How can I do scrolling text with mask?

mcgoo wrote on 9/7/2004, 2:48 PM

Hi

I have a project which requires that I have some scrolling text that doesn't touch the top or bottom 1/4 of the screen. The reason is that the background clip contains date and title into which can't be obscured by the scrolling text.

Can anyone tell me how this can be done?

Thanx,
McGoo

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Spot|DSE wrote on 9/7/2004, 3:17 PM

Just as you asked...create a mask.
Use the Gradient generator to create a mask that is clear in the middle and gradiented to black at the top/bottom. Then child it to the text track, and you'll be done. Check the http://www.vasst.com/login.htm site, I uploaded a credit roll and mask for you.

johnmeyer wrote on 9/7/2004, 3:59 PM

Spot,

That was very generous of you to upload that file. One question: you say above, " ... Then child it to the text track ... " In fact, it isn't set as a child in your VEG file, and you actually don't need to, given the way your mask is constructed. Am I correct in this observation? I think your method has the advantage of probably rendering faster than if you used a parent/child track, although I may be wrong on that one.

Spot|DSE wrote on 9/7/2004, 4:14 PM

I know...I changed my process halfway through and didn't edit my post. Sometimes it's just faster to do something and upload it than it is to describe it and probably lose a lot in the translation. :-) I'm a terrible communicator sometimes.

SonyEPM wrote on 9/8/2004, 7:06 AM

You could also just crop the credit roll-

Create your credit roll timeline event
Open the credit roll event's pan/crop dialog box
Set "stretch to fill frame" to NO
Adjust lower and upper (Y) position of the crop rectangle as needed

Spot|DSE wrote on 9/8/2004, 7:35 AM

Yeah, I did that too, but didn't like the hard edged text coming in, hence the softened edge from the mask.
Like most things in Vegas, there are a dozen ways to accomplish the same/similar results!

JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/8/2004, 7:58 AM

> there are a dozen ways to accomplish the same/similar results!

Yep there sure are. Here’s another: We are so use to masking with generated media that we often forget that in Vegas 5 you can just click Pan/Crop, enable the Mask keyframes and draw a box where you want the credit roll to be visible. Then set the Feather Type to In and Feather (%) to about 5.0 and you have the desired effect all on one track so when you move the event there is no mask to move with it. Vegas 5 Rocks!

~jr

dcrandall wrote on 9/8/2004, 8:32 AM

Thank you JohnnyRoy!
Your method has just saved me from adding generated media to my current project. Much appreciated!

-Dan