Additional Text and Sound layers
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Sharona
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Additional Text and Sound layers
I would like to have Video Studio support more TEXT and SOUND layers.
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Ron P.
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Having more text & sound tracks would mean that it would mirror it's big brother MediaStudio Pro.
With VS, the Text Layers or tracks are handled a little differently. VS uses Multiple Text option. This is really a very flexible text option to have. I'm not real sure just how many different text objects you can place on the stage at one time. Each text object has it's own attributes, and animation effect. To invoke this click on the TitleStep (at the top) or the T to the left side of the timeline. You'll see the prompt "Double Click to....." on the Preview Window, do what it says. Then to add additional text, double click again, and again, and again...
To change the attributes, make sure your text is highlighted in the Preview Window. Click on the Animation tab to add an animation effect. You can have different fonts, type-face, colors, ect., for each text object. You can have text fade-in, zoom-in, scroll, whatever, all using the Multiple Text option. Some animation effects can be User Defined, or customized further by clicking on the TT to the right of the Type box in the Animation tab. You control the Pause/Duration with the bar (also used for Mark-in/out), beneath the Preview window.
There's also workarounds for sound tracks. One of the best workarounds is to use an audio editor, like the free Audacity editor. Put all your audio tracks together, then insert it into your VS project.
You can also place your audio on either audio track, then in the Share step, select Create Sound File. If you have audio on both soundtracks, and create 1 sound file, you have mixed them down to 1 track, which can be reinserted into your project.
If you're using one of the Plus versions, you can Create a Video File, from the Sound tracks. Place your music, narration, or sound effects on a sound track. Then choose Share>Create Video File. A video file will be created, that has sound only. This can then be reinserted into your project on a Video track, and moved to a position out of view in the preview pane, so nothing is obstructing your video..
With VS, the Text Layers or tracks are handled a little differently. VS uses Multiple Text option. This is really a very flexible text option to have. I'm not real sure just how many different text objects you can place on the stage at one time. Each text object has it's own attributes, and animation effect. To invoke this click on the TitleStep (at the top) or the T to the left side of the timeline. You'll see the prompt "Double Click to....." on the Preview Window, do what it says. Then to add additional text, double click again, and again, and again...
To change the attributes, make sure your text is highlighted in the Preview Window. Click on the Animation tab to add an animation effect. You can have different fonts, type-face, colors, ect., for each text object. You can have text fade-in, zoom-in, scroll, whatever, all using the Multiple Text option. Some animation effects can be User Defined, or customized further by clicking on the TT to the right of the Type box in the Animation tab. You control the Pause/Duration with the bar (also used for Mark-in/out), beneath the Preview window.
There's also workarounds for sound tracks. One of the best workarounds is to use an audio editor, like the free Audacity editor. Put all your audio tracks together, then insert it into your VS project.
You can also place your audio on either audio track, then in the Share step, select Create Sound File. If you have audio on both soundtracks, and create 1 sound file, you have mixed them down to 1 track, which can be reinserted into your project.
If you're using one of the Plus versions, you can Create a Video File, from the Sound tracks. Place your music, narration, or sound effects on a sound track. Then choose Share>Create Video File. A video file will be created, that has sound only. This can then be reinserted into your project on a Video track, and moved to a position out of view in the preview pane, so nothing is obstructing your video..
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