Inserting oracles into video

[Fragha]

Hi there.

I just recently registered at Videohelp and found many answers to a newbie like me regarding video editing, but I still have a doubt.
How can I insert an oracle into the video without a lot of fuss?
Here's an example of what I mean. Check the blue stripes with name and job.
http://vimeo.com/64238665

I know how to do this with Aegisub, but I would like to know if there's another software to do this in an easier way.

Regards.

[budwzr]

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[Cornucopia]

And by "oracle", I assume you mean titles/subtitles (in this case, "lower 3rds" type).

Any and EVERY decent NLE/Compositor that I know of can do this - easily.

Are you wanting it to be optional/selectable (as in "soft subs" in separate streams/files) or hard-coded (aka "hard subs" aka "burned-in") incorporated integrally with the video (as just a change in the pixels)? - NLE/Compositors do the latter, subs tools like aegisub do the former.

Scott

[Fragha]

Hi, Cornucopia.

Yes, I want to make those titles hard-coded into the video.
I know how to do it with Aegisub and then hard-code them with Handbrake, for example, but it takes a while to build that kind of *.ass file.
I've looked around for some examples of NLE/Compositors, but as I never done nothing more than cut/split/join/rip/convert tasks I really don't know where to start.
I'll have to try some of the options out there, but some suggestions would be much appreciated. I have a "hot potato" in hands and the time for steep learning curves is not abundant.

Thanks!

And by "oracle", I assume you mean titles/subtitles (in this case, "lower 3rds" type).

Any and EVERY decent NLE/Compositor that I know of can do this - easily.

Are you wanting it to be optional/selectable (as in "soft subs" in separate streams/files) or hard-coded (aka "hard subs" aka "burned-in") incorporated integrally with the video (as just a change in the pixels)? - NLE/Compositors do the latter, subs tools like aegisub do the former.

Scott

[TreeTops]

Is 'oracle' Portuguese for 'title'?

[manono]

...but it takes a while to build that kind of *.ass file.

It won't be any faster using an NLE. Slower, even.

[Cornucopia]

Slower, probably, but more user-friendly? And maybe that's more important here.

The OP said nothing about why the Aegisub route was "not easy", so it's all guesswork.

Scott

[Fragha]

Well, with Aegisub it gets easier when the templates/styles are done. After you learn how to do it and how to use the correct tags it's not that hard.
I just thought a good video editor could do it faster and easier, but maybe I'm wrong.