Titles&Text Preset also affecting its text

Darek96 wrote on 7/22/2022, 11:36 AM

Hi! I have a lot of subtitles in my video and I would like to edit them all at once (font, alignment, color, outline, shadow... everything EXCEPT text). Presets seemed like the way to go but they also change text itself so everything becomes the same thing.

How can I make presets stop affecting the Text attribute?

Vegas pro 17.0

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jetdv wrote on 7/22/2022, 11:43 AM

The easiest way might be to use a script to change the parameters you want changed. Presets will always change everything.

 

Former user wrote on 7/22/2022, 12:06 PM

@Darek96 I tried this the other day, I wanted to change the size of font in each text to all the same, thinking i was going mad i couldn't remember how to do it tho - I selected all, no change when changing font size except the one that was orig highlighted, I grouped them, still no change, I copied n pasted attributes, still no joy, I've been using MEP recently as it's stable, faster & plays back good res no prob, in there I select the ones I want alter, change the font etc & all selected get changed,

I think in Vegas you will have to choose the preset or create one, apply it to the timeline then add your writing/text to the box,

jetdv wrote on 7/23/2022, 8:59 AM

Without using a script, you would need to open each title individually, copy the text, select the preset, and then paste the text.

With a script, you can do them all at once without needing to copy/paste anything.

Darek96 wrote on 7/24/2022, 2:41 AM

The easiest way might be to use a script to change the parameters you want changed. Presets will always change everything.

Thanks for the answer. Where can I find atrributes/method names for all OFX parameters?

eg I want to change text Outline:

OFXDoubleParameter outlineparam = (OFXDoubleParameter)fxo.FindParameterByName("OutlineWidth");
        outlineparam.Value = 0.5;

but where can I find all of these parameters listed? I can check them manually one by one in the script but it's a tedious work.
Vegas pro API lacks this info.

3POINT wrote on 7/24/2022, 5:24 AM

Hi! I have a lot of subtitles in my video and I would like to edit them all at once (font, alignment, color, outline, shadow... everything EXCEPT text).

With the extension https://vegasaur.com/Vegasaur you can edit existing title events on the timeline all at once without affecting the text:

jetdv wrote on 7/24/2022, 7:38 AM

This video will show you how to read all of the parameters available in Titles and Text:

Then you might also want to take a look at this one: