Help, I can't get a transparent background for my edit title ...

topuser1 wrote on 10/5/2002, 11:07 PM

I have an existing mpg movie and want to put a title at the begining of the movie. But when I drug a text over my clip the background of the text has solid color. I want the background of the text to be trasparent, so I could only see the text over the movie.
Any ideas how do I this? thanks guys

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Chienworks wrote on 10/5/2002, 11:25 PM

You should use the text preset with the checkerboard background. The checkerboard indicates transparency.

You can also convert the solid background you have now to be transparent. Click on the Properties tab in the text generator window and drag the Background Color alpha slider all the way down to the checkerboard area at the bottom, or change the A value to 0.

topuser1 wrote on 10/6/2002, 8:00 AM

Thanks, but the preset with the checkerboard background is not transparent. When I drag this preset onto the "timeline", the background checkerboard ...
I would like to see nothing but the text over the movie clip, can you guys tell me step by step. Sorry if this is a trvial question, but I am new to this software. many thanks

Chienworks wrote on 10/6/2002, 8:38 AM

Where are you placing the text on your timeline? It needs to be in a separate track above the video clip. For example, place the text on track one, the MPEG video on track two, and the MPEG audio on track three.