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Harold Brown wrote on 9/30/2006, 8:08 PM
GrafPak Viewer is one. I seem to recall finding others as well but don't recall where just now. Let me look.
jrazz wrote on 9/30/2006, 8:13 PM
Patrick, are you wanting one specific to implementing a lower third in Vegas, or how to make one using a graphic editor or how to set an alpha channel on a pre-made lower third or...

I am more than sure you know how to do all these things, could you not just teach them? Maybe I am missing what you are really looking for.

By the way, how are things going down in Florida for you? Are you teaching something other than video? I was under the impression that you were, but your last several posts show that you are now teaching a video class. How did you manage to talk a highschool into that?

j razz
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 9/30/2006, 8:28 PM
Patrick, I make custom thirds for many of my projects. What are you looking for?

I can giv eyou some tips, examples etc...

Dave
p@mast3rs wrote on 10/1/2006, 6:16 AM
Jazz, I teach Video and Web Design at the high school level. Its a ton of fun.

The reason I am asking is I want to marry the two classes together and have my web design/graphic artists start creating stuff for the TV Production and I was looking for easy tutorials that the students could follow step by step to get a better understanding without me having to teach step by step. My lesson plans are chocked full as we speak. But I have had a few kids ask about doing stuff for the production and I just dont have time to teach Web kiddies video stuff.
winrockpost wrote on 10/1/2006, 6:30 AM
a start
p@mast3rs wrote on 10/1/2006, 6:48 AM
risce1, thank you. Thats what I was looking for. Mucho gracias.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 10/1/2006, 8:31 AM
Actually that article is incorrect. It tells you to make an image that is 720x480 NTSC but most image editors use square pixels so you really have to make the image 655 x 480 so that the aspect is correct. It also doesn’t take into account the 10% title safe area which web students are probably not aware of but video students will want in their lower thirds. It also doesn’t talk about broadcast safe colors. I does get the basic idea across however.

I don’t know of any other tutorials but if you are going to use that one, I would add these three caveats to your lesson.

~jr
Earl_J wrote on 10/7/2006, 3:18 PM
Hello Frig,
I imagine the ND in your username represents North Dakota, which indicates where the Frigid came from... <grin>
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I create an image in Photoshop - I bring it into Vegas 6.0 - it comes in with artifacts and bits and pieces that are fragmented that are not there in the original image... then, as I begin to shrink it to lower thirds proportions, it pixelates like a bad web page image...

lil help...

What size and format do I need *not* to have it pixelate as I reduce the size for lower thirds use?
I read the message here about 655X480 - I'll give that a shot and see what gives...

Until that time...

Aloha y'all... Earl J.
Earl_J wrote on 10/7/2006, 3:37 PM
Hey Earl J., you big knucklehead...

check out the tutorial...
You create the entire lower thirds in Photoshop before bringing it into Vegas...

I'll give it a shot and see what gives...

Until that time... Earl J.
Earl_J wrote on 10/7/2006, 3:53 PM
Hey Earl J.,
I get the concept... I made the graphic... I brought it to Vegas in tif... still pixelated... what should I try now?

Until that time... Earl J.
Spot|DSE wrote on 10/7/2006, 4:09 PM
Bring into Vegas as a 655 x 480 graphic, as a PNG or TGA file, not as a .tif file. TIF and Vegas don't get along very well.
Do you always talk to yourself? ;-)
Earl_J wrote on 10/7/2006, 5:37 PM
Figured it out...
bring it in as a psd... something with alpha channels; just as indicated in the tutorial...
Frame size of 1024X768 seems to work well for smaller print that remains crisp and clear at that size... 14-16 points...

Thanks for the boost...

Just goes to show that oftentimes, it's simply a matter of thinking through the problem to get to the proper solution...

Until that time... Earl J.
Cheno wrote on 10/7/2006, 6:04 PM
Patrick,

Have your students view Rich Harrington's "Photoshop CS for Digital Video" DVD. He shows how to create video safe graphics.

Also, I love to record commercials, infommercials and cable news programs and watch the graphics in them. If you have access to a DVR w/ DVD burner, it's a very inexpensive way to record and demonstrate to your students what is out there on broadcast, along with what works / doesn't and why.

cheno
Earl_J wrote on 10/8/2006, 4:47 AM
Hello DSE,
figured it out... PSD imports work fine as well... opens up a whole new world "down under" - sorta like the "land down under" - it's always been there, but unless someone helps get there, it is really an undiscovered place...
I'm writing your suggestion right on my monitor!
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Never noticed that I talked to myself until lately, have I?
No, I haven't...
I really only talk to myself much like the way W.C. Fields would imbibe, *only* when I'm alone or with someone - - -
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Do you have any idea when the grading for the Orlando SCVE/SCVU will get completed? I haven't hear a peep from Sony... or perhaps you have a Sony email address to which I may inquire...?
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Until that time...

Aloha y'all... Earl J.