Mayhem Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Hi Guys, I'm trying to generate a title sequence of; 1 line, 2nd line fades in below 1st line, 3rd line fades in below 1st & 2nd 3rd lines, Etc, Etc. I started off with all the lines, duplicated the Text clip, reducing the lines one by one for each subsequent clip. Trouble is the text moves slightly up/down the page and so doesn't align properly. Any clues as to why? Or should I be doing it a different way? Thanks Chaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borate Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Create line 1. Copy it <ctrl-c> Exit the title window Open new title window Space down a line (or more) Paste <ctrl-v> (for this demo) or type in text for second line Delete default title name above Close the title window Repeat as needed, spacing down a line (or more) each time This sets up the sequence in order. Seems to be a way to do the job, but indeed there may be a slight spacing difference between lines. Tough to measure. Result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalsolo Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Hi Another way uses only two clips. One is your lines of text. The other is a blank. In this example there are 4 lines of yellow text on a black background and a blank black frame. The example is set up to show the first line of text, then to fade in the next line and so on. The whole sequence is 8 seconds long with each line fading in over two seconds but remaining visible until the end of the sequence. The principle is pretty straightforward; a blank frame is set at different heights so as to reveal each line of text in turn and the Transparency effect is used to produce a fade in. Create your lines of text Place your lines of text on Video Track 1 Place the blank clip on Video Track 2 Drag the blank clip up to Video Track 5. Now you are ready to start the process. Add the Position effect to Video Track 5 and move the blank frame so only TEXT LINE 1 is visible when in Sequence preview. Move the clip along the timeline a bit and move the cursor line into the gap produced Drag and drop the blank clip from the clip bin on Video Track 4. Add the Position effect to Track 4 so TEXT LINE 1 and TEXT LINE 2 are now visible. Move the clip along the timeline a bit and repeat the procedure for the remaining two tracks NOTE: The purpose of moving the blank clips along the timeline is to be able to check the position of the blank against the text as any upper track will obscure a lower one. Now with all the overlay tracks correctly positioned, close all the gaps so all the clips are at the start. At the start only TEXT LINE 1 is visible Now add the Transparency effect to Video Track 5 Use key frames to make the Opacity 100% for 2 seconds then decreasing over the next 2 seconds to 0% opacity remaining at 0% to the end. Should look like this... Now do the same for Video Track 4. 100% Opacity now lasts for 4 seconds now..... Now do the same for Video track 3. 100% Opacity now lasts 6 seconds... Video track 2 does not require the transparency effect. When played the sequence starts with TEXT LINE 1 and every 2 seconds the next text line fades in. The main screen looks like this..... TEXT LINE 3 is just fading in..... This only used two clips as stated above. Obviously the timings of the "reveals" is up to you and if you use more lines of text than in my example you will need to use more blank overlay tracks. Hope this helps Nat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now