How do I create TV-like subtitles in MEP 2023?
I manually create them with white text on top
of a black rectangle. I would be very much helped
if there is a ready made font for this in stead of
my manually made ones. Best Regards
Kent Heinermark
I would be very much helped if there is a ready made font for this in stead of my manually made ones.
Me too! Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a title preset that has a black bar-type background.
@Kent_2022 @AAProds Hi, there is a way to do it but it's a bit messy,
Text has an alpha background, if that could be turned off the png text would become like a jpg (no transparency) so -
Write your text,
Duplicate (Ctrl + drag) it to the track below,
Then add Mask Generator - Invert,
Add Brightness & Contrast - reduce brightness to 0,
PS increasing the Blur enlarges the black background
@CubeAce I did write all that about it turning it transparent but simplified it while writing & just decided to share the procedure so's not to complicate things,
I'm curious, did you read my comment properly, look at my pictures or watch the video because what you wrote is what i showed?
@Former user
Hi,
Try switching the two titles - put the mask on track 3, the normal one on track 4. This should give a better result with different coloured text.
To get different coloured background, instead of reducing brightness of the mask, try Art filter/Substitution.
Hi,
Follow the methods above. When you have the title that you want, select the two objects - the title and the title with mask, right-click, save as title template, give it an appropriate name.
Go to Templates, Title templates, My Own and your title will be there. Drag it to the timeline. Open the titler for each and change the text to be the same. Done. You can, of course, change the effects of the mask.
EDIT: I should have pointed out that the title for the Mask does not have to be the same as the real title so long as the Mask is solid - Low out and High out fully to the right. All the title in the mask does is adjust the width and height of the box. If you want the box longer, add some letters or spaces. To make the box higher, increase the font size of the text with the mask. If you want a partially transparent mask, then the text of both objects has to be the same.
In the above, I added in a border for the box using Artistic Filter/Contour 5x5 as shown below. See also the other parameters.
John CB
@Former user
Hi Gid.
That is my bad apparently. have deleted my comment.
Not sure why I missed the full explanation.
Sorry.
@CubeAce 🤷♂️😁🙈👴🤣 I couldn't find find my phone today that was in my pocket 🤷♂️🙃
Thank you all , tried it and it works. still, looking forward to a new TV-font.