Comments

watson wrote on 10/29/2002, 5:45 PM
Tracks run top to bottom. The text media must be on it's own track above the video track you want text on. Use the transparent background (checkerbox).

Why this is not clear in the help files is another story. Your not alone.
:-)
Text on video question # 4,324,001

Cheers,


magicman wrote on 10/29/2002, 6:19 PM
You can also position your text by clicking on the "placement" tab on your generated media window. Just grab it and move it to where you want. If you are planning on changing the words like subtitling, then you can save the position and style as a preset. Just click on the preset window, give it a name and then press the floppy disk icon. This will prevent you from having to reposition and restyle you text everytime.
dara wrote on 10/30/2002, 6:26 PM
thank you very much, as always--forum is very helpful!
D
HeeHee wrote on 10/30/2002, 8:47 PM
If your video is intended to be seen on a television, make sure you activate the Safe Area overlay in the preview window. It's the icon that looks like a # next to preview quality. Select Safe Area in the drop down list and then click the # icon. Keep the text at least within the outler set of lines. To be certain that the text shows up on your TV, keep the text within the inner lines.
Paul_Holmes wrote on 10/30/2002, 9:10 PM
or preview your work through your camera to your TV and you won't have to worry about safe areas. Just leave enough room to allow for slight variations in TV monitors.
craftech wrote on 10/31/2002, 8:32 AM
Ditto on that. I always use an external monitor to preview everything.....less problems that way.