Text Boxes?

[GustoBelly]

I'm brand new to Videopad, using the free version. Am I correct in thinking that it's not possible to create text in a box that can be placed anywhere and even made to move as the video plays? I only see the normal text alignment tools that relate to the full screen as in a word processor, not really anything that does the job like most graphics packages. 

[borate]

No, you aren't correct.

Text boxes are clips and can be animated using keyframes to track an object anywhere on the screen.

See http://help.nchsoftware.com/help/en/videopad/win/effects_animating.html

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

Animating Text...e.g. Making it move diagonally

1. Create your text. (leave it centered if you like)
2. Go into Menu/Tools/Options/Display and tick Show Dual Previews.(This makes it easier to view the effect setup)
3. 
4. Click the FX box on the timeline text clip,
5. Click the green +  and select the Position effect from the list This opens the Effects screen with the Position Effects options and a graph on its right. It also places a white dotted rectangle around the Clip Preview window.
6. Now drag the rectangle to position the text at the top left of the window The Sequence Preview window shows the full effect....In this example there is a video clip on Track 1 placed beneath the text clip which is on Track 2......That's why dual previews are useful.....
7. 
8. Slide the preview window red cursor line to the left (or slide the effects graph cursor line to the left) which is the start of the Text clip
9. Create a Keyframe by clicking the Small green + with the red line at the top of the effects graph screen.
10. 
11. This marks the text position at the start of the clip and draws a position line on the graph....
12. 
13. Now slide the effects window cursor line to the far right.(The end of the text clip)
14. Drag the text down to the bottom right of the Preview screen....Monitor the position in the Sequence Preview window as before.
15. Create a second keyframe by clicking the small green + with the red line as in step 9 This fixes the new position of the text at the end of the clip....
16. 
17. Close the Effects window

When the timeline is now played the text will move smoothly diagonally across the screen from Top Left > Bottom Right. The speed of the animation is altered by lengthening or shortening the text image by dragging the sides out along the timeline . You can use numerous keyframes to animate more complex movements with the Position effect but all the Motion Effects are capable of being used in this way and very complex movements can be animated. The same is true for all the effects in fact. They work for video clips as well as images. Have a play and you will see.

Nat

[GustoBelly]

Thanks very much for both your replies. Looks like a bit of a learning curve, but I'm on it. Onwards and upwards! Cheers!