Problem with fonts (simulating a snow effect)

davewire35 wrote on 4/22/2025, 3:15 AM

Hello everyone, I wanted to use a specific font for a ski vacation movie, so I went to dafont.com, my go-to site for fonts, but I'm running into a problem.
I tried both fonts, but the problem is the same.

https://www.dafont.com/fr/snowby.font

https://www.dafont.com/fr/polar-snow.font

Actually, the snow effect that settles on top of the letters appears black instead of white in my Vegas. Is there a way to solve the problem, or is it a mismanagement of Vegas Pro 22, which I'm using and which is updated?
I'd appreciate any advice. I can change the font color, but the snow deposit remains black, and I'd like it to be white, like what's offered in their templates. If you have any other suggestions for snow fonts that work well, I'd appreciate it. Thank you!

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Gid wrote on 4/22/2025, 4:16 AM

@davewire35 Hi, I don't think you can,

I tried them in VP Titles&Text, Boris TS, Newblue & in another editor Magix Move Studio where I got the same result each time 🤷‍♂️

The snow on top is transparent, adjusting the alpha channel doesn't work, different Compositing modes don't work & Invert doesn't work, it just changes the colour.

Vegas Pro 18 - 22
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At the moment my filming is done with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G & a GoPro Hero11 Black

I've been a Joiner/Carpenter for 40yrs, apprentice trained time served, I don't have an apprentice of my own so to share my knowledge I put videos on YouTube.

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davewire35 wrote on 4/22/2025, 4:26 AM

@davewire35 Hi, I don't think you can,

I tried them in VP Titles&Text, Boris TS, Newblue & in another editor Magix Move Studio where I got the same result each time 🤷‍♂️

The snow on top is transparent, adjusting the alpha channel doesn't work, different Compositing modes don't work & Invert doesn't work, it just changes the colour.

It's super nice to have tested! Ah yes so the snow deposit is transparent that's why by associating it on a black background it made it black, so it is necessary to associate it with a white background to keep the effect... too bad! I needed it on a black background, otherwise it would be necessary to redo the whole font... thanks for the help in any case!

Gid wrote on 4/22/2025, 4:33 AM

@davewire35 Yep, sorry, I tried a few different ways to make just the top white, duplicating layers, masking, Compositing mode - Cut but still haven't got the top to be white, that transparent bit always gets in the way 🤷‍♂️😂 Maybe someone else will come up with something & If I do I'll post it here 👍

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Vegas Pro 18 - 22
Vegas Pro/Post 19
Boris Continuum & Sapphire, 
Silhouette Standalone + Plugin, 
Mocha Pro Standalone + Plugin, 
Boris Optics,
NewBlue TotalFX
Desktop PC Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - 64-Bit
ASUS PRO WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI AMD Motherboard
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 3.5GHz 32 Core
Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 360mm All-in-One Liquid CPU Cooler
RAM 256GB ( 8x Micron 32GB (1x 32GB) 2666MHz DDR4 RAM )
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Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark TG Case with 3 Fans
Dell SE3223Q 31.5 Inch 4K UHD (3840x2160) Monitor, 60Hz, & an Acer 24" monitor.

At the moment my filming is done with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G & a GoPro Hero11 Black

I've been a Joiner/Carpenter for 40yrs, apprentice trained time served, I don't have an apprentice of my own so to share my knowledge I put videos on YouTube.

YouTube videos - https://www.youtube.com/c/Gidjoiner

 

Gid wrote on 4/22/2025, 4:56 AM

Maybe - Save snapshot to file & open in a photo editor.

Vegas Pro 18 - 22
Vegas Pro/Post 19
Boris Continuum & Sapphire, 
Silhouette Standalone + Plugin, 
Mocha Pro Standalone + Plugin, 
Boris Optics,
NewBlue TotalFX
Desktop PC Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - 64-Bit
ASUS PRO WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI AMD Motherboard
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 3.5GHz 32 Core
Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 360mm All-in-One Liquid CPU Cooler
RAM 256GB ( 8x Micron 32GB (1x 32GB) 2666MHz DDR4 RAM )
2x Western Digital Black SN850 2TB M.2-2280 SSD, 7000MB/s Read, 5100MB/s Write
(programs on one, project files on the other)
Graphics MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X 24GB OC GPU
ASUS ROG Thor 1200W Semi-Modular 80+ Platinum PSU 
Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark TG Case with 3 Fans
Dell SE3223Q 31.5 Inch 4K UHD (3840x2160) Monitor, 60Hz, & an Acer 24" monitor.

At the moment my filming is done with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G & a GoPro Hero11 Black

I've been a Joiner/Carpenter for 40yrs, apprentice trained time served, I don't have an apprentice of my own so to share my knowledge I put videos on YouTube.

YouTube videos - https://www.youtube.com/c/Gidjoiner

 

FayFen wrote on 4/22/2025, 5:20 AM

Google found this

https://www.1001fonts.com/crazy-fever-demo-font.html

not free but have layers.

davewire35 wrote on 4/22/2025, 7:03 AM

Maybe - Save snapshot to file & open in a photo editor.

I was thinking of doing exactly that, just creating the sentences I need, thanks for your help