Posted by Steve Guidry on 04/12/06 17:40

You find this harder to work with than the Chyron IV ? Harder to use
than an iNfInIt ?

I haven't worked with FCP, but I kinda doubt it . . .


Steve






<blackburst@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> 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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