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Marty Welk · January 4th, 2010, 04:01 PM

i know how i would do it, being the laziest person here :-)
copy this to a "Text Titler" page and do an overlay

O<-----

:-)

Bruce Phung · January 4th, 2010, 04:01 PM

hi all

I can not figure out how to do this. Let say on the video screen I saw something, a foriegn object and I want to put a cirlce around it or an arrow pointing at it. Can some one here show me how to do it and screen grab if possible, Thanks you in advance.

Bruce Phung · January 4th, 2010, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marty Welk

i know how i would do it, being the laziest person here :-)
copy this to a "Text Titler" page and do an overlay

O<-----

:-)

Telling me copy to a text titler doesn't helping me at all. Need details if you can.

Marty Welk · January 4th, 2010, 04:12 PM

well it sorta does, because now you push the finger pointing button on the top left of the icons on vegas , and it brings up the tutorials. then there in there tutorials is how to do a text title, and it leads you to all the things you push to do so.

Chris Harding · January 4th, 2010, 05:24 PM

Hi Bruce
I just simply make a red circle in any graphics program and save it as a transparent PNG still. Drop it into a video track above your current one and position it with Track Motion and you are done. However if the "foreign object" moves then you also need to add some keyframes to keep it in place.

Chris

Bruce Phung · January 4th, 2010, 06:02 PM

That is. Thank you

Mike Kujbida · January 4th, 2010, 06:55 PM

There's no need to use a graphics program to create a circle.
Open the text titler, type a capital O, choose the proper font, size and colour and you're done.
If you want something a bit fancier (arrows, etc.) , take a look at your Wingdings font choices.
BTW, if this is for one event on a timeline, I'd use Pan/Crop, not Track Motion.
This way, you won't need to worry about turning it on and off at the right times.

Bruce Phung · January 4th, 2010, 07:41 PM

Mike,

Thanks so much. Yes open text and use wingding3 and create arrows 45 degree or up and down or side to side.

Robert Turchick · January 4th, 2010, 09:34 PM

I'd open up After Effects and have a shooting star trail circle the object and turn into a metal ring with particles flying off of it. Than have an archer character shoot an arrow (which would of course have to be in slow motion with the wind turbulence visible.) Once the arrow struck the ring, the ring would have to shatter like glass revealing a glowing red molten lava circle which would then cause the arrow to burst into flames and once the cinders of the original arrow drop, a glowing red metallic arrow would be left in it's place.

WOILA!

I'll create it and sell it to you for one-million dollars! (in my best Dr. Evil voice...pinky raised)

HeHe! feeling like a smartass tonight! The other ideas are good too!

January 4th, 2010, 04:01 PM	#1
Marty Welk Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East Bay Cali Posts: 563	How do you do it i know how i would do it, being the laziest person here :-) copy this to a "Text Titler" page and do an overlay O<----- :-) __________________ ----------------sig----------------- Re-learning everything all over again, one more time.

January 4th, 2010, 04:01 PM	#2
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	How do you do it hi all I can not figure out how to do this. Let say on the video screen I saw something, a foriegn object and I want to put a cirlce around it or an arrow pointing at it. Can some one here show me how to do it and screen grab if possible, Thanks you in advance.

January 4th, 2010, 04:12 PM	#4
Marty Welk Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East Bay Cali Posts: 563	well it sorta does, because now you push the finger pointing button on the top left of the icons on vegas , and it brings up the tutorials. then there in there tutorials is how to do a text title, and it leads you to all the things you push to do so. __________________ ----------------sig----------------- Re-learning everything all over again, one more time.

January 4th, 2010, 09:34 PM	#9
Robert Turchick Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,389	I'd open up After Effects and have a shooting star trail circle the object and turn into a metal ring with particles flying off of it. Than have an archer character shoot an arrow (which would of course have to be in slow motion with the wind turbulence visible.) Once the arrow struck the ring, the ring would have to shatter like glass revealing a glowing red molten lava circle which would then cause the arrow to burst into flames and once the cinders of the original arrow drop, a glowing red metallic arrow would be left in it's place. WOILA! I'll create it and sell it to you for one-million dollars! (in my best Dr. Evil voice...pinky raised) HeHe! feeling like a smartass tonight! The other ideas are good too! __________________ The older I get, the better I was!

January 4th, 2010, 05:24 PM	#5
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Hi Bruce I just simply make a red circle in any graphics program and save it as a transparent PNG still. Drop it into a video track above your current one and position it with Track Motion and you are done. However if the "foreign object" moves then you also need to add some keyframes to keep it in place. Chris

January 4th, 2010, 06:02 PM	#6
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	That is. Thank you

January 4th, 2010, 06:55 PM	#7
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	There's no need to use a graphics program to create a circle. Open the text titler, type a capital O, choose the proper font, size and colour and you're done. If you want something a bit fancier (arrows, etc.) , take a look at your Wingdings font choices. BTW, if this is for one event on a timeline, I'd use Pan/Crop, not Track Motion. This way, you won't need to worry about turning it on and off at the right times.

January 4th, 2010, 07:41 PM	#8
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	Mike, Thanks so much. Yes open text and use wingding3 and create arrows 45 degree or up and down or side to side.