Getting text to look right...

newUzer wrote on 8/19/2005, 2:23 PM

Is it possible to lay out some 18pt text in an illustrator, save it as a 300dpi TIFF, drop it on the timeline, pan, and have it look as good as text scroll created in vegas? I ask because mine looks like crap - thin parts of letters missing, twinkling as it scrolls, etc. How does one get this right?

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winrockpost wrote on 8/19/2005, 2:38 PM

Very possible, is your preview set on draft maybe.

newUzer wrote on 8/19/2005, 2:51 PM

Actually, my comments are based on looking at a rendered mpeg2. I do understand what you mean about the preview setting, however.

Grazie wrote on 8/19/2005, 3:06 PM

" . . twinkling as it scrolls, etc. How does one get this right?"

yeah . .this sounds familiar . . Rule of thumb on font styles, fatter is better .. thin, slim fonts can give this look. Try "previewing" on an external CRT monitor. The scanning and "tube" fluorescence" are more forgiving than the "New World Order of digital LCDs . .. yeah?

Grazie

Liam_Vegas wrote on 8/19/2005, 3:11 PM

How are you looking at that MPEG2 file you have rendered? On your TV... or via a player on your PC. For instance Windows Media Player (and many others) do a pretty awful job of playing NTSC video on your monitor.

Your reference to 18pt and 300dpi definitely says to me you may be looking at this all wrong. "Pt" and "dpi" are pretty much irrelevant to video. ALL that is important to video is pixel dimensions of the frame.

For a good tutorial on titles for video check out this tutorial on the COW,

Grazie wrote on 8/19/2005, 3:19 PM

Liam .. I agree.

Yes I'm slow .. . In the last 24 hours I downloaded Divx player 6. I thought my stuff through Media Player was average . . now through Divx player I'm quite pleased! No, I'm very pleased!

But the "thing" here is that I knew how good my stuff looked on a TV set. I didn't/don't rely on Media Player. Truth is, even real Player looks better! . .and yes the DPI and pixel thing needs to be taken on . .

Grazie