I am working to add subtitles to a video and given a clean version to work with. I saw the original put what looks like a gradient in the lower 1/4th of the frame to make the titles stand out a bit. How would you do that in Vegas?
Reference from the original English video:
The vignetting tool works if I position it so the top vignette is out of frame. I don't really want the rounded corners though. I have a NewBlue vignette that gives a rectangle shape and it's okay.
Is there a better way to do this? If this were Photoshop I'd add a gradient map with a ramp from black to white (bottom to top).
I can alternatively use an Fx to darken the video and use a Bezier mask to limit the effect to the bottom but think I must be missing something.
Second question- is there an easy way to put text over a solid color? Do you have to make a black shape and put it on a track below text manually?