Rolling credits

[cottage]

I'm using Ulead Visual Studio 9.0 to edit my project. I'd like to end the project with rolling credits but I can't figure out how to do in within VS. (I've looked at transitions and Pan & Zoom)

Does anyone know if there is a way?

[edDV]

This is one thing Windows Movie Maker 2 does fairly well. Do it there and import as DV.

It may be somewhere in Video Studio but I never found it.

[Scorpion King]

I usually switch to COLOR and drag in a black still color slide. Then set the running time to like 2 minutes (can be edited later).

Switch to TIMELINE view. (show all the timelines instead of just the thumbnails).

Switch to the TITLE tab.

Drag in the title template labeled "THE END" (or any you like better) onto the title timeline. Place it's begenning at the start of the black still color slide. Drag the end of the title to the end of the black slide if necessary.

Double click in the preview window above the words "THE END" (if you use that template that is) and start typing your credits as you want them to appear. You can edit about any part of the text you want like adding shadows, color, font, etc. Many variables for each letter if you like. Just remember to make the credits appear the way you want them to on the screen.

To get them to 'roll' you need to click on your text (in the preview window) to select it then click on the "Animation" tab, then check "Apply animation" then choose the type of animation you want from the drop down list box provided. You will need to select "FLY" and probably the first one entry under it to make the text scroll up (like hollywood movies do). Then click on the icon for "Customize Animation Attributes". Here you have all the controls you need. Select Start unit "LINE" end unit "LINE" (to make the lines of text stay together as they scroll) then "No Pause" so they don't stop in the center of the screen.

The speed is controlled by the length of the TITLE, so if the text scrolls by too fast to read you need to lengthen (drag out) the black color slide and your title on the timelines. The longer they are the more time it takes for them to play the slower then go by. The shorter these two items are the faster they scroll.

Just remember to keep your title over either video or a color slide, not simply over nothing. It's an overlay so you need to overlay something.... keep something under it for the least problems.

Add music or whatever as you like.

I would do some simple testing before you commit yourself to typing in lengthly credits like font size, color, type, etc. Once you like what you are seeing then save the project and get to typing.

Good luck.

[cottage]

Thank you Scorpion King!

It works like a charm. I played around with the "Customize Animation Attributes" and the "Text" option scrolls exactly that way I want it.

Thank-you Thank-you Thank-you!

In a million years, I wouldn't have figured out how to do this on my own!

Thanks,
cottage

[zoobie]

ulead is big on words but small on directions

I finally found directions on MSP7 online somewhere

[dphirschler]

Here is an AviSynth method.

image= ImageReader("credits test.bmp",0,1,1) # source is single image 720x2000

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(23.976)
}

[Guiboche]

Hey! Thanks for that awesome script dphirschler. Never knew you could so that in AVISynth. Perfect for very simple credit rolls!

[Scorpion King]

The TITLE function is a lot easier to handle in Ulead VideoStudio v6 than in the later versions I think. I just bought v10 a few weeks ago and find it much harder to do the rolling credits than my older version 6. If you are going to do very many credits I would suggest after you get this one figured out and working right then cut everything else out and save the credits as a project file. That way in the future you can simply import your credits project and edit the writing, instead of starting all over again.

In v6 the TITLE function acts more like a normal text editor. Now it reminds me more to adding text to a photo in photoshop.... works, but more difficult to do.

Good luck and hope you get it worked out.

[cottage]

I'm using VS version 9.0 and, as your original directions showed, it wasn't really too difficult. I certainly agree that the text editing function in the Titles section could be a little more user friendly. However, it worked and I'm happy.

Thanks again for the help!