Hi, it's an instructional video in spanish; while the person is talking in spanish I want to put the english translation there on the video.

salsa

You didn't answer Dave's question.

To put text permanently on the video, you add a text event in Vegas. To add subtitles which can be turned on/off by the user, you add them in DVD Architect.

I would like to know how to do it both ways. To add text to the timeline so as the person is talking you can see the translation. And the way to have the translation there and be able to remove it by the user.
Hope that is clearer

From the help file for DVD Architect:

Adding Subtitles

Subtitles display on-screen text during videos, picture compilations, and music/video compilations. Subtitles are intended to be used as various text translations of audio dialogue. By adding multiple subtitle tracks, you can support multiple languages.

When your DVD is played, the DVD player will attempt to determine the appropriate default subtitle track. If the player cannot determine the correct language, the first track is used. If multiple tracks match the player's language setting if you have an English dialogue track and an English commentary track, for example the first track that matches the player's language is used. The viewer can choose which subtitle track is displayed during playback.

Each set of subtitles is added as a separate track in the timeline. You can add up to 32 subtitle tracks for each title (16 tracks for widescreen assets).

You can use DVD Architect software to design and create your subtitle text or import subtitles from a text file or third-party subtitling application.

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Add text using DVD Architect
Double-click a title in the Project Overview window (or double-click a button on a menu in the workspace) to open it.

From the View menu, choose Timeline to display the Timeline window.

Click to position the cursor in the timeline where you want to add the subtitle text.

Create a subtitle event by performing either of the following actions:

Select the Activate Track button on the track where you want to add subtitles and then choose Subtitle Text from the Insert menu. An event is added to the track, and the text box in the workspace is made editable so you can change the text. If a subtitle event exists at the cursor position, another text box is added to the workspace within the current subtitle event.

Click the Insert Subtitle Text Event button to add a subtitle event at the cursor position in all selected tracks. The text box in the workspace is not made editable, but you can edit the text later.

If the Auto Ripple button is selected, subtitle events to the right of the cursor are shifted downstream to accommodate the new event.

If the Auto Ripple button is not selected, a new event is created at the cursor position, and the positions of all existing events are preserved.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 to create subtitle text as needed through the project.

Thank you so much
salsa

Hi John, I just read through this in depth, Could you explain also how to do text in vegas 8? I look under help *how do I* but don't see it there. In the manual it says closed captioning, I assume that's the same properties as placing text for my purposes? IThanks
salsa

I'm not John but I can answer your question.

You do text by dragging the text tool from the media generator tab onto a video timeline that is above the media you are overlaying. That should open a control window where you can type text, set font, add shadow...

Just remember that any text you add in Vegas will be on the DVD permanently. There will be no way for the viewer to turn it off.

You can add text titles as Regions in Vegas and then use the included script to transfer them to DVDA. These will show up as subtitles, and not as permanent text that is part of the video.

Backlit wote:
*You do text by dragging the text tool from the media generator tab onto a video timeline that is above the media you are overlaying. That should open a control window where you can type text, set font, add shadow...*

Yes but it blocks out the whole video. I want it to read across the bottom. I set font to ten but a plaid background is over everything.
Thanks
salsa

Make sure you drag it onto a track higher up on the screen than the video track, not on to the same track. For example, place the video on track 2 and the titles on track 1.

The text background can be made to be transparent. It is controlled by a slider control on the left side of the background color tool. It should default to transparent. While your working with the text tool there should be a checkerboard background but if you look at the preview display it should be transparent.

*Make sure you drag it onto a track higher up on the screen than the video track, not on to the same track. For example, place the video on track 2 and the titles on track 1. *
I did that and the same thing a plaid background.
I minimised vegas and when I went back the text was there on the screen hmmm.
salsa