Adding animated lines around text

[Phil]

Hi,

I have VS Ultimate x6 with the added features and FXs and have really only used the standard titling features up until this point.

Is there a feature where I can animate a line to underline a text?

For example, say I type a title on to my video clip "Important information". Then to emphasize this, could I have a line being drawn underneath the words?.... or better still, a line completely encircling the words?

I prefer a line that is perfectly straight/encircling with an orderly fashion, rather than a freestyle hand-drawn type.

Thanks

[BrianCee]

I knocked up this demo in about 5 minutes by first drawing the line on a transparent background in a graphics programme putting it in VideoStudio and using "Customise Motion" to make it move across the screen.

http://youtu.be/25EqzVx-UiA

To draw a line all round would take a little longer but you could use the same procedure

If you can't make images with a transparent background then make them on a plain background and chromakey it in

[BrianCee]

had further thoughts on drawing a box all round - this one uses a box drawn onto a plain background and Chromakeyed in VideoStudio and then the 'Sweep' transition applied along it's full length.

http://youtu.be/HIjoGaMVwSc

[asik1]

Brian, you could do better than that...
just take a snap

[BrianCee]

Of what - and do what with it ?