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Re: Changing Subtitle Font - 16 years ago
That does help -- I'll give it a shot. As for something else going on, I trashed my preferences, and it didn't make any difference. Thanks!by MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Changing Subtitle Font - 16 years ago
Bob, There is no "apply to stream" button in the font window. The other "apply to stream" buttons seem to be next to the parameter being changed. Additionally, I could never get even one subtitle to change fonts! I'd select the text, open the font window, change the font and then... nothing. Hitting enter would do nothing, or, if I still had the text "selected" itby MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Photoshop Buttons to DVD SP 3 - 16 years ago
Any effect you apply that is new to Photoshop since version 3 can't get imported into FCP (so I'm assuming that's also true for DVD SP3). I'm assuming you're adding a drop shadow by adding an adjustment layer -- these won't import. You have to flatten the image (and lose your adjust layer) and then import it. BTW, it's generally not a good idea to cross-post questions, and we try to avoid it inby MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Changing Subtitle Font - 16 years ago
Okay, I've managed to change everything except the font -- the position, the density, etc, are easy to change and then there is an "apply to stream" button. Fonts appear to be a different animal. I've tried to do what the book says to do, but nothing is happening. Any suggestions?by MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Changing Subtitle Font - 16 years ago
I have already laid in my subtitles. But, now I want to change the font -- is there a way to do this without going to each individual subtitle and changing it? Also, I'd like to export the subtitles (into a text file?) so I can get the timecodes, now that it's been adjusted and whatnot. Is there a way to do this? The earlier poster didn't receive an answer. Thanks, Mikeby MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Crappy Quality - 17 years ago
To export to mpeg2, do you need to have QT Pro? I can't find it on my regular QT.by MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Drop Shadows on Buttons - 17 years ago
I'm authoring a DVD and I made buttons in PS. To make them pop a bit more, I added a drop shadow. Fancy my surprise when the black drop shadow is highlighted and shows up white! Not only is this not what I want, it also looks terrible. Can somebody recommend a way to get a simple drop shadow? This is my first time creating my own buttons, so I'll outline my steps here: 1. Make a four layer imby MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Using Compressor before importing assets to DVDSP, why? - 17 years ago
Okay, so I have 2 questions about using compressor first. (The quick history: I was doing multi-angle stuff and it seemed to work best if I precompressed because I could get rid of all the "cut" markers automatically added in FCP when it exports to QT, and then I started doing it for everything to save time.) 1. After I import a .m2v into DVDSP, it still builds an MPEG folder on my coby MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Encoding before burning on multi-angle - 17 years ago
I'm building a disk with a multi-angle track. I've done it before (on rough drafts of this project) but it's never been easy. And, the only way that I've ever been able to know if what I've set up is going to work is to stick in a disk and burn it -- it either goes, or I get an error. Is there a way to have the computer build the files to see if they're going to work before I burn a disk? I sby MikeDerk - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Duda con Toast y DVDxDv - 17 years ago
MactheRipper o MPEG Streamclip funcionan bien. Pero, tengo entendido que DVDxDV puede descodificar caulquier DVD. Así se dice en el foro en inglés. No estoy muy experimentado con ningún programa, así no te puedo decir cuál produce las mejores imagenes. Debo añadir que no apoyamos actividades ilegales.by MikeDerk - Foro FinalCutPro
Re: Duda con Toast y DVDxDv - 17 years ago
CSS es una manera de codificar y revolver los contenidos de un DVD para impedir copiarlos. No tengo ni DVDxDV ni Toast, entonces no puedo hablar sobre sus capacidades de pasar la codificación.by MikeDerk - Foro FinalCutPro
Re: Palabras comunes -- off topic - 17 years ago
Mil gracias. Que hago ahorita un documental detrás del escenario (es una animación, así pues no hay cámaras) y tengo problemas capturando las cintas por el montón de huecos (?) el el T.C, ¡no dudes que me has sido de gran ayuda! Un saludo Mikeby MikeDerk - Foro FinalCutPro
Palabras comunes -- off topic - 17 years ago
Dado que los diccionarios no suelen tener tanta jerga, espero que puedan ayudarme con ciertas palabras: edit /v : cortar compress /v: comprimir compression /n: la compresión compressed /adj: comprimido behind-the-scenes /adj: detrás del escenario documentary /n: el documental a behind-the-scenes documentary: un documental detrás del escenario recording session /n: una sesión de grabar (direby MikeDerk - Foro FinalCutPro
Re: Need your feedback on this trailer. It's one minute long. Thanks for looking - 16 years ago
>>Well, staying to the story isn't the actors' job, it's the director's.<< Sorry if I implied differently. I meant to say exactly that. Asking the actors to do it is asking for bad, stilted acting.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Need your feedback on this trailer. It's one minute long. Thanks for looking - 16 years ago
I have a lot of experience with improvising, and the hardest thing about it is not getting the actors to do it, but getting the scenes to stay on point. That requires more knowledge about your story and better actors. A script is easier! Or, hundreds of takes and thousands of hours to edit. Because actors must be able to forget about the point of the scene and just improvise and yet still revealby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Need your feedback on this trailer. It's one minute long. Thanks for looking. - 16 years ago
>>I went to the Scriptwriting Expo at the Convention Center last year. One of the lecturers wanted to illustrate a point by asking, "How many people have written more than one script." In a room with 500,000 people in it, two hands went up.<< Yikes! Sounds like the speaker knew what was going to happen when he asked that question. Along those lines, first project: 1 draftby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Need your feedback on this trailer. It's one minute long. Thanks for looking. - 16 years ago
Vic, Like you, I tend to be a do-it-myself-er. It's a tough gig. You've gotten enough comments on the trailer, so I'll pass. But, for your next movie, because I believe you have it in you, I have two thoughts: 1. Take an acting class. Not a directing class, but an acting class. See what it feels like to be asked to do something as an actor, and learn by seeing how you are taught. You'll also lby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Converting 24p to a series of stills - 16 years ago
Thanks, worked like a charm and very easy!by MikeDerk - Café LA
Converting 24p to a series of stills - 16 years ago
Is there a quick and easy way to chop up a 24p (or any movie really) into a series of still images? Hopefully, they would still be "one file" (like Targa??), but anything would work. Any idea greatly appreciated, Thanks, Mikeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Exporting for Flash - 16 years ago
My problems are all behind me for now, but thanks for asking...by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Exporting for Flash - 16 years ago
Consider me well ribbed and not at all offended. I even wondered why I was posting I know so little about the subject... Actually, that's not true. I know why I was posting -- I was getting super annoyed that I have almost never gotten a response in the DVDSP forum and felt like replying to the best of my abilities was the right thing to do. Does anybody have a better DVDSP forum to advertiby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Exporting for Flash - 16 years ago
Flash isn't actually a video format, which might make what you're asking to do very tough. Flash is based on vectors, whereas FCP is pixel-based. They're like oil & water. I hope I'm wrong, but I think you're in for a rough transistion from one to the other and may want to consider streaming.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: weird cropping - 16 years ago
I have no idea. But here's a work-around: Bring all of your 720x304 clips into a file alone. See if they look fine. If they do, export a new movie and use that in your project. Otherwise, I'm stumped.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Photoshop Buttons to DVD SP 3 - 16 years ago
You have an answer waiting for you in the DVD SP forum.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: A Reconnect Media - sort of - question - 16 years ago
Instead of deleting the audio, you can cntl+click it and then click "enable clip" -- when the checkmark is gone it is un-enabled and will be mute. If you do this, you need to make sure you haven't also selected the video, or it will also be disabled. Thne to get it back, you just "enable clip" again. Mikeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Parody Question - 16 years ago
Duke has published a comic book about exactly this. Google: Duke Comic book "fair use".by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Eliminating background noise - 16 years ago
Eric, I know we're all being a bit blunt with our notes. We'd all be lying if we hadn't learned our lessons with sound ourselves by overlooking something in the past. It's become a quest of mine: to eliminate bad sound. I was preaching this once to a room full of new filmmakers, and someone came up to me later and said, "Are you the who had sound problems?" I wanted to scream and sby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Eliminating background noise - 16 years ago
Shoot the guy who recorded this in the belly, because I hear that's the most painful. Then shoot the tv. Then say something meaningful and clever like, "Sorry, I didn't mean to shoot the TV also. Oh, I believe you said something similar." Then fire him. Next time you shoot, insist that you listen through the headphones for at least one take. To fix this scene, blur out the intervieweeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Subtitles - 16 years ago
The main issue that I've had with LiveType is that you can't hide those blue lines from view, so the screen gets really really cluttered. The nice thing is that you can position things really easily. Whatever you do, use an non-serif font (without those tiny flags at the top and bottom of the letters). Those tend to look great, but are hard to read as a subtitle.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Subtitles - 16 years ago
I had to do just a few "subtitles" recently (to clarify muffled audio) and couldn't figure out how to do the drop shadow. Is it just a checkbox that I was overlooking? (I know, RTFM.) Ultimately, I made two copies of the text (one white, one black) and offset them to create the dropshadow.by MikeDerk - Café LA
