Program to make a "typewriting" effect?

[Berzerk]

Hello!

I would like to have some text in my movies and it would be cool to have it printed like a "typewriter" as shown in some movies. Is it possible to do this with ADOBE premier 6.0 Or Ulead videostudio 5.0?

Best regards Berzerk

[Mirror_Image]

I believe that Ulead Video Studio 6 will do this; 6 added many title effects that weren't in 5.

[resnullius]

It's easy to do in premier but you have to have the right font, there are tons of sites that have free fonts, find one you like install it and u can now use it in premiere.

[Berzerk]

Ok... Now im realy excited

How exactly do i use downladed fonts to make it look like a type writer writes it? And where can i download these fonts?


Berzerk

[resnullius]

http://thefreesite.com/ they have a section of places where you can find free fonts. as to how to use them is you put them in your font folder in the control panel

[resnullius]

i think i might have misunderstood your question. if you want the letters(font to look like a typewriter, go to the site i told you. If you want to see the letters appear one after the other it's a bit more complicated. You'd have to use photoshop files with alpha channels.

[Epidural]

Ulead Video Studio 6 will do this effect by choosing the Animation Tab in the Titles window. This program has come a long way since version 4, but if Pinnacle Studio 7 would allow you to import MPEG, it would be the choice for dummies like me. I have Premiere 6 and it's learning curve is not compatable with my timeline.

Cheers!

[Mirror_Image]

I did a little 30-second test video with Ulead Video Studio 6 today, wherein I used a teletype-looking font and used the text animations (there a a bunch of them the letters appear on screen (title track) as if printed. I added an audio track of a teletype machine, and it actually worked even better than I thought it would. The hardest thing was to get the "chunka-chunka-chunka" teletype sound to start and stop at exactly the right place (yay, smart render!) but a little trial and error did it.

[Berzerk]

Ok I will download a demo of Videostudio 6 and try.

Thank you all for your help!!

P.s any good tips for places to download soundeffects(like typewriter)??

Berzerk

[Corkey]

Another option, given that you could grow old before you understand Premier fully (I know I will) is to use something like Swish! (intended for Flash text animations) then export your file as an AVI - import that into Premiere and overlap it onto your existing video file. If you use layers and transparency, you can "lose" the swish backgroung colour and have your teletype text over the action.

Just a thought....

[EricB]

I agree about Premiere's learning curve, but this doesn't sound too hard. You would just make a title slide with the first letter to be typed. Save this, then open it and add the next letter and Save As. Continue for each additional letter. You stack the resulting titles in the time line and add sound.

I use Ulead at times with DV because it has some really nice canned effects. But you can't beat Premiere for the control it gives you over the final result.