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Charlies_Innocence · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:12 am Post subject:

I just got the full version of Vegas 7. Can someone explain to me how to make a border around the video? I always thought that was cool...

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Aislynn · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:01 am Post subject:

I'm not sure if it's the same in the full version of Vegas 7 compared to my Vegas Movie Studio 6.0, but that's under the tab that says Media Generator, Color gradients. You drag it to a timeline above your video clips, I believe (I haven't tried that one yet

*makes mental note to try it some time*

). Hope that helps!

Lostwithoutdom · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:12 am Post subject:

Yeah, I think it's different in Vegas 7 Ais.
All you have to do is go down to the bottom and click the tab that says Video FX, and then look on the list to the side that says border. Then you click on the border you want and drag it on to the clip. You can than adjust the color and thickness and all that fun stuff, in the window that pops up.

Hope that helps!

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Charlies_Innocence · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:27 am Post subject:

Thanks a lot, both of you!

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cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

How do you zoom into a clip? Making it a fast or slow zoom? Thanks

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cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

*bumps thread* Please guys any help?

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riay_night · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:37 am Post subject:

I posted a post asking about text and I realized I should have just asked it here

sorry!

Just without all the spazzy cool effects, how do you even add text (in the simplest way), for instance- opening credits type? Lol.... like just getting it to appear and fade in.

Thanks for any help!
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Aislynn · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject:

riay_night · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:21 am Post subject:

It helped tons Ais! I have never had the need to use text in Vegas before, so I didn't even know where it was located :p .

But another question- If I use default text, the background color is automatically black, which makes the clip I put it over darker. Is there a way I can make the background color transparent? I've been fiddling but I can't figure it out.

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Aislynn · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:22 am Post subject:

riay_night · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:13 am Post subject:

Okay, so I decided to give you a visual here-

I just used 'Lost' as the sample text i'm trying to put on. I have no idea where to place it- do I place it on top of the clip, as shown, or underneath? Cause if I place it underneath, I don't see it.

Then, if you look at the sample box, it's all dark, because even though I moved the 'Background color' tab down to the bottom like you showed me, it changes it to black, not transparent. So in the second image the cursor is on just the font, and all that's shown is pure black.

Sorry Ais! I'm just struggling to understand this, lol. You are such a great teacher! Thanks for helping me!

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SassyLostie2 · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:17 am Post subject:

Jourdan, you have to put the text in the video track above your video clip, not on top of it.

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riay_night · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:20 am Post subject:

EDIT- we crossposted Sass, right as I figured it out. Lol.

Oh god... so I think I fixed it? I mean, whatever i'm doing works, I just am curious to know if this is how you do it-

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SassyLostie2 · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:25 am Post subject:

If it shows up on the screen, it should be ok.

Glad that's working out for you.

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Aislynn · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:03 am Post subject:

No worries, Jourdan! These things are tough to figure out! Here's a look at "Only Hope" in its project phase:

Since Movie Studio only has 4 video tracks and I have to save one for my watermark (that's what you see at the top), I went ahead and put my title on the same track as my "main" vid clips. You can see that I faded into and out of that title "clip" just like it was a regular one.

Anyway, the main thing to remember is if you're going to make something partially transparent, whether its the background on the titles or if you're using the cookie cutter or pan/crop mask to split-screen or overlay, then you want to put that clip on a higher timeline or your "solid" clip will hide it. That's why my watermark is on the very top and why clips like Des wiping away Penny's tear is on the track over Des staring off into space. If that had been reversed, then you couldn't have seen Penny.

Hopefully that makes sense!