subtitles for a newbie

crow43 wrote on 9/27/2006, 8:53 PM

Hello all and thankyou for helping.

Im new to vegas and i cant seem how to make subtitles for my video. all i need is some text that appears on the video like a subtitle. Nothing fancy i just want to to appear on the event then go away when the event ends.

thanks for helping out a newb

crow

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rustier wrote on 9/27/2006, 10:41 PM

drop your video into the time line. look at your generated media tab and you'll see text. There are different kinds - some you can see through - some you cant. Drop this on the line above your video - click on the little icon on the right side, put your text in. You can position it like a typewriter (with spaces) or by using pan crop . Just remember to stay in the "safe" zone. that is to leave some room from the edge so you dont cut off your text when you try to view it on your TV

have fun with it

Tim L wrote on 9/28/2006, 5:26 AM

The ones with a gray checkerboard background are the ones that you can see through -- i.e. your text will appear right on top of your video (as long as your text is on a track *above* your video track).

In general, the gray checkerboard pattern is used to indicate transparency.

Tim L