How to make end credits?

[Rave2000]

Hi

I've just started making dvd out of my home video of family and stuff.
Is there any good program to make end credits.
I want text and maby pictures and sound on it, and
it the text should scroll down, like a real end credits on
a movie.

Is there a simple way to do it???

thanks
from
Norway

[matj]

If you want to use something simple and free there's Windows Movie Maker.

[jimmalenko]

While some people will say this is waaaaay too hard, AVISynth can do this for you:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/99389.php#textroll

[FallenAngelII]

Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 has yet to fail it. Titles also provide a lot of ways to create credits.

[daamon]

Asked a while ago, and loads of suggestions in here:

www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=264833

[Rave2000]

Thank u all!!!!

[rkr1958]

While some people will say this is waaaaay too hard, AVISynth can do this for you

Avisynth is definitely the way to go and well worth your time to learn. It's free and powerful.

[44echo]

I just started playing around with AVISynth last week. It was very confusing when I first started, but it's making more sense now.

I copied the exact code of Rolling text (upwards), changed the AviSource and saved the script. When I "play" it in WMP, I get an error. "Script error: syntax error." It lists the path name and then says "line2, column 0."

Here is the first part of my script. What should I look at changing? I just wanted to see it work before attempting to use it in one of my projects.

AVISource("D:ben.avi")
Animate(400,600,"subtitle","editor.......Bob",100,500,400,600,"Arial",
    40,$FFFFFF,"editor.......Bob",100,100,400,600,"Arial",40,$FFFFFF)
Animate(420,620,"subtitle","camera.......Jim",100,500,420,620,"Arial",
    40,$FFFFFF,"camera.......Jim",100,100,420,620,"Arial",40,$FFFFFF)
Animate(440,640,"subtitle","regie.......susi",100,500,440,640,"Arial",
    40,$FFFFFF,"regie.......susi",100,100,440,640,"Arial",40,$FFFFFF)
Animate(460,660,"subtitle","producer......Ed",100,500,460,660,"Arial",
    40,$FFFFFF,"producer......Ed",100,100,460,660,"Arial",40,$FFFFFF)
Animate(480,680,"subtitle","drinks.......Mag",100,500,480,680,"Arial",
    40,$FFFFFF,"drinks.......Mag",100,100,480,680,"Arial",40,$FFFFFF)

Thank you.

[rkr1958]

Is the code for your first Animate command, on line 2, all on line 2? If not then that's your problem. You need a line continuation character, which is a \ to spread the command across multiple lines.

[44echo]

Is the code for your first Animate command, on line 2, all on line 2?

That's a good question. I'm a total noob at AVISynth. It doesn't look like it.

If not then that's your problem. You need a line continuation character, which is a \ to spread the command across multiple lines.

I tried adding a \ at the end of each "word wrapped" line and it didn't work. I no longer get an error, but I don't get any scrolling credits either. I also tried deleting the extra spaces so each command was on a single line. Same results.

Is it me, or am I expecting too much from someone's sample code? Why would anyone put up sample code for a noob that needs to be edited or reformatted? Obviously, the path and file names need to be edited, but if I new the correct code/format to use, then I wouldn't need the sample code. I know, no one gets paid to do this and I do appreciate everyone's help. I just thought it was odd.

[gadgetguy]

I just copied and pasted your code, adjusted each line to eliminate word wrap, changed the source video and it worked for me. How long is "ben.avi" and are you looking at frames 400-680 to see the credits?

[44echo]

How long is "ben.avi" and are you looking at frames 400-680 to see the credits?

That looks like the problem. Ben.avi is only 11 seconds long. The 400th frame would start around 13 seconds. It's just a short clip to practice with.

I can kinda see what's going on in the code, as far as your 400-680 reference. Let's just look at one line.

Animate(400,600,"subtitle","editor.......Bob",
100,500,400,600,"Arial",40,$FFFFFF,"editor.......Bob",100,100,400,600,"Arial",40,$FFFFFF)

Say I wanted to start the credits at frame 40. Would I have to change all 400s above to 40? 400 is listed 3 times above. It's similar for each line if you look at the code in my other reply.

[gadgetguy]

The short answer is yes, change the 400s to 40s.
The long answer is that the animate function allows you define the frame range and filter that you want to use and the start parameters and end parameters of that filter. You can think of the animate function as a "wrapper" around the filter to apply it to a range of frames and give starting and ending parameters for the filter. So in this case, the subtitle filter wants the position and the frame range. So you are defining the starting position and the ending position and you end up defining the frame range three times (Once for animate, and start and end for the subtitle filter).

[44echo]

Very good info, gadgetguy. Thank you!

I'm a Michigander too.

[slacker]

Sony Vegas and Sony Movie Studio do credits rather easily, the facility is built-in.