[MacDV] Re: Need to create vertical videos with text

[sb]

http://www.abtelectronics.com/about/gallery_attractions.php3
"plasma windmills"

Finish the movie, rotate in QT, re-import into iMovie, add titles/text,
re-export.

FCE will do this all very easily (cropping the image, adding really good
looking titles via Boris Title3D, rotating images, etc)

 regards,

 sb




On 11/3/06 10:31 AM, "Mark Des Cotes" <mark at astroprinting.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm new to the list, heck, I'm new to digital video as well so you'll
> have to pardon my naivety. My manager has purchased a 37 inch LTC TV
> that he wants to mount in our front lobby so that we can play a
> looped video promoting our various services and specials. He would
> like to see a combination of video and still images with text
> flashing in and out of the picture,  you know, all that fun stuff.
> The task of creating said video has fallen on me. Now since video
> creating/editing is not really a business we want to get into we
> would prefer not have to spend a fortune on software. Not to worry,
> My Mac has lovely little programs on it called iMovie and iDVD which
> under normal circumstances would be perfect for what I need. Notice
> the mention of "normal circumstances". Here's the catch, the 37 inch
> TV will be mounted sideways so that it becomes a tall screen (9:16)
> instead of a wide screen (16:9). That's my problem. Filming the video
> sideways isn't a problem, neither is rotating still images in
> Photoshop. I can combine both of them in iMovie and then rotate the
> completed movie in Quicktime to give me a tall video. My problem is
> with text. As far as I can tell iMovie will only allow me to type
> text horizontally (which would normally be what you'd want) but if I
> then turn my video sideways the text would be sideways as well, see
> my problem? What options do I have without having to spend thousands
> of dollars. Would Final Cut Express or Adobe Premier Elements allow
> me to do what I want? Any other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark Des Cotes
> Systems Manager/Graphic Designer
> 
> Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd.
> 3308 Second Street East
> Cornwall Ontario Canada  K6H 6J8
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> 
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