My company creates slide show videos from .jpgs that need to have non-moving text overlayed. The text comes from a comma separated data file, and corresponds with a particular .jpg file. Each .jpg and corresponding text is shown for 30 seconds and paired up with an audio clip. After editing, these 3 elements (text, jpg, audio) are then played back in real time to a Beta SP deck.
We currently use a 2-3 year old version of Avid Express, and I'm researching a Vegas-based solution. Today, for our titling pseudo-automation, we use a separate application on Mac (I don't know the name) to read in a text file, and generate a video layer that is exported, then imported into Avid. Everything is on a 30 second timeline, so that makes this somewhat easier to match up the 3 different elements.
I'm looking for an affordable, more elegant solution that is Vegas based. I can program in VB .NET, and also have Adobe Photoshop experts on hand if that could be part of a new solution. I've searched the forums, and cannot find anyone doing something similar. I understand that Vegas 4 has no native scripting ability to alter the text itself. Any help appreciated.
We currently use a 2-3 year old version of Avid Express, and I'm researching a Vegas-based solution. Today, for our titling pseudo-automation, we use a separate application on Mac (I don't know the name) to read in a text file, and generate a video layer that is exported, then imported into Avid. Everything is on a 30 second timeline, so that makes this somewhat easier to match up the 3 different elements.
I'm looking for an affordable, more elegant solution that is Vegas based. I can program in VB .NET, and also have Adobe Photoshop experts on hand if that could be part of a new solution. I've searched the forums, and cannot find anyone doing something similar. I understand that Vegas 4 has no native scripting ability to alter the text itself. Any help appreciated.