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There are three
title tools in MC5
title tool
marquet
Avid FX Title Tool.
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Using TItle Deko Pro in MC |
Getting a PS photo to import correctly |
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So
far I have looked at Title Tool.
One thing I do not understand in AMM media manager) is that when you
change the name of a title tool file in a bin, the name changes in the bin,
but wjhen you put it on the timeline or source window, it retains the
original name ?
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| Description of Issue |
Title Tool |
Marquet |
Avid Fx whatever |
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Only export option is a .PCT( PICT - whoever uses that ?).
Why not bmp or jpg tif ? |
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| Creates a 2 minute clip no handles (about 1500k + 2
more @450 each, so you have to set I/O's |
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| Create file as an MXF file and gets added to avid's
media files in the media directory |
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| Lets you add Crawl/Roll |
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| Lets you draw squares and boxes |
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| Looks like pretty good control over words |
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Can't see what font looks like |
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Even though you change the
name in the bin the title is stored, the name in the timeline is the
original name. |
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what I consider a Negative |
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I have a rolling title and I want to freeze the title each time a name is
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hilitli:
Do I need to use the "scroll position V"?
Yes.
You will have at minimum 4 keyframes for this to work. A will be
at the head B will be the point at which you rolls stops C will be
the point at which your roll continues and D will be the end.
In the Effect Editor, scrub through until you find the frame you
want to stop on. Add a keyframe there, (this is B) and note it's
Scroll Position V value. Move whatever distance ahead that you want
the freeze to hold (ie, 2-3 secs) and add another keyframe (this is
C) Copy B and Paste onto C. This will give B and C the same value.
Keyframes are just changes in parameters over time, so if you
want something to hold at a point you have to have two identical
keyframes set that are only separated by time.
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in LE it was possible, to "stretch" a Title to any lenght
The maximum
length for a title clip is 2 minutes. You can place it in the source
monitor, mark the entire clip end to end, mark an in at the beginning of
your sequence and then just hit the "B" key repeatedly until you have looped
enough of that clip. |
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All right, here's another one that's not too widely known - editing title
clips. Most people edit titles in the timeline, and while you can modify it
and store it as a new title clip, the existing title in the timeline will
get modified whether you want it to or not. Solution: CTRL double click
the title clip in it's bin. The title tool opens with that title clip ready
for editing and re-saving. Never have to touch a timeline. Saves a lot of
keystrokes and clicking.
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LR- USING THE MARQUEE TITLE TOOL: Learn about the many titling
capabilities of the
Avid Marquee Title Tool. Follow along with the lessons to quickly create
basic title types and to create more advanced titles that use Marquee's 3D,
lighting, and animation features.
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Editing a Title |
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There are two ways to open an existing title into
the Title Editor. You can park on the title in the timeline, and
enter the Effects Editor. Then, click the box that says "Edit
Title". Or you can highlight the title in a Bin, and Control-Double
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Edit a title in A BIN |
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HOLD down the CTRL key and double click
on title in bin. |
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Getting a PhotoShop Photo to import correctly |
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One of the most common uses of Photoshop
with Avid is to create graphics that can be imported into Avid as a
Real-time
Matte Key. An example of
this would be to create a corporate logo or "bug" that needs to be
in one corner of your image for the length of an entire edit. Online
editors also use Photoshop to create titles with styles and
complexity that isn't supported by the Avid Title Tool.
The main problem with this, is that most of the file types that can be
exported from Photoshop "pre-multiply" their foreground (fill) and
their Alpha Channel when imported into Avid. This means that if you
have any transparency or shadowing in your graphics, they won't
"mix" correctly with your video background. The following image
shows this problem. The drop shadow is keying over white instead of
the flower colours in the video image, leading to a fringing effect.
To get around this problem, you can use the
Portable Network Graphics or
PNG file format which uses
unmatted or straight
transparency.
1. Create your graphics as normal in Photoshop including any text
or drop shadows. Create these graphics on
New Photoshop layers, instead
of directly on the default background layer.
2. Delete your background layer so that your graphics appear on top
of the Photoshop "checkerboard" background, indicating transparent
parts of the image.
3. Save your logo as a .png
file and choose No interlacing
when the dialog appears.
4. In Avid, use File > Import
and in the dialog Options...
choose Non-interlaced and
Invert Existing for the
Alpha information.
5. Avid will import your PNG file as a real-time matte key.
6. Load your imported file into the source monitor.
7. Edit onto the video layer above your background, and you should
now have a key that "mixes" with your background, like the one
below:
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Titles (Title Tool,
Marquee (Avid), Title Deko Pro, Avid Effects Filter |
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Titles are the same - in Liquid's
TitleDeko (which produces only static titles), they are treated as
still images - with a basic 'default length, but with no need for
leeway. MC creates every title - static as well as dynamic - as a
video format, of determined length. This
takes a bit of getting used to - you have to create your own leeway
on static titles, and think carefully over dynamic titles. In
liquid, one could create a static title and then 'animate' it with
the effects filters. One could do the same in MC - but there is no
point: it can be animated within the titler - but you have to
determine its length at the outset.
It's a different way of thinking - and for me
anyway, that aspect of MC, once accepted, is preferable to the
Liquid way.
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I am sure I will get used to the MC way of
dealing with images - the only issue I have with it is the
extra time taken to add in and out points on a image clip
if a transition is required, this isnt too time consuming
for a handfull of images but if you are trying to do an
extended montage I would imagine it could get a little
tiresome.
Peace of cake, add all the images you want to have
the same handles on into one bin, press ctrl-a to select all, be
sure to be in the correct mode for the bin.
Now, step with the button you have selected for 10
frames forward as many times as you want the handles to be long,
press your button for mark in, continue to step forward until you
have reached the length that you want the clips to be and press your
button for mark out.
Done
After that, only use the clips as markers on the sequense and
add Avid P & Z and link from the filter to the origin images or use
BCC P&Z ( my prefered workflow ) to do the same thing
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When you use the pan and zoom effect,
there is a button on the effects editor that allows you to point to
a high resolution file on your platform, instead of importing and
creating an Avid media file. This allows you to do truly resolution
independent moves on the still, which you will not get if you do a
standard import. Keep in mind however, that the high rez image must
reside on your platform for the duration of the project, and if the
project is moved to another platform, that image file must be moved
as well.
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BE SURE to try out the shadow
softening capabilites - at the bottom of the object pulldown menu.
Makes drop shadows look really nice.
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I use TitleDeko Pro all the time in
MC. You need to reinstall it manually and select Avid in the install
list.
It will appear in the MC filters at the end of the filter list
under Title Deko Pro.
Then, cut a blank filler in an empty track and drag the TDKPro
filter on it. You can open the editor and activate TDKPro.
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And if you have access to Adobe After
Effects, you can create some very sophisticated animations and fonts
quite easily using many, many presets that are available, then
export a QT movie with alpha channel and import to Avid. |
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tutorials |
MC has "Title Tool" and "Marquee" for
creating titles. What many people do not realise is that, if they
have AvidFX installed, they have a third and much more powerful
Title Tool. AvidFX is a very close relative
to Boris Red which in its turn includes the Boris Grafitti Title
Tool.
The interface is quite different from the more
"standard" Title Tools. But if you can spend some time learning the
basics you will probably find that that Title Tool can do all you
ever wanted and lots more. Anything from a plain simple static title
to the most complex animated 3D titles effects. But you need to have
patience and put in a lot of time practising and playing with it.
My intentions are to make a short series of Tutorials on the Title
Tool in AvidFX. This is the first of them
Regards, Douglas
Link 135 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 1: My First
Encounters
Link 136 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 2: First
Encounters continue..
Link 137 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 3: Holding a
Title onscreen
Link 138 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 4: Add
another Text-Page and some Fades
Link 139 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 5: Making a
Title of a specific Length
Link 140 Media Management - Tips when using a Bin's Text
View Mode
Link 141 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 6: Making
and using a Title Template
Link 142 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 6A:
Correcting a vital mistake made in Part 6!
Link 143 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 7: A simple
Text Roll
Link 144 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 8: Animating
Type-on Text
Link 145 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 9: Type-on
Text Revisited
Link 146 AvidFX - Title Tool Part 10: The
Vector Trace Tool |
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