Gluing text to an image
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Gluing text to an image
A few days ago when I had to match text motion to the motion of an image, and I was able to do it in less than a minute, it occurred to me that not everyone is completely tuned into Producer's ability to convert a layer from one type into another, so I created a tutorial for doing it. It takes far longer to read the tutorial that it does to actually accomplish the feat:
Glue Text to Image in a Heartbeat
Anyone remember the good old days when captions were a consistent pain in the rear?
Barbara
Glue Text to Image in a Heartbeat
Anyone remember the good old days when captions were a consistent pain in the rear?
Barbara
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Re: Gluing text to an image
I'm always looking for the fastest (laziest) way to get things done. If I had to choose a favorite addition to ProShow, convert layer would be it because it feeds perfectly into my lazy streak. Clever = Lazy.
Barbara
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- Rosemary
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Lovely to see you back. Thanks for this tut. I agree - so clever!
Rosemary
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Rosemary, you're totally welcome.
Yes, a long stretch of back problems certainly curbed my enthusiasm. However, it's all good once again.
Barbara
Yes, a long stretch of back problems certainly curbed my enthusiasm. However, it's all good once again.
Barbara
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Hello,
Many thanks for sharing this tutorial. Best regards. quetzal
Many thanks for sharing this tutorial. Best regards. quetzal
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quetzal wrote:Hello,
Many thanks for sharing this tutorial. Best regards. quetzal
You're entirely welcome!
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Re: Gluing text to an image
I just found this yesterday and it works great. It will come in handy repeatedly in the future. Thanks for all your help over the years. I always pay attention to your comments and advice.
David
David
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Better late than never!
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Re: Gluing text to an image
Being a fellow "look for the easiest way", I always just added the text to the image in Photoshop if I wanted them locked together (if I wanted the text to "fade in" part way through, just used two copies of the same image - one with the text and one without )
mikey
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Re: Gluing text to an image
It wouldn't work for creating slide styles to use in multiple shows. After all, slide styles are manna to us lazy folk.
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Re: Gluing text to an image
BarbaraC wrote:It wouldn't work for creating slide styles to use in multiple shows. After all, slide styles are manna to us lazy folk.
Barbara
Very true. I was just thinking of getting text to stay put on an image that was moving in some way, shape or form, but as you say, for styles, a different game
You can't have too many gadgets or too much disk space !!
mikey (PSP6, Photoshop CS6, Vegas Pro 14, Acid 7, BluffTitler, Nikon D300s, D810)
Lots of PIC and Arduino microprocessor stuff too !!
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Re: Gluing text to an image
I appreciate the useful tutorial, Barbara, but I'm having a little difficulty. When I create the duplicate slide and convert it to text, the text (white that I've chosen) is on a ~50% opake black background. The background is at 80% of full screen zoom and it moves around with the text so that the photos behind it have a shadow cast on them. Hope this makes sense. I cannot get rid of the 50% opake background unless I convert the layer to an inverted grayscale mask. Then the text turns black.
Have I missed a step?
Thanks,
[another] Dale
Have I missed a step?
Thanks,
[another] Dale
Re: Gluing text to an image
Where did the 50% opaque background come from? Did you give the text a drop shadow? If so, and that's what you want to be rid of, just go into the settings tab for text and uncheck the shadow.
Why are you duplicating a slide? Or do you mean a duplicated layer?
If I've thoroughly misunderstood, maybe you could post a screenshot of what it looks like.
Barbara
Why are you duplicating a slide? Or do you mean a duplicated layer?
If I've thoroughly misunderstood, maybe you could post a screenshot of what it looks like.
Barbara
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Re: Gluing text to an image
The 50% opaque background was created once I a) duplicated the image layer, b) converted it to a text layer, and c) typed in my text (no shadow, only outline) and clicked "OK." I tried to insert an image of the screenshot that I uploaded to my Photodex Album, but I get an error message that "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image." Sorry.
The problem is that the layer is bounded by the gold/orange border. The text is in the middle of that area and the entire area bounded by the orange/gold border is this 50% opaque background.
Hope this make it a bit more clear and thanks for the help, Barbara.
[another] Dale
The problem is that the layer is bounded by the gold/orange border. The text is in the middle of that area and the entire area bounded by the orange/gold border is this 50% opaque background.
Hope this make it a bit more clear and thanks for the help, Barbara.
[another] Dale
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