Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 04/12/06 13:07

William Davis wrote:
> In article <1144775544.640484.183370@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> "blackburst@aol.com" <blackburst@aol.com> wrote:
> > The character generator sucks. Is there a good GC I can add that gives
> > nice clean edges, birders, drop shadows?
> Yep, the "built in" character generator is just level 1.

I have to teach this system to amateurs, so they can use it quickly.
One might hope the built-in would have nice, sharp templates like
Inscriber of Compix, but no.

>
> Level 2 is uncovered by looking in the Video Generators tab and select
> the "Boris" folder. It's a subset the Boris titling plug ins. Give you
> access to more if you want to add them too.

I'm just starting to get the hang of that.

>
> Level 3 is LiveType - the free standalone titling program included with
> Studio. It's unique in that every character in it's special fonts is
> it's own unique Quicktime movie, so creating annimated type that does
> things like freezing, burning, morphing, whatever over time is as simple
> as typing and applying the animated effect. Very cool and very quick
> and powerful.

I've used it for lgos and opens, but not as a simple CG. Minus the
animation.

>
> This stuff is ALL in the manual, btw.

Which of the 8 fullsize manuals or smaller booklets??? They're hardly a
simple read.

That's the bloody problem with this thing. I come from the old school
of tape-to-tape editing, and this GD thing takes 5 or 6 times as long
for everything. Yes, it does amazing stuff in great resolution, but the
ergonomics suck.

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