Text within Video?? at DVinfo.net

Davis Lee · July 13th, 2005, 08:49 PM

I have Vegas 6. Im new to it and figured out most basic stuff. However i still dont know how to insert text within video. all i can do is put text with the background color, but i cant seem to make it transparent. I need this feature for the documentary i am currently editing to show the names of the people i interviewed so please help.

thanks

Don Bloom · July 13th, 2005, 09:09 PM

In the generated media tab there are different options. To the left in the explorer window are things like scrolling text,solid colors, etc. One of the options at the bottom is TEXT. When you click that the tab opens and in there are various optional backgrounds. One of them is transparent with the words SAMPLE TEXT showing. That should take care of it for you. (at least thats how it is in version 5)

Don

Peter Wright · July 13th, 2005, 09:46 PM

You can either start with a template that already has a transparent background (seen as chequerboard BG) or make a coloured background transparent by opening the Properties tab of the Text Generator, finding the vertical panel under the word "Background Color" and pulling the little triangle down to Zero.

Edward Troxel · July 13th, 2005, 10:09 PM

One thing to make sure:

Track 1: TEXT (with transparent background)
Track 2: Video that shows behind the text.

Edward Troxel · July 14th, 2005, 09:14 AM

Multiple ways:

Insert - Video Track
CTRL-SHIFT-Q
Right-click the timeline - Insert Video Track
Drag the video to a blank area of the timeline (i.e. where there are no tracks)
Drag the text to a blank area of the timeline (i.e. where there are no tracks)

You can also rearrange the track orders by dragging the track headers.

Gary Kleiner · July 14th, 2005, 02:00 PM

My favorite way to add video or audio tracks is to customize my toolbar, so there are always convienient buttons for this.

To do this: Double -click on the toolbar to the right of your last icon and the Cusytomize Toolbar dialog comes up. Find the tool you need and click Add. Hit Close. Done.

Gary

Davis Lee · July 15th, 2005, 12:10 PM

adding the new video track also did the trick for me. thanks

July 13th, 2005, 08:49 PM	#1
Davis Lee Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 33	Text within Video?? I have Vegas 6. Im new to it and figured out most basic stuff. However i still dont know how to insert text within video. all i can do is put text with the background color, but i cant seem to make it transparent. I need this feature for the documentary i am currently editing to show the names of the people i interviewed so please help. thanks

July 13th, 2005, 10:09 PM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	One thing to make sure: Track 1: TEXT (with transparent background) Track 2: Video that shows behind the text. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

July 14th, 2005, 09:14 AM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Multiple ways: Insert - Video Track CTRL-SHIFT-Q Right-click the timeline - Insert Video Track Drag the video to a blank area of the timeline (i.e. where there are no tracks) Drag the text to a blank area of the timeline (i.e. where there are no tracks) You can also rearrange the track orders by dragging the track headers. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

July 13th, 2005, 09:09 PM	#2
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	In the generated media tab there are different options. To the left in the explorer window are things like scrolling text,solid colors, etc. One of the options at the bottom is TEXT. When you click that the tab opens and in there are various optional backgrounds. One of them is transparent with the words SAMPLE TEXT showing. That should take care of it for you. (at least thats how it is in version 5) Don

July 13th, 2005, 09:46 PM	#3
Peter Wright Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 193	You can either start with a template that already has a transparent background (seen as chequerboard BG) or make a coloured background transparent by opening the Properties tab of the Text Generator, finding the vertical panel under the word "Background Color" and pulling the little triangle down to Zero.

July 14th, 2005, 02:00 PM	#6
Gary Kleiner Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 166	My favorite way to add video or audio tracks is to customize my toolbar, so there are always convienient buttons for this. To do this: Double -click on the toolbar to the right of your last icon and the Cusytomize Toolbar dialog comes up. Find the tool you need and click Add. Hit Close. Done. Gary

July 15th, 2005, 12:10 PM	#7
Davis Lee Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 33	adding the new video track also did the trick for me. thanks