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Started by Mark Worden
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:29
A videotitler that uses scalable fonts?
Author: Mark Worden
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:29
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:29
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Is there a program out there for the Amiga (preferably PD/Shareware) that uses scalable fonts for making video title screens? I'd like a program that uses PostScript fonts, or maybe those Compugraphic fonts (BTW, can someone tell me a bit about that Compugraphic format? I'm not familiar with it...). I had VideoTitler (commercial version from years ago) and I didn't like it. Now I'm looking for a simple program that will let me easily use scalable fonts for centering titles, adding/changing colours and special effects, etc. I realize you can do it the hard way, like using a program like PageStream, typing what you want, grabbing the screen, then loading it into DPaint, etc. but is there an easier way? Thanks. -- / Mark Worden mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca \ | St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Member of TEAM AMIGA | | "The smallest good deed is greater than the best good intention." | \ "John Doe: generic tractor the John Deere Co. is coming out with." /
Re: A videotitler that uses scalable fonts?
Author: Victor Vargas G.
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:41
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:41
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In article <4jf3s7$pk5@hobbes.compusult.nf.ca>, mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca (Mark Worden) wrote: > Is there a program out there for the Amiga (preferably PD/Shareware) that > uses scalable fonts for making video title screens? I'd like a program > that uses PostScript fonts, or maybe those Compugraphic fonts (BTW, can > someone tell me a bit about that Compugraphic format? I'm not familiar > with it...). Compugraphic is the vector-based, scalable format that is supported from 2.0 onwards, the characters can be (on the appropiate program) of any point size, opposite from the previously used Bitmap fonts, which come in fixed sizes (i.e. 10, 14, 18 pts.) and become jagged and hideously looking if you scale them up... On Workbench 2.0 & 3.x you can use both bitmap & compugraphic fonts... Postscript fonts are mainly used on PCs and Macs, they can also be scaled/rotated/distorted with no ill effects, on the Amiga only a few progs can use them (some DTP progs, Imagine, Lightwave, Montage...) > I had VideoTitler (commercial version from years ago) and I didn't like > it. Now I'm looking for a simple program that will let me easily use > scalable fonts for centering titles, adding/changing colours and special > effects, etc. Aahh... Aegis Videotitler... (brief pause for wiping nostalgia-induced tear...). Well, don't know much about shareware ones, but the ones I use are ScalaMM (great support for Compugraphic fonts, you can add outline/shadow/3D depth/underline/antialias and scale them to any size) and Montage (which uses a special font format :^( though there is supposedly a 'Postscript Module' that allows to use that kind of fonts, I've got no luck trying to obtain this module...). I use Scala daily for video titling and interactive presentations and it's simple to use but extremely powerful, it allows text scrolls, crawls, anim playback, wipes and transitions between IFFs, etc.... Montage is a lot more convoluted to use, also allows type effects and even stretching letters in non-proportion scale... I use it only when I need truly smooth, hi-quality, big text screens since its antialiasing (the smoothing of edges so it doesn't looks so jagged) is far superior than Scala's... Montage also supports some slideshow effects but it is RAM hungry and not very intuitive... -- Victor Vargas G. Amiga 3D animation & video graphics/Mac DTP
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