Help with generated media req'd please

dvboy wrote on 7/27/2006, 9:25 AM

Got a bit of a problem here and am looking for a workaround - maybe its staring me in the face but I can't figure it out.

I have multiple veg's for a project that I created for a customer about a year ago. Fortunately, I've kept their project on a seperate hard drive so I still have all the raw footage etc.

In all the files I created for them, I have generated text (normal default text) on the timeline (multiple text events - probably about 40-50 text events per veg) along with footage on a different track. Here's the problem, the customer is now looking for all the wording of the text events to be able to send them to a translator!!. The generated media is overlayed on a gradient background for effect so I can't use any other method for using the text.

Is there an easy way, or via a script to extract all the text to a file. There are gazillion text events and it would take me eons to get it all out. Also, once translated, can I import this again somehow?

ANy help here would be greatly appreciated

Edit: I notice that the text shows up in the veg file when opened with a text editor like Notepad (albeit with additional characters denoting line breaks etc) - would this be the only way to go???

Thanks

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johnmeyer wrote on 7/27/2006, 9:52 AM

Is there an easy way, or via a script to extract all the text to a file.

Not via script and not via any other means that I know of.

I have tried for years to get Sony to provide some minimal feature that would let us import and export text (for markers, titles, credit rolls, etc.) for the purpose of basic spell checking.

Is there ANY application in this world that DOESN'T let you spell check your text ??

About the only thing I can offer is to open the VEG file in Notepad. You can then copy/paste into Word and write a macro that extracts the text (you can't open the file directly in Word, at least I couldn't). Pretty ugly.

dvboy wrote on 7/27/2006, 11:11 AM

Thanks John

Its what I feared but thought maybe someone had a workaround (sigh).

C'mon Sony - help us out here!!!!

jetdv wrote on 7/27/2006, 11:32 AM

The closest I have come is with the QuickLabels tool in Excalibur. It will add the text for you but not in a text generated media. However, it can be set for a transparent background.