9/8/2014, 9:32 PM
The outline is actually a box around the text (you can adjust the transparency and color) not really a text outline. It is really strange cause I know it used to be there.