How to do RANDOM LETTERS Titles in Vegas Pro8 ?

[ryan_khoo]

I am trying to do this RANDOM LETTERS title effect in Vegas:

http://geethree.com/slick/index.html

Any idea how I can do it ?

Thanks

[Chuck Engels]

Which one has the Random Letters Ryan?

[ryan_khoo]

Which one has the Random Letters Ryan?

Sorry for the poor link.

It is in Volume 5 (I mean click Slick 5),

then on the left panel, click Slick 5 Title Gallery.

Then on the 3rd column from the left, the Random Letters is the 4th Title from the top.

I think this website also use the Random Letters Title effects something like n the movie Matrix:
http://www.kpe.sg/

Any ideas

Thanks

[Chuck Engels]

I don't know if there is a way to do that in Vegas without a plugin.
My guess is that Heroglyph would be able to do it, not sure though.
http://www.prodad.de/gb/heroglyph_std_details.html

[Paul LS]

As Chuck says you would need to purchase a plugin to create the effect. Like Boris Red or Graffiti, there is a Sony tuturial here that uses the plugins:
http://borisfx.com/tutorials/textgen.php

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

If only a small number of letters was involved you could do it the hard way using multiple tracks.

[ryan_khoo]

As Chuck says you would need to purchase a plugin to create the effect. Like Boris Red or Graffiti, there is a Sony tuturial here that uses the plugins:
http://borisfx.com/tutorials/textgen.php

Thanks Paul for the link.

But even though they offer a special price of $795 (usual $995), I do not think I can afford to purchase it.

Do you think Adobe Elements or Adobe Premier Pro can do it with their standard Text effects ?

Thanks

[Paul LS]

You would need a plugin to do this automatically in whatever video editor you used. It can be done manually as John says but it would be laborious.

[ryan_khoo]

You would need a plugin to do this automatically in whatever video editor you used. It can be done manually as John says but it would be laborious.

Yes Paul, I agree with you.

The Boris Red is great but the reason it is expensive is because it can do a lot more effects which I may not require.

I was wondering if there is a cheaper plugin to do just the Random Letters, perhaps with this single effect, the cost will be cheaper. I hope you can understand my situation where $795 is too expensive for me.

Thanks & Cheers.

[ryan_khoo]

As Chuck says you would need to purchase a plugin to create the effect. Like Boris Red or Graffiti, there is a Sony tuturial here that uses the plugins:
http://borisfx.com/tutorials/textgen.php

Hi Paul,

I just realized the $799 is for Boris Red and $199 is for Grafitti. Am I correct in saying that if I want to do the Random Text Titles, all I need is the Grafitti ?

I am a little puzzled. When I clicked "download trial version, it just prompt me whether I want Grafitti for Windows or Macs) but when do purchasing, it specially ask you you want grafitti for Vegas or Adobe or etc ... So if download the trial version, how do you know whether it is for Vegas or Adobe ?

Thanks

[Paul LS]

Hi Ryan, Not sure about Boris Graffiti. I have not used it, I saw the tutorial on randonm text but that is about all. Best idea is to download the trial and give it a go. Perhaps it works in both programs.

[ryan_khoo]

Hi Ryan, Not sure about Boris Graffiti. I have not used it, I saw the tutorial on randonm text but that is about all. Best idea is to download the trial and give it a go. Perhaps it works in both programs.

Hi Paul,

I have downloaded the trial version. When you installed, the prgram will prompt you to select whether you are on Vegas, Adobe, Avid ... etc.

Now I understand why this Grafitti are expensive. They are so powerful and not simply a plugin. It is like a program itself. I find it very intimidating & complex.

All I want was just:

Step 1: Type a text
Step 2: Choose Random Letters.

But how come in the Apple Mac system, the company Geethree can do the Random Letters with just a simple pluggin where as in Vegas, no one can do so in such simple steps ? The Grafitti screen in the link you provided is quite different to the trial version that I downloaded. Why established company company like Pixelan did not so a plugin for this Random Letters ?

But this program can even generate 3D shapes ... etc. I think learning it is quite tough. Doing the random letters in grafitti must be tough. I will try as the trial version is valid for 14 days.

Thanks

[ryan_khoo]

I find this Grafitti plugins is very powerful but it is complicated and intimidating for me.

I just need a pluggin that can do the Random Titles with just "clicking Random Titles" and then "Typing the Text " without much hazzle of so many options and settings.