Pro-Type titler, and just save a preset at the line level. so that no matter how many lines you type in, it will just make each one slide at a set interval to a center position.

Sorry, I'm too lazy to give you step by step (maybe someone else can tell you if you need it or if I see a request for it after i've slept :) ).

Dave

Ermmm..... ?

1] Do you need to have the OLD PP slides to be USER interactive? Meaning, do have to have the User halt or go back or pause the sliding, while using the DVD? Y/N

2] Isn't there an option to export from PP the slides? Once you have them and if 1] isn't essential ( Y/N) make a video in Vegas of sliding Text?

3] In DVDA isn't there an option to slide stuff about? I do remember an option. Might not be accessible for this - but go see.

I did a very similar thing for a client where I had BULLET points sliding over a graphic of a Notebook ( that was my own captured still of my notebook on my desk here in London! - Yeah, I know, I'm cheap . . ). This was a Vegas Video I put together. Dead easy.

Forget the PP slides. Just use PTT or the standard SONY Text and Placement. Even easier. No need for complex scripts here. You could do the job in about 5 minutes, that is 5 mins per slide. Put each sliding text on its own track.

NB: How many lines per slide? Too many for SONY Text (and it wont be) then get your head around many lines of PTT. My thoughts are if you HAVEN'T yet used PTT then you could spend much time familiarizing yourself with it - not a bad thing in itself to do! - but it will "eat" into your time available for getting the job out of the door.

Grazie

The last thing I'd use is PPT itself. Although creating the animation is dead simple getting anything out of PPT at a usable quality is a nightmare. For static slides I've had to resort to saving as PDF and opening them in Photoshop. M$ have really dropped the ball on this.

The second worst option is Vegas unfortunately . It's rendered text quality leaves a lot to be desired.

Seeing as how you've got it this is pretty simple to do in AE, just did something similar. Once you've got your first comp working OK, copy and paste it back into your project and edit the text. Add all your comps to the render queue and let it rip. Bring the rendered files back into Vegas and you're good to go. You probably could automate this completely in AE however I haven't got that far into AE. If you can find a kind AE expert (try COW) he'd probably write the code for you very quickly, I've been amazed at how easy complex text animations can be automated in AE with expressions.

Bob.

The last thing I'd use is PPT itself. Your experience huh? Good to know.

The second worst option is Vegas unfortunately . It's rendered text quality leaves a lot to be desired. Not my experience . . moving on . .

Seeing as how you've got it this is pretty simple to do in AE, . . Was AE part of chum's list? Must've missed that - Bob?

You probably could automate this completely in AE however . . . More time there - Bob - our friend might not have that luxury? Hence all my points about using what he has and what he knows? Moving on . . . .

If you can find a kind AE expert (try COW) he'd probably write the code for you very quickly, I've been amazed at how easy complex text animations can be automated in AE with expressions.Great! But our friend might not have your expertise .. Moving on . ..

I raised my points to assist somebody that HAS existing s/w - he has Vegas. Doesn't SONY Vegas titles cut the mustard?

Grazie

"Was AE part of chum's list? Must've missed that - Bob?"

"For text, I have the Adobe CS4 Design Suite which contain Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4; I also own Zaxwerks Pro Animator, and of course the text and title tools in Sony Vegas. "

You might be right, that bundle may not contain AE.

True he might not have the time to get it done in AE but neither of us know how much text is involved. If it's hundreds of slides doing it by hand in any application is going to be a chore and worth persuing any form of automation. If it's only a few slides then it doesn't matter. I was like you only offering suggestions.

"Doesn't SONY Vegas titles cut the mustard?"

NO.
This has been discussed and complained about at great length over the years. I'm just talking about plain old white text on a black background here. The anti-aliasing is the problem. This causes Vegas generated text to look bad, especially noticable with smaller sized fonts and interlaced video. Most Vegas users I know are using other systems to generate text e.g. Inscriber, Photoshop, Cayman Graphics etc.

I still don't fully understand what's wrong with how Vegas creates it's text but I can certainly see the results. I get DV from lots of other NLEs and it holds up just fine rendered through Vegas so it is not Vegas itself, it's fine. It's just how it generates its text.

Bob.