I found it and downloaded it but I can't open it and don't know what to do with it.

yeah they are probably .veg files instead of .vf files...

Ok, let's start over. I still don't know how to do this.
Can anyone explain how to do in and what the steps are in laymens terms?

You can create graphics in something like Fireworks, Photoshop, Gimp, Paint.net etc... then import them into Vegas. This way you can have any type of look you want to the numbers.

You can purchase a premade effect, video, flash or images from istockphoto or similar site. That would be the easiest, download and just drag and drop.
Wouldn't cost much for an effect like that, few dollars I would think.

Have someone create the effect you want for you. Someone you know or you can pay someone to do it.


Those are a few ideas for you.

If you want to do it yourself and you create the images in Fireworks or something similar, remember that one second of video is round about 30 frames if you are doing something for DVD. For the web you can have range from 12 to 30 frames, depending what you are doing.

That just means you have to span each number out over multiple frames, 5 to 10 frames per number or your viewers wont see it.


Hope I gave you some ideas.

You might also want to check out Digital Juice -- they have their
"countdown" Motion Design Elements on sale currently ---
http://www.digitaljuice.com/products/product_volumes.asp?pvid=19

mikey

just use the media generators timed fade on black

edit your text use timed sequence