Tools for Rolling Credits

[SCDVD]

I'm looking for a good tool to make a rolling credit at the end of a video in the same way as with most commercial movies. It is a video of a choral production and I need to list the performers, producers, contributors, conductor et al at the end in the typical cinematic style rolling credits. I would appreciate any suggestions on good tools for this.

[poisondeathray]

Hi, if you're familiar with avisynth, it's a good free way to do this

Here are some example scripts
https://forum.videohelp.com/topic99389.html#textroll

[dphirschler]

I wrote an AviSynth script for rolling credits which uses a bmp image. So you basically lay out your credits in a bmp image and then setup the script. Here it is:

image= ImageReader("credits.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)
}

Darryl

[Bjs]

Vista > windows movie make

[TBoneit]

Believe it or not I remember being in a Studio audience watching a game show taping and at the end of the show they used the simple method of scrolling the text at the end of having all the text on a card and panning the camera from top to bottom.

So many ways to one destination.

If I was doing it that way I'd use one of the inexpensive Chroma Key kits like they sell in the B&M stores. The one advantage would be Now you'd have the Chroma key kit and be able to do other effects. Overlay a announcer pointing out each person as the name is displayed or spoken.

[dphirschler]

Believe it or not I remember being in a Studio audience watching a game show taping and at the end of the show they used the simple method of scrolling the text at the end of having all the text on a card and panning the camera from top to bottom.

Basically, that is what my AviSynth script is doing.


Darryl

[bourboner]

BluffTitler

[Midzuki]

BluffTitler requires DirectX version June 2007 or later.
BluffTitler costs € 39.95

The SubStationAlpha specs ++ Avisynth == $0.00