Highlighting Text in the video?

transmigration2003 · Post by **transmigration2003** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:15 pm

is there a way in VS to yellow highlight some text that is in the video itself? (i have zoomed in to some words on an online news article.

thanks.

never mind! i saw it in a search
http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... =highlight

how do i delete this message?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:52 pm

I think we will leave the message here since it could help others with a similar problem...

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:51 am

Have you tried using the Paint Tool in VS Pro?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:00 pm

The other link(s) mentioned relate to still images and so software such as PhotoImpact, Paintshop Pro etc.

I agree with Vidoman - your best method would be the paint creator tool built into VSX2.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:51 pm

There is another work-around that you can use that only utilizes VS.

EDIT: After reading Trevor's advice below, I realized there was an even simpler way, as outlined below:

1. Import your image to the main video track (or create a title in VS).
2. Put a color clip on the overlay track.
3. Resize and reposition the color clip to cover the text.
4. With the color clip selected, click on Mask & Chroma Key on the Attribute tab.
5. Adjust the transparency until your text shows thru the color clip.

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:17 pm

I have VS11+ and Paint Shop Por X.Is there anyway that you can
high lite just one word in a line of words

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:29 pm

Hi Ken

Just edit the individual word to anything you want,
change the colour of the text, change the font,
make it bold, add a ¡¥shadow¡¦ or make it transparent.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:09 am

Kenneth Veal wrote:I have VS11+ and Paint Shop Por X.Is there anyway that you can
high lite just one word in a line of words

Do you mean in a title created in VS, or an image imported into VS?

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:04 am

To clarify,
I have an imported jpeg image of a notice board.What I want to do is to highlite individual separate words that appear in different lines
all over the text of the boardThere is a bit of perspective in the image +
not all the text is in the same size or font............................Ken

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:30 am

Hi Ken

It may be easier to use an image editor to alter the Jpeg.

But using the overlay track and a colour clip may also work.
Resize the colour clip + shape to cover the text.
Switch to Mask & Chroma Key
Set the Transparency to say 50%

You may have to use several overlay tracks.

You could then save the frame as a new image, Switch to ¡¥project playback¡¦
(Tools-Save current frame....) creating a new Jpeg

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:29 pm

If you are something classier but a hell of a lot more fiddlier you can make two bitmaps (or jpegs) of the same image...one that had it's brightness increased. (or make one slightly darker)

With the brighter image...cut out or crop the individual letter you want highlighted in your photoeditor (not VS) and use them as individual images on overlay tracks.

This still works if you have very limited overlay tracks...it just means you need to re-render as you build-up the sequence of effect

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:00 am

Taking the excellent suggestion by Clevo a bit further.
If you want to highlight each item one at a time, duplicate your still image as many times as required and use any of the Photo Editor suggestions previously given to highlight just one word, then on another copy of the image do the same for a different word, continue until you have an individual still for each of the individual words - then create a slide show!

I think this would be an interesting effect.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:27 am

That works too Steve...and easier than my suggestion

There are just so many ways to do it...

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:10 am

thank you all, it seems I am never going to stop learning re VS especially when getting advice like yours in this forum......................Ken

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Highlighting Text in the video?

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