Ending credits

[Fallen_angel]

Hi there!

I'm doing a movie project and I would like to make a scrolling end credits, you know just like in real movies. What program can I use and how can I do it?

Thanks!

[thecoalman]

Most ediors support something along those lines.... If want to add some real good looking text and eefects try Cool 3-d www.ulead.com

[State Of Mind]

Adobe Premiere Pro
File > New > New Title
Inside Title Creator window, select Rolling and click and drag your area to type text in. Once finished, align it horizontally and vertically in the middle and save as new title and then drag from import list to timeline at the end of your video and export.

[Fallen_angel]

hey thanks guys!

[dphirschler]

I knew AVIsynth could do it. Here is my script. It's simple. First you create your credits as one long (tall actually) bitmap. Then you use this script. I wrote output functions for both video (interlaced) and film (progressive). Can scroll any image, really. Doesn't need to be credits. Also, I believe simple edits can modify it for horizontal scrolling.

Thoughts?

image= ImageReader("credits test.bmp",0,1,1) # source is single image 720x2000
#image= ImageReader("earth-atlantic-1600.jpg",0,1,1).crop(400,0,720,-1).flipvertical

return scroll(image)

function scroll(image)
{
	vh= height(image)
	vw= width(image)
	fh= 480

	image= addborders(image,0,fh,0,fh)
	a= vh+fh-1
	v= changefps(image,a).trim(0,a)
	v= animate(0,a,"crop",v,0,0,vw,fh, v,0,a,vw,fh)

	return interlaced(v) #video
	#return progressive(v) # film
}

function interlaced(v)
{
	#v=v.SeparateFields.SelectEvery(4, 1,2) # slow
	v=v.SeparateFields.SelectEvery(8, 1,4) # fast
	#v=v.SeparateFields.SelectEvery(16, 1,8) # supa-fast
	v=weave(v)
	
	return v.assumeFPS(29.970)
}

function progressive(v)
{
	#v= v # progessive film, very slow
	v= SelectEvery(v,2, 0) # progressive film, slow
	#v= SelectEvery(v,4, 0) # progressive film, fast
	#v= SelectEvery(v,8, 0) # progressive film, supa-fast

	return v.assumeFPS(23.926)
}

Darryl

[tmh]

If your current program doesn't do this, then you could use WMM2 which is free. Basic rolling credits are very easy with WMM2 as I assume they are with many other softwares.

Actually, I use Pinnacle Studio 9 for editing/creating my videos and I didn't see where it did the rolling credits so I used WMM2 on to add them to my last Pinnacle project. I'd be very surprised if it isn't "right in front of my face" in Pinnacle, but I couldn't find it (only looked for a few min as I knew how to do it already in WMM2).

[guns1inger]

WAX2 is also free and worth considering

[daamon]

Also easily done in Bluff Titler... And it outputs to AVI for use in an editor.

[Fallen_angel]

WMM2 is free??

dphirschler, I will try your script since I already have AVIsynth.

Thanks a lot everybody!

[daamon]

WMM2 is free??

Yes, I believe so. I believe it can be readily downloaded from MS. Not sure where as mine came with XP...

[Silvas]

If your current program doesn't do this, then you could use WMM2 which is free. Basic rolling credits are very easy with WMM2 as I assume they are with many other softwares.

Actually, I use Pinnacle Studio 9 for editing/creating my videos and I didn't see where it did the rolling credits so I used WMM2 on to add them to my last Pinnacle project. I'd be very surprised if it isn't "right in front of my face" in Pinnacle, but I couldn't find it (only looked for a few min as I knew how to do it already in WMM2).

Upper left hand corner of title editor. You will see an arrow pointing up and will show a mouseover saying "Roll"

Just click on that arrow. If you want the credits to appear at the bottom and disappear at the top, be sure to hit enter several time at both the beginning and end of the credits.

[tmh]

Thanks, Silvas. Anytime I can use MS programs less the happier I am. I have no idea WHY, but I am.