Titling in V4?

MyST wrote on 6/27/2004, 4:36 AM
With the mention of WildFX Pro available, I'm wondering what people are/were using for inexpensive (read nearly FREE) titling in Vegas 4.
What gives good results.
I'm keeping my funds available for the upcoming release of Acid Pro 5.0 (which should be a killer upgrade), so I was wondering what is availble to give some style to my opening/closing text.
Is the regular WILDFX a good buy at $39?

Thanks for your input.

Mario

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 6/27/2004, 8:13 PM
Either Swish or WildFX are good for creating titles for V5, but 4 won't accept flash files....
Frankly, I still build most of my titles in Vegas rather than using any third party tools. Occasionally I'll step to Caymen Graphics, but that's more the exception than the rule. Vegas is pretty dang good, it's just lacking the presets that some folks seem to want. But the creative options are pretty wide.
biggles wrote on 6/27/2004, 11:03 PM
You could have a look at BluffTitler at www.outerspace-software.com. At about $40(US) its good value.
farss wrote on 6/28/2004, 1:13 AM
I'm with SPOT, don't quite know how you'd do the fancier stuff like Boris can (bevels and chrome) in Vegas but with a little creativity you do seem to be able to do an aweful lot. If you've got a job that really needs the fancier stuff there should be enough money in it to justify a more upmarket titler.
And here's my two bobs worth, something simple done well always looks better than something complex done badly. What you can get away with in web graphics I don't think you can get away with in video.

Bob.
MyST wrote on 6/28/2004, 2:54 AM
Thanks for the tip Spot. Sony neglected to mention in the e-mail that WildFX was for V5 only. That could have been a wasted $150Can.
I'll definitely play around with what Vegas has for now.
I agree about the "overdoing it" statement Bob. There's a saying that goes "Too much is like not enough".

Mario
Grazie wrote on 6/28/2004, 2:57 AM
MySt - "Too much is like not enough" . . my favourite is "Less IS More!" .. . G
TorS wrote on 6/28/2004, 10:47 AM
I've just returned from the South of England where I was able to watch a couple of the BBC news transmissions. Their titling was very stylish, very clear, very elegant, and very very easy to do in Vegas. I think it was Helvetica (or Futura?) all caps, well spaced.
Tor
MyST wrote on 6/28/2004, 1:10 PM
Grazie...That's what I keep tellin' my girlfriend!

Mario
kentwolf wrote on 6/28/2004, 3:58 PM
>>You could have a look at BluffTitler...

I am looking at this now to add to Boris Graffitti.

For $40 it's not-that-bad looking.

Looks like a pretty simple interface too.

Not bad at all.