Inserting text at different points along the time line

stuart-whitehall wrote on 12/12/2017, 8:08 AM

I am trying to tell a "story" from a whatsapp conversation I have had and put it into an movie for my customers.

I have line 1 on timeline with some titles. Line 2 I am adding pictures and line 3 I am adding voice mp3's. In my mind i was going to place the appropriate media on the appropriate line and time point, so when i play evrtything comes up in the right order.

I am having an issue with text part (titles) on line one, because if i fill in the text there is no way to instruct at what time point it must be inserted? I am probably doing something simple wrong or missing some comprehension on how to do it easily. Thank you for your help.

Stuart😀

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browj2 wrote on 12/12/2017, 10:17 AM

Hi,

I presume that you are using MEP and not Vegas? Please confirm and indicate which version.

If MEP, then you need to watch my 2 tutorials on Basic editing in MEP, as you don't understand the basics.

The background goes on the lower numbered tracks, overlays on higher numbered tracks. So if you have text on track 1 and an image on track 3, then your text will be hidden by the image. To see how it works, import an image by default, which will put it on track 1. Select the image object and click on the button to insert text. The text object will be on track 3, not 1 and the default length of the title, that is, the time it will be on screen will be 5 seconds by default. The title clip will be aligned with the start of the associated object on track 1 by default. You increase or decrease the duration by dragging the right end handle. You place the object where you want on the timeline by dragging it. It does not know where you want or how long you want it - you have to do that part.

John CB

terrypin wrote on 12/12/2017, 10:42 AM

By the time I replied I found John had already covered all the key points. But hopefully my illustration will also help you to get started.

stuart-whitehall wrote on 12/12/2017, 1:14 PM

Hi,

I presume that you are using MEP and not Vegas? Please confirm and indicate which version.

If MEP, then you need to watch my 2 tutorials on Basic editing in MEP, as you don't understand the basics.

The background goes on the lower numbered tracks, overlays on higher numbered tracks. So if you have text on track 1 and an image on track 3, then your text will be hidden by the image. To see how it works, import an image by default, which will put it on track 1. Select the image object and click on the button to insert text. The text object will be on track 3, not 1 and the default length of the title, that is, the time it will be on screen will be 5 seconds by default. The title clip will be aligned with the start of the associated object on track 1 by default. You increase or decrease the duration by dragging the right end handle. You place the object where you want on the timeline by dragging it. It does not know where you want or how long you want it - you have to do that part.

John CB

Hi John,

Thank you. It is MEP 17.0.1.128. Can you send me the links for the 2 tutorials? Actually i want the video to form individual clips, so dont want to have text printing over pictures, want them to be in individual frames eg there might be 2 text frames, then a pictures, 1 text frame, then an mp3, then picture, then text frame all in a sequential pattern and order on the timeline, so when it is played from the start it runs like a story if that makes sense.

The question is really how i can create text frames and move them to a number on the time line and then i can position that text box at the appropriate time. Thank you.

Stuart

stuart-whitehall wrote on 12/12/2017, 1:15 PM

By the time I replied I found John had already covered all the key points. But hopefully my illustration will also help you to get started.

Thank you Terry. I cannot read the illustration, when i blow it up it is all blurred. Thank you Stuart

terrypin wrote on 12/12/2017, 1:22 PM

Have you never opened a thumbnail before? You click or double click on it, or select it and press the Enter key. You don’t ‘blow it up’, by which I assume you mean zoom in on it by dragging with two fingers.

It opens fine here.

browj2 wrote on 12/12/2017, 2:00 PM

@stuart-whitehall

I am out and will send you the links later, but they are under the tutorials tab of this forum.

To move an object, click and drag.

John CB