Creating Arrows using Text Overlay

[bhhess]

I want to create arrows as an overlay on a sports video to highlight a certain player. Thought I could do this by creating a title using Winding3 font - but when i select Windings3 font in Corel Video Studio - instead of seeing arrows - like i do in Word, I see the alphabet? Is there any way to create Arrows in Corel VideoStudio 4Pro? Thanks

[BrianCee]

Why not just use the Painting Creator function and draw as many arrows as big as you like all over the screen.

[Black Lab]

See the following for what I do: http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... ht#p210731

You may also want to check out some of the NewBlue plugins. They can do some similar things.

[Kingston]

You'll need to use the Windows Character Map (Start > Accessories > System > Character Map) to select and copy one of the arrow symbols in Winddings3, then paste it in the text field on a title in VideoStudio. You'll also have to change the font in VS to Wingdings3.

I don't know about you, but I can't use the ALT + nnnn numeric keypad trick to enter special characters in VS, but the method I just provided works for me.

[J Dee]

I know, it's a weird quirk of ProX4. If you select Wingdings 3 and type the letter 'e' with caps off you should get a rightward facing arrow, but all you get is the letter 'e'.
Try this - type the letter 'e' in any font apart from Wingdings then highlight the letter and select Wingdings 3 and it magically changes in to the arrow you wanted. JD