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It would be nice if someone from NCH, or someone else knowledgeable, would answer this, wouldn't it?

3 hours ago, Nationalsolo said:

• Select Background option...Editor (Just the editor to contrast with the text in the editor. (On the timeline the background will be transparent)..Text (Surrounds the text only)  Full background  (The Image background colour with the text on it will appear on the timeline)
• Click the background colour square and use the pipette to select the colour. (Obviously this should be different to the text or the latter would be invisible. As mentioned above, If you want text on a transparent background then you should select Editor background....
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Nat,

Thank you.  What I have highlighted in red was my problem.  Now it works.  Now I have to decide if I'm going to go with the scrolling text box or a jpg image that I have designed in Photoshop.

Thanks again,

Ron

With a little hindsight I suppose it was slightly silly to ask for the names of competitive products on here 🙄

14 hours ago, borate said:

My first question is how do I paste images here or upload them so I can show you my issue? I have to provide links for now.

So what am I doing wrong?  I go to this text editor box and type in my text as you showed.  And I set the text background to "red" and type in my text (I tried the background Opacity at both 0% and 100%):

http://www.fourwindsphotography.com/casino/text editor.jpg

But then when I preview it or export to an MP4 the background is black:

http://www.fourwindsphotography.com/casino/text editor2.jpg

6 hours ago, Nationalsolo said:

Hi

You can also create your text as a simple  static text image and then add a Position effect to it  with keyframes to make it move in any direction (and speed) you like.

Nat

Thank you Nat.  This may be what I end up doing.

Thank you

I haven't looked at all 21 instructional videos but did look at the usual suspects, the ones I thought might have it.  But I could not find how to start a video with scrolling text.    And can't find it in the help pdf.

Could someone please direct me to instructions on how to start my video with text scrolling from the bottom of the screen to top?

Thank you.

Why don't you also have a show and tell, a thread,  for users to show off to other users?  Where the entire world can see.

Anyone else any suggestions?

What DVD Authoring software does everyone use/recommend?  I know that one can burn to DVD from VideoPad but I need a solution to burn multiple videos, which may or may not be created with VideoPad, to a DVD.  And I need to be able to create Chapters in the videos.

I played around with WinX DVD Author but I am not thrilled with it.  I don't know enough about DVD authoring to know why I'm not excited about it.  It just doesn't seem to offer much flexibility. 

I would prefer free (of course) but not opposed to shelling out a few bucks for one you people  highly recommend.

Thank you

Fernando,

I hope that you haven't left.  I ran into exactly the same thing.  But it asked me if I want to "downgrade" to the free version.  There is a way to do this.  Now everytime I start Videopad I have to confirm that I am using it for non-commercial home use.  A small inconvenience.

Go back and try and find that place you can "downgrade".    I haven't run into the restrictions again.  With me it was telling me that I could not export as with you.  Now I can.