Frost Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hello all ! What I want to do is simply have a circle around some text in a video. How do I accomplish this please ? Thx in advance for all assistance. Regards, Frost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borate Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 One way would be to download a PNG circle image via an image search and place it on track 2 (the overlay track). Another approach... Download a high-contrast circle. Place your text on track one and the circle on track two. Click on FX in the circle clip on the timeline. When the effects editor opens click the large green + at the top-left and choose GREEN SCREEN. Use your mouse to maneuver the color picker in the preview window to the background area. Click. The background should vanish. Adjust the sliders for best presentation. Using either method, employ the SCALE, POSITION or other effects as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggy Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Yeah, I personally would make a transparent PNG picture of a circle in GIMP and then put that on the overlay track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalsolo Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hi Another approach is to use text. Pick a font that has narrow but regular characters for the example I have used Century Gothic. Use a simple letter O. Enlarge to fit around the text and use the effects options to Position it. If you want an oval then Use Scale to stretch the circle into an oval. Ready-made character can be found in the wingdings font Depending on your exact requirements you might also try the VP Speech Bubbles , Click the Green File button and choose Add Files. (Not the toolbar AddFiles!) Now select Add Images from NCH Clipart Library. and pick Speech Bubbles. Nat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wow ! Very impressed with all the community responses here ! Thank you all very much. I'll try them all to get a feel for each. Thanks again, Frost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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