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Michael Lopresti · January 5th, 2005, 07:53 AM

hi all

does anyone have good suggestions for programs for making opening and closing credits to be used with 16x9 film?

thanks much

Cheers

Mike

Richard Alvarez · January 5th, 2005, 10:20 AM

What NLE are you running? Doesn't it have a native titler?

Third party graphics programs for PC's like Boris Grafitti and After Effects can do the job if your NLE can't.

Joshua Starnes · January 5th, 2005, 10:27 AM

Generally, I don't suggest doing titles inside your NLE. It will get the job done (and it's a great deal less work than doing it in another program), but there's not a huge amount of control, and I've never been satisfied with the titles I've done inside an NLE.

I use After Effects to create all my titles now. I think that's the best way to do it.

Michael Lopresti · January 5th, 2005, 11:58 AM

well the only thing ive every used for making titles/credits is the windows movie maker thing that ive been practicing on.

im using Pinnacle Studio 8 and adobe Premiere Pro 7 for my editing. and i do belive i have After Effects hiding somewhere in this room lol

Joshua- in After Effects can you put clips in with the end credits(a blooper type thing) ?

thanks for the help guys

Cheers

Mike

Joshua Starnes · January 5th, 2005, 12:43 PM

Sure, it depends on how you want to do it. If you're just going to have title cards intercut with blooper clips, I'd suggest making the cards in AE (or, if you're just doing cards with nothing moving in them, Photoshop will work just as well), then bringing them into your NLE and cutting them in with the bloopers. You can actually do all that inside AE without moving from one app to the next, but it's not worth the hassle.

If you want to have the text moving over the clips, or perhaps on one side of the screen while the credits play on the other side - yeah AE is your best bet for that. It's just a case of figuring out before hand the length you want the clips and the credits on screen, putting the clips together in your NLE, and then compositing them together. You'll have to make some small adjustments to get it looking exactly right, but it's pretty simple.

George Ellis · January 5th, 2005, 01:54 PM

Alternates

For inexpensive, you can use Ulead Cool 3D to gen either still or AVI titles. You can then import and even use fade/wipe/HFX as we all know that Pinnacle's CG is rather lame. ;)

If you want to really get bold, you could go full scale to Hash's Animation:Master (A:M). But, if you heard that Liquid Edition's interface is difficult to learn, you ain't seen nothin' yet. ;)

Michael Lopresti · January 5th, 2005, 03:43 PM

ok kool
ill try AE and if i have anyproblems ill be back :p

thanks Everyone

youve all been most helpful

also whats a good Aduio Prog that will help clean or get rid of background noise?

Cheers

Mike

January 5th, 2005, 07:53 AM	#1
Michael Lopresti Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 65	Opening and ending credits hi all does anyone have good suggestions for programs for making opening and closing credits to be used with 16x9 film? thanks much Cheers Mike __________________ XPS P4 3.4, 1 gig ram, 100gig HDD, Ati Radeon 9800 256MB ram Premiere Pro & After Effects __________________ XL2 with Azden 2X SGM

January 5th, 2005, 11:58 AM	#4
Michael Lopresti Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 65	well the only thing ive every used for making titles/credits is the windows movie maker thing that ive been practicing on. im using Pinnacle Studio 8 and adobe Premiere Pro 7 for my editing. and i do belive i have After Effects hiding somewhere in this room lol Joshua- in After Effects can you put clips in with the end credits(a blooper type thing) ? thanks for the help guys Cheers Mike __________________ XPS P4 3.4, 1 gig ram, 100gig HDD, Ati Radeon 9800 256MB ram Premiere Pro & After Effects __________________ XL2 with Azden 2X SGM

January 5th, 2005, 03:43 PM	#7
Michael Lopresti Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 65	ok kool ill try AE and if i have anyproblems ill be back :p thanks Everyone youve all been most helpful also whats a good Aduio Prog that will help clean or get rid of background noise? Cheers Mike __________________ XPS P4 3.4, 1 gig ram, 100gig HDD, Ati Radeon 9800 256MB ram Premiere Pro & After Effects __________________ XL2 with Azden 2X SGM

January 5th, 2005, 10:20 AM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	What NLE are you running? Doesn't it have a native titler? Third party graphics programs for PC's like Boris Grafitti and After Effects can do the job if your NLE can't.

January 5th, 2005, 10:27 AM	#3
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 356	Generally, I don't suggest doing titles inside your NLE. It will get the job done (and it's a great deal less work than doing it in another program), but there's not a huge amount of control, and I've never been satisfied with the titles I've done inside an NLE. I use After Effects to create all my titles now. I think that's the best way to do it.

January 5th, 2005, 12:43 PM	#5
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 356	Sure, it depends on how you want to do it. If you're just going to have title cards intercut with blooper clips, I'd suggest making the cards in AE (or, if you're just doing cards with nothing moving in them, Photoshop will work just as well), then bringing them into your NLE and cutting them in with the bloopers. You can actually do all that inside AE without moving from one app to the next, but it's not worth the hassle. If you want to have the text moving over the clips, or perhaps on one side of the screen while the credits play on the other side - yeah AE is your best bet for that. It's just a case of figuring out before hand the length you want the clips and the credits on screen, putting the clips together in your NLE, and then compositing them together. You'll have to make some small adjustments to get it looking exactly right, but it's pretty simple.

January 5th, 2005, 01:54 PM	#6
George Ellis Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Suwanee, GA Posts: 1,241	Alternates For inexpensive, you can use Ulead Cool 3D to gen either still or AVI titles. You can then import and even use fade/wipe/HFX as we all know that Pinnacle's CG is rather lame. ;) If you want to really get bold, you could go full scale to Hash's Animation:Master (A:M). But, if you heard that Liquid Edition's interface is difficult to learn, you ain't seen nothin' yet. ;)