Hi all!
first, i would like to say that Vegas Video (and my version is 3.0) is the most fastest video editing software (and easy to use) that i ever use, in my case, for the past four days. i've tried using my friend's Ulead VideoStudio with almost 80% of my time wasted on figuring how to edit the movie. He also have Ulead MediaStudio Pro Video Editor, but then, still hard to edit (and keep whining about Quicktime). then i try Vegas Video, and walla! i just finished my editing (adding sound and scrolling effect) less then the time i took to uninstall those Ulead! :D
anyway, as a newbie, i still need to learn the very basic of video editing using Vegas. and my very basic question from me today is : how to add transparent text?
this is what i do :
- start a new project, File ->Import Media -> select file.mpg
- on my screen, i have Video Track and Audio Track.
- clicked on Text/Backgrounds ->Text ->Default Text. (transparent background)
- i drag Default Text into the workspace, and Vegas create new Video Track (3).
- click play, hoping that 'Sample Text' will be displayed above the video. but nothing happened.
- drag Default Text from track 3 to track 1 (above the video).
- click play. it does display 'Sample Text', but with black background. :(
- recheck the background for 'Sample Text' (using Video Event FX), yes, i set it to the lowest (as suggested by the manual, it will be displayed as transparent).
back to my basic question : how to add transparent text, or, where should i put the transparent text?
sorry once again to disturb you guys with this kind of question. but i'm totally lost.
thank you.
first, i would like to say that Vegas Video (and my version is 3.0) is the most fastest video editing software (and easy to use) that i ever use, in my case, for the past four days. i've tried using my friend's Ulead VideoStudio with almost 80% of my time wasted on figuring how to edit the movie. He also have Ulead MediaStudio Pro Video Editor, but then, still hard to edit (and keep whining about Quicktime). then i try Vegas Video, and walla! i just finished my editing (adding sound and scrolling effect) less then the time i took to uninstall those Ulead! :D
anyway, as a newbie, i still need to learn the very basic of video editing using Vegas. and my very basic question from me today is : how to add transparent text?
this is what i do :
- start a new project, File ->Import Media -> select file.mpg
- on my screen, i have Video Track and Audio Track.
- clicked on Text/Backgrounds ->Text ->Default Text. (transparent background)
- i drag Default Text into the workspace, and Vegas create new Video Track (3).
- click play, hoping that 'Sample Text' will be displayed above the video. but nothing happened.
- drag Default Text from track 3 to track 1 (above the video).
- click play. it does display 'Sample Text', but with black background. :(
- recheck the background for 'Sample Text' (using Video Event FX), yes, i set it to the lowest (as suggested by the manual, it will be displayed as transparent).
back to my basic question : how to add transparent text, or, where should i put the transparent text?
sorry once again to disturb you guys with this kind of question. but i'm totally lost.
thank you.