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Orcatek wrote on 2/27/2005, 6:08 AM
Haven't seen the newsletter. But the version I have is a stand alone product.

It is easy to use, but there are some limitations. What I mean is if you have 3 or 4 lines of text it applies the effect to it one line at a time, it doesn't treat the group as a single object . This may be what you want 95% of the time though. Quick to play around with to see if it works for you.

You can download a free trial. There is even an interactive demo on their website.

It outputs flash and video.

I've only had it a short time, so I haven't tried alot with it yet.



jdas wrote on 2/27/2005, 6:35 PM
You may want to test out Heroglyph 2 before making a final decision .
hilmark wrote on 2/28/2005, 12:24 AM
Thanks.
farss wrote on 2/28/2005, 5:02 AM
If you want really good looking basic production qulaity text and lower thirds that's easy to do 100s of times in the one project look into Cayman Graphics.
PierreB wrote on 2/28/2005, 6:12 AM
It's been OK for my restricted use (titles and credits for home videos). I find that the big limitation is having to test out many of the 400-odd effects every time. It would be neat if it had a gallery-like tool to choose.

Pierre
DGrob wrote on 2/28/2005, 9:50 AM
Yes, amen to Pierre's comments. They do have a new "Custom" collection which gives you access to the presets in the effects that allow some customizing. On the whole, some pretty tricky effects just like that!

Darryl
stepfour wrote on 2/28/2005, 3:56 PM
I use it. Outputs some nice text effects. Pro version outputs 29.97fps AVI and includes the alpha channel. High quality AVI can be moved around (pan/crop tool) in Vegas so you can put the caption where you want it. In WildFX, If you set Line Delay and Letter Delay to Zero on multiple lines of text, the effect will be applied to all the lines at the same time. That works okay on effects that require more frames. WildFX is handy to have.

I agree, so many presets that it gets cumbersome. I've started keeping a list of favorite ones, like Hyperturn, WarpIn and a number of others. WarpIn is cool with big fonts using the zero-zero setting. The text flies in, thumps and appears to bounce just a bit.
jdas wrote on 2/28/2005, 4:07 PM
Is Cayman's titler superior to WildFX Pro, Blufftitler or Heroglyph ?
Which offers the best output.... clean and sharp text ?