Forum - Tips & Tricks - New project

Forum - Tips & Tricks - New project - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Forum - Tips & Tricks - New project - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:07:12 GMT Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:07:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from tonethemoan What a great bunch of people live here.
Cheers
Tony
edited by tonethemoan on 11/1/2010]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:07:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from claireq Place the backdrops side by side so that it makes a big long sentence and animate a camera along the line creating the illusion of text scrolling in.]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:44:47 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from barrys

Barry]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:41:17 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from tonethemoan You are really very helpful.
Tony]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:37:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from Emily
There are two main options here:

1. The method mentioned earlier. You could do it with a huge backdrop and tiny text size, with text along the bottom of the backdrop, then it would be, as you say, in a 'string' rather that a paragraph.

2. As you say, you could do it as an .avi file then import it into the backdrop as a video file, that's another option.

An alternative is to add the text in post production. You don't have to use fancy software, there are free options if you have a look around, and you may already have Windows Live Movie Maker installed on your computer. You can use text pretty easily with that.

Hope that helps!

Em.
edited by Emily on 11/1/2010]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:30:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from tonethemoan Emily wrote:

Hi Tony,

Yes, this is something you should be able to do.
If you have any basic picture editing package - even Paint - you can make a .jpg of your text then import this onto a backdrop. If you want the text to be transparent, save it as a .png.

All the best with your English language videos.

Emily.

Hi Emily, Thanks for getting back, I got that and had created a png and uploaded the image of all the text onto a backdrop in Muvizu and of course I can make it scroll. I really had the idea that the text would scroll in a string, rather than the whole paragraph. Am I thinking that I will need to create a movie file of scrolling text and import that onto the backdrop? If I opt to create a movie of the text, do you know off-hand, what format is the best to use please? But hey, thanks for your advice.
Tony]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:19:24 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from Emily
Yes, this is something you should be able to do.
If you have any basic picture editing package - even Paint - you can make a .jpg of your text then import this onto a backdrop. If you want the text to be transparent, save it as a .png.

All the best with your English language videos.

Emily.]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:47:47 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic681-new-project.aspx Message from tonethemoan Ideas please, with my thanks.
Tony]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:16:41 GMT