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Rolling Text

Rolling a text vertically or horizontally is commonly used for displaying credits, subtitles, news flashes etc. and is very easy to do in VideoCanvas.

To accomplish this we use the Text Start attribute which specifies which character should be the first displayed in the text area, and by specifying 2 timed values for this attribute we get a nice animation.

To roll a text clip:

  1. Create a text clip and position it on the movie canvas.
  2. Select the Text Start attribute in the attribute inspector. This attribute controls which character should be the first displayed in the text.
  3. Click the + button below the timed values table to get a new timed value.
  4. Drag the slider to it's max value. This will tell the application that at this time we want to display the text starting at the last character.
  5. Double click the time (1) in the time column and enter a value for when you want the scrolling text to finish. eg 1m for 1 minute.

See also

Adding Text
Key Frames
The Attribute inspector Adding Filters
Drawing rectangles, lines and ovals
Adding Clips
Positioning Clips on the Canvas
Positioning Tracks on the Canvas