Old 10-24-2022, 04:05 AM   #1
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Hi! How do you add many/much text to your videos?
Like many cards in the start and longer credits in the end.
Static or rolling?

I'm not talking about subtitles.
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Old 10-24-2022, 06:51 AM   #2
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For very long text like credits I would advice you to prepare image (or even a video if you need fancy stuff) in an external graphic related app, cause reaper Video Processor has some limitations.
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Old 10-24-2022, 07:28 AM   #3
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Hi! How do you add many/much text to your videos?
Like many cards in the start and longer credits in the end.
Static or rolling?

I'm not talking about subtitles.
You just insert the long text in the "overlay text" preset and add an envelope on the "y offset". Here is a sample project:

https://stash.reaper.fm/45481/text%20demo.zip

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You just insert the long text in the "overlay text" preset and add an envelope on the "y offset". Here is a sample project:

https://stash.reaper.fm/45481/text%20demo.zip

Wow - thank you!
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Wow - thank you!
Glad to be of help! As X-Raym was mentionning, this method is limited to only one font/style/size at the time. For more complex text (like titles) you may combine multiple text items or create a large text bitmap outside of Reaper that you will scroll using the same method with "overlay/image".
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Old 10-25-2022, 02:14 AM   #6
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For very long text like credits I would advice you to prepare image (or even a video if you need fancy stuff) in an external graphic related app, cause reaper Video Processor has some limitations.
Thanks! I'll make images in Affinity Publisher then I guess.
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You just insert the long text in the "overlay text" preset and add an envelope on the "y offset".
Nice. A little limited though.
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In the latest dev-build, VideoProcessor-code can be added via ReaScript. So adding and altering text could be done by a nice little script.

I'm thinking about writing one for the time of release...
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In the latest dev-build, VideoProcessor-code can be added via ReaScript. So adding and altering text could be done by a nice little script.

I'm thinking about writing one for the time of release...
Interesting! Which release are you talking about? Actually being able to use item notes in HTMLish as text source has been my goal for quite a while.
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This one:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....58#post2609358

TrackFX_GetNamedConfigParm and TrackFX_SetNamedConfigParm support it(haven't tested takeFX yet..)

You can replace existing code with new one...
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Old 10-31-2022, 01:39 PM   #11
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