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Grazie wrote on 7/26/2003, 12:58 AM
The clue here, is to put text on the track above the video track. In this setup Vegas deals with the uppermost track first.

So:

Track 1 Text
Track 2 Video

Another option for mutiple text manipulation:

Track 1 Text
Track 2 Text
Track 3 Text
Track 4 Video

You will notice the text "event", on the timeline, has a chequered background. This indicates that the background as being transparent. So, anything with a transparent background will appear to "float" over the track below - yeah? - Anyways, that's the way I understand it.

Hope this helps,

Grazie
EdK wrote on 7/26/2003, 1:36 AM
Select Media Generator tab (bottom left), than select "Text", drag it to a video track above the video track.

Back to the text dialog box, edit the text, postion the text, and change colors as desired.

Back to the timeline, put a fade/dissolve at the beginning and end of the text, than drag a transition, to the dissolve, to make the text do what you want.

Ed
Former user wrote on 7/26/2003, 7:09 AM
You can also Right Click on the Video Track, and then select INSERT TEXT MEDIA.

As Grazie said, it needs to be on a track ABOVE your background video.

Dave T2
mikkie wrote on 7/26/2003, 9:55 AM
A bit more work, but I like to do the text and shadows in an image editor like Photoshop over a solid background, then key this in Vegas adding whatever motion. Not always practical (as with scrolling text), might be because I started working with stills before it was possible to make them move on a PC, but I like the results. Whatever you use, a small bit of blur often helps, and use subdued colors if you want your video to be displayed on a TV. Adam Wilt has some info here: http://www.adamwilt.com/Tidbits.html
sk8boardaddict wrote on 7/26/2003, 11:58 AM
thanks a lot for the help everybody.