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Captured-Films wrote on 1/24/2006, 5:03 PM

Is there a way to do something like the text in this video in vegas. Would you have to use pan/crop and have a couple of video tracks and enlarge a few letters at a time and turn the opacity down some on the enlarged letters, or is there an easier way to do this? Thanks.
http://www.dpcfilms.com/VideoPlayer.asp?i=127
Nick

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jrazz wrote on 1/24/2006, 5:09 PM

I assume you meant to post a link to a video?

j razz

Captured-Films wrote on 1/24/2006, 5:11 PM

Yeah i was in a hurry. sorry

Nick

jrazz wrote on 1/24/2006, 5:32 PM

So, are you going to post the link?

j razz

Captured-Films wrote on 1/24/2006, 5:41 PM

I put it in my first post afterwards but here it is http://www.dpcfilms.com/VideoPlayer.asp?i=127

jrazz wrote on 1/24/2006, 7:41 PM

I am sure that there has to be a script out there somewhere for this. Try searching on www.vasst.com for text scripts or post this in Vegas Scripts forum.
But yeah, you could do as you say and accomplish it but it would take a long time depending on how much text you want to do. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but hopefully I pointed you in the right direction.

j razz

Captured-Films wrote on 1/24/2006, 8:01 PM

I'll check out the vasst site tomorrow and look for a script on here. Thanks.

Nick

Coursedesign wrote on 1/24/2006, 8:13 PM

That video text was done with After Effects, it has oodles of plugs and presets for this sort of thing.

Spot|DSE wrote on 1/24/2006, 8:25 PM

You can do this exact setup in SwishMax, just a few clicks. There is a preset in SwishMax that will do this. Download the demo, it'll let you see it.

RBartlett wrote on 1/25/2006, 2:40 AM

There is a plug-in for (Bauhaus) Mirage that engineers anim fonts with similar capabilities to IndiaCG that was sun-downed by Apple and made MacOSX-only.
This is my preferred option:
http://www.toastergarage.com/
Bob Tasa Mirage plug Oasis TextFX
Swish is a mainstay but I don't always like the lack of organic tools.

I've also broken my Vegas workflow on occasion and used this for CG:
http://www.puremotion.com/editstudio/screenshots-text.htm
EditStudioPro

mjroddy wrote on 1/25/2006, 10:52 AM

If you have a copy of Boris, it will do that.

Captured-Films wrote on 1/25/2006, 7:29 PM

Thanks for the help! I'm going to try out SwishMax and see if I can get it to work in there, I've heard thats a good program.

Nick