Possible to add a text box like this?

[Kamikazee]

First off super noob here and I effing LOVE videopad. It has its quirks sometimes but for my computer and what it does. Love it. 

Anyway, I was wondering if it was possible to add a text effect like is in this video?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6017DLGD2ws
There doesn't seem to be in the software so I was wondering if there might be some cool work around. 

Thanks for any suggestions!

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

There isn't a text effect like that in VP. The nearest as a single effect would probably be a typewriter effect with a text background or scrolling your text but to get this like your example is not possible. However,  with a LOT of phaffing you can get something close....e.g with a single line of text for example. Give this a try and you will see what a lot of work it might be....

• Create a single line of text (Text image 1)
• Create a second text image with a  line of identical length but consisting only of spaces. Set the text background to a suitable colour. In the text editor you will just see a coloured bar the same length as the text.(Text image 2)
• Create a blank frame of a contrasting colour (Takes the place of a background video clip)
• Place the blank frame on Video Track 1
• Place the coloured bar (Text image 2) on Video Track 2
• Place the main text (Text image 1) on Video Track 3.      The text should now be seen on the coloured bar against the blank background.
• Add the POSITION effect to the Text image 1 (Video Track 3) so it starts off out of the frame on the left and then moves across and stops at the desired position. Note the horizontal values and vertical values.
• Add the POSITION effect to the coloured bar (Video Track 2) and set the same parameters. Playing this the text and bar move together and stop together with the full text line now visible
• Add a TRANSPARENCY effect to Text image 1 so it becomes fully visible just before is stops.

When you play the sequence you should see the coloured bar move in from the left and the text appearing on it. (Similar to your example) You might also want to vary the POSITION values so the text moves up into the bar as per your example.

With a bit of ingenuity you can do this for several lines of text having them move from both sides but as you can appreciate it would be a bit complex (but possible).

Nat

 

 

[borate]

Good advice from Nat.  A variation is to grab a colored horizontal line from an image site, or create one of your own - as a PNG file.

The background image is track one.

This initial line will be track 2   Use the POSITION effect to move it to the desired location.

Track 3 and 4 will be the second and third positions for the line, respectively.

Now ADD SIMPLE TEXT files, which will be positioned over the lines in the same fashion.  These will show up on the timeline as tracks 5, 6 and 7.

Not only the line, but text too can be animated.  Slide out can be plotted, or the text can be left static.  Transparency can be applied to each line.  Presets, like FADE OUT, can be tweaked for the text.

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Yet another approach might be to place the background on track one.

Click the HOME menu item, then ADD OBJECTS|ADD ANIMATED TITLES|ADD HORIZONTAL LINE.

Size, color and position the line.  Set start and end points or, If a slide out is to be programmed, animate start/end points with the POSITION EFFECT.    This is track two.

Then ADD SIMPLE TEXT.  Or, perhaps,  ADD OBJECTS|ADD ANIMATED TITLES and choose TYPEWRITER.  Use the POSITION effect to place the text on the line.  That's track 3.

Follow the same procedure for additional lines, changing only the vertical offset.

 

 

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