Special Effect Font - Writing in Cursive
by Linda O'Connell
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May 15, 2008 at 12:34:28 pm
I am trying to "write" a name in cursive as my opening sequence to a graduation video. I would like it to be just how you would write on a piece of paper. I hope you understand what I mean. This may be standard in Vegas pro..I am not sure, but I am using Platinum.
Any ideas? Or is there a plug in you would recommend? I also use Photoshop..if there is a way in that?
Re: Special Effect Font - Writing in Cursive by Adam Rose Esq. on May 15, 2008 at 2:28:48 pm
to do it properly, you would need to use a prog like After Effects
there are plenty of tutorials on how to achieve this with AE, but vegas is not the beast to use. Too much finicky detail.
Re: Special Effect Font - Writing in Cursive by Mary Waitrovich on May 16, 2008 at 5:46:32 pm
Not exactly sure if this would work, but if you are looking for a free, low tech solution, you could write on thin white paper with a dark marker, videotape the backside, not the front, and then reverse it in Vegas in pan/crop or track motion. If you lit the backside properly so you couldn't see through the paper, I think it might work.
Re: Special Effect Font - Writing in Cursive by Linda O'Connell on May 17, 2008 at 10:02:34 pm
Mary,
When you say to videotape it..Do you mean to pan the camera from letter to letter? If so, what is the reason to videotape the backside and reverse it? Why not just videotape the front?
Sorry, I am new to this...
Re: Special Effect Font - Writing in Cursive by John Magee on May 17, 2008 at 11:20:31 pm
I think she means...
Imagine someone writing on a frosty/foggy window with their finger - you're on the outside looking at the letters appear, you don't actually see what's doing the writing. It will look reversed to you cause you're on the outside, they are writing from the inside.
Now imagine thin paper on a piece of clear glass. The paper is the frost/fog. You videotape that writing event, then you flip the image in Vegas so it's not backwards. If you light the backside properly, you won't see through the paper.
