@pmikep

Hi

Assuming you mean this one in MEP MX to 2015 which had a separate entry in the 3D Titles panel

As you can see above it is a Xara 3D Maker title and it is still there in 2020, the change occurred with MEP 2016 and there is no tile to select the typewriter directly - add any of the 3D animated titles and then change the Animations settings - there you will find Typewriter as shown below

HTH

John EB

Thanks for the quick solutions gentlemen. I was thinking that I would have to stack multiple Titles on top of one another to get what I wanted, but it hadn't occurred to me to Ace's speed change. I will look into the 3D title too.

@johnebaker I wonder if the Xara thing is only in Premium? 'Cause I can't find it on my Plus.

In fact, it says tat I cannot modify it. Nor do i get the app pop up that you do.

@pmikep

No it's not in Premium either but apparently was a plugin on earlier versions.

Curiously, I found x3d.exe and several references to xara in my MEP Plus directory. But clicking on x3d doesn't open anything. But it could be just me - I've removed a lot of components from Win10 using NTLite and sometimes I find that I removed something at a program needed to hook into.

Update: Clicking on a 3D title does start x3d.exe in task manager. But no xara like app.

There is a url link to xara buried in the directory.

The xara dll's are in a coverdesigner sub directory.

I didn't install DVD menuing. Is that where coverdesigner is?

Update: I manually started coverdesigner from its executable. It's not the same as John's 3D designer.

I suppose I could try installing MEP 2106 Pro to see what happens.

But I'll wait to hear from you all.

@pmikep

Hi

. . . . Curiously, I found x3d.exe and several references to xara in my MEP Plus directory. . . . .

That means it is installed - can you not add a 3D animated title to the timeline in MEP?

. . . . I've removed a lot of components from Win10 using NTLite and sometimes I find that I removed something at a program needed to hook into. . . . .

Ouch! In my book that is definitely a no go area!

. . . . I didn't install DVD menuing. Is that where coverdesigner is? . . . .

I would suggest you re-install MEP following this tutorial, this should replace any missing Windows files, then re-install MEP and all the extras.

HTH

John EB

I can install a 3D animated title. But I don't get the pop up xara app that you get.

Since Ray didn't see it either, I think it might be because you have MEP 2016 on your system.

I'll go to my other box for grins to see if MEP 2016 still works there and if the same app pop up pops up.

Okay, I get the exact same thing in MEP 2016 Plus.

So I'm thinking that John sees the Xara thing because he has Xara installed.

I have an old version of Xara. I will try installing it later tonight to see if it gets called for the title-ing thing.

@pmikep

Please reread what I wrote and look at the tutorial. Xara 3D Maker is not Xara Designer Pro X or Photo & Graphics Designer.

John CB

Aha! (We crossed in the mail. Your comment wasn't display here when I typed my subsequent comments.)

That explains it. You've definitively addressed my issue. And saved me the time of finding - and installing - my old Xara.

I think I'll try Ray's trick for the animation I want. If that doesn't give me what I want, I'll simply use another Title. I don't want to spend hours making a custom title when I need to spend hours putting my content together.

@pmikep

For keyframes with titles, these would be under the Effects tab and most likely with Size/Position. What you may want to be doing is moving a title, like flying in, rotating it, making it larger then smaller, etc. These you can keyframe.

John CB

So, @CubeAce , I found a faster, easier way for speeding up how fast text displays in the dynamic titles. The trick is to add spaces after a line of text. Apparently the subroutine looks at how much text needs to by typed and speeds it up to fit it in the time allotted.

Also, I found a "bug" - or perhaps more correctly, an anomaly - with the way the Dynamic Typewriter Title works.

When you first edit a Title, it will be in bold face, even though you didn't select Bold in the options.

However, if you click on bold, that will remove the bolding in the Dynamic title, and you can't get it back.

Underlining and italics work as expected. But not bold.

I cleared my font cache in Win10 (not as easy as it used to be in earlier Windows) just to see if it was something on my system causing this. But perhaps someone can try it to see if it happens to them too?

@pmikep

Hi.

I use the re-speeder mainly because I can slow it down as well as speed it up and it alters the length of the clip. Whatever works though 😉.

I'm not getting bold when first in use.

That's how it comes up for me and I have loads of fonts from lots of other programs that MEP could use if I altered which font to use but I tend to stick with the default.

@pmikep

Hi

. . . . I found a "bug" - or perhaps more correctly, an anomaly - with the way the Dynamic Typewriter Title works . . . . However, if you click on bold, that will remove the bolding in the Dynamic title, and you can't get it back . . . .

I can replicate this with the exception of 1 title, the Font change title is the only title which does bold.

It looks like all the Dynamic titles where the characters appear over time are the only ones affected.

The question is it a bug or because the dynamic function is not sophisticated enough to deal with the changing character spacing?

John EB

I have been following this question with interest, and so with apologies, I would like to ask if I may a supplementary question, though more in relation to the ‘CubeAce’ answer and video.

In the last few weeks I have purchased ProDad’s ReSpeedr, and in that second response, are we saying that you produced the Text that you wanted to appear in the ‘Chatham’ video, but then used ReSpeedr to slow down it’s appearance on screen? Admittedly I am totally new to ReSpeedr but had been anticipating using it to slow/speed up transport type clips. That answer, for me, has certainly opened up ‘food for thought’ and a potential new way of it’s use.

My second question concerns the video. Having taken grandchildren to Chatham Docks a few times over recent years, it caught my attention. What I though wondered was how it was that there was so little camera shake? Even when moving around. Did you manage to get good quality movie images the first time around or have you used ‘Vegas Video Stabilization – another ‘Effect’ within MEP I forgot I had?

Eager still to learn.

George   

@Xenofex2

Hi. George.

I did use the free re-speeder for that video taken last summer but I seem to have lost the ability to use that plugin since I had to rebuild my machine and subsequently use the internal MEP version. It's not as smooth as the ProDad version or as versatile but it suffices for my current needs. According to my Magix account I should still have it along with Re-Focus but it never appears on any of the download sections in MEP or on my ProDad account.

The video.

I'm using a tiny little video camera from DJI called The Osmo Pocket which has a fixed aperture and focal length tiny camera mounted to a motorized gimbal assembly and then that is mounted to a fourth axis stabilizer to reduce bounce.

The Osmo Pocket on its side with a home made microphone on an isolation mount.

That assembly is then sometimes put into my 4th axis stabilizer (Sometimes with a phone attached to give me a bigger screen) for additional stability and if I have to walk around I use that rather than my DSLR which I use for isolation shots as I can vary the focal lengths and apertures. To be honest it's now my main video camera for walking around with. The output in good light is surprisingly good for such a small device as is the sound with an external mic, all be it in mono. It's capable of slow motion as well as recording up to 60fps at 4K although that video was shot at 1080p. It also has a few more tricks including being able to track a face or object and is quite versatile but does have some limitations. For the price though it's hard to criticize it's performance. With the video I posted above I had the Osmo Pocket in one hand while taking stills with my DSLR with my right hand so I was relying on some of the Osmo Pockets tracking abilities as I couldn't keep an eye on the screen.

Ray.

Ray,

Wow! Thankyou for that very detailed answer.

Am I impressed! Film a movie in your left hand, and with good stabilzation whilst taking still images with your right with the DSLR. I see I have got a very long way to go.

Thankyou again.

George

@CubeAce

Amazon is having a sale on the Osmo today. I started to think about it. But then read some reviews that say the company insists that your "register" the product with all sorts of unnecessary info, like Location, etc. before you can use it.

True or False?