Export text clips? at DVinfo.net

Leif Skoglund · January 9th, 2010, 02:40 PM

I'm editing a video with some video and audio tracks. One of these video tracks are used to text clips. Is it possible to export all these text-clips to an external software like word or excel without copy the text in these clips one by one? A person without experience in video-editing are going to translate the text into another language. Or does anyone have another way to fix this?

Ian Stark · January 10th, 2010, 07:18 AM

Sorry Leif, I don't think there is any way to achieve this.

In order to save a little time, I guess you could take a snapshot of each frame that has text and have your colleague translate from that (you could even go the extra mile and OCR it but I'm not sure if that will save you any further time!). If (s)he then types the translation into Word then you could copy/paste back into the text media, rather than having to retype.

Other than that, I can't think of any way to extract text.

Jeff Harper · January 10th, 2010, 07:21 AM

Ian has given you the best suggestion. Have your friend type the text into a word document, or even in Word Pad, then you can just copy and paste from that into Vegas.

Edward Troxel · January 10th, 2010, 07:50 AM

The actual text in the box is not accessible to scripts. So you'll really need to copy/paste each one. You'll have to copy/paste each one again to get the translated version set.

Leif Skoglund · January 12th, 2010, 01:00 PM

Thanks for the answers. I understand there is a job to do here; copy and paste........

Leif

January 9th, 2010, 02:40 PM	#1
Leif Skoglund Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Troms Norway Posts: 59	Export text clips? I'm editing a video with some video and audio tracks. One of these video tracks are used to text clips. Is it possible to export all these text-clips to an external software like word or excel without copy the text in these clips one by one? A person without experience in video-editing are going to translate the text into another language. Or does anyone have another way to fix this?

January 10th, 2010, 07:18 AM	#2
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Sorry Leif, I don't think there is any way to achieve this. In order to save a little time, I guess you could take a snapshot of each frame that has text and have your colleague translate from that (you could even go the extra mile and OCR it but I'm not sure if that will save you any further time!). If (s)he then types the translation into Word then you could copy/paste back into the text media, rather than having to retype. Other than that, I can't think of any way to extract text. __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

January 10th, 2010, 07:50 AM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	The actual text in the box is not accessible to scripts. So you'll really need to copy/paste each one. You'll have to copy/paste each one again to get the translated version set. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

January 10th, 2010, 07:21 AM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Ian has given you the best suggestion. Have your friend type the text into a word document, or even in Word Pad, then you can just copy and paste from that into Vegas.

January 12th, 2010, 01:00 PM	#5
Leif Skoglund Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Troms Norway Posts: 59	Thanks for the answers. I understand there is a job to do here; copy and paste........ Leif