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Eugenia wrote on 1/14/2009, 8:26 AM
Try this:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=25884

I also hate to point the obvious, but the solution would have been yours within 20 seconds if you utilized Google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=typewriter+sony+vegas&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Google is your friend. The reason that I very very rarely ask questions here and in other forums is not because I know everything, but because I google before I ask.
Rizla wrote on 1/14/2009, 11:42 AM
I asked because I visited the same sites as you did. I did Google. The first link you showed me is of course what came to mind the first time. If I do things like that I have to make as much text blocks as I have letters, which sucks if you consider how much text I have. The second link only is a Sony Vegas 8 option, not Vegas 9. The Vegas 8 option is pretty handy because it saves a lot of time. So, after I Googled I decided to come to the Sony Vegas forums.

So, does anyone have an answer?
GerryLeacock wrote on 1/14/2009, 11:52 AM
I did a pretty cheesy one once, just to see what it looked like. Say you want the word "HELLO" typed out. I did it in Word and did a screen capture of the progress.

H (screen capture)
HE (screen capture)
HEL (screen capture)
HELL (screen capture)
HELLO (screen capture)

Then take your 5 screen caps and throw them in the time line at 1 second each, with the sound effect of a typewriter keyclick under each of the 5 stills.

Looked cheesy but it worked.

Never worry about asking questions here. For every quesion you can think of, I'm sure there is 10 people wondering the same thing.

Gerry
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 1/14/2009, 12:57 PM
Vegas's title generator is a nightmare in many respects. Please tell the sony suits, that by far the easiest method is to use ... Windows Movie Maker... Just render to dv-avi and import it into Vegas.

Rizla wrote on 1/15/2009, 6:33 AM
Thanks everybody for answering.
Sonata wrote on 1/15/2009, 7:24 AM
The way I do this is from post #4 here:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=25884

It works well for me, and it's fast and easy.

The only word of caution, though, is your justification of the text. Pay attention to that part as you are creating your text event.
Byron K wrote on 1/16/2009, 11:38 AM
Windows Movie Maker *cough!* *cough!* can do this... Just kidding, it actually does it quite well imho.

Use Tools, Titles & Credits, type your text and click: Change the title animation
Scroll up and select typewriter.

It also has a Star Wars Scroll effect. (Cheesy but pretty cool for free)

Here's what I did in 10 minutes. (took longer to render and upload than to create the effects)