Adam, THanks for the help.y. After trying to create several picture DVD's I
know now why my Son-in-law suggested I get a Mac if i wanted to make many
Picture DVD's.
Thanks agai. I will let you know how it works out.
Joe Tolar
"Adam Albright" wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:00:04 -0700, Joe Tolar <Joe
> Tolar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to create a DVD of different pictures. I have added captions to
> >some of the pictures but the text size is so small you can't see it on the
> >picture. How can I encrese the size of the text?
> >Appreciate any help or suggestions.
> >
> >Joe Tolar
>
> You want what's called a text overlay. While limited and crude in
> Movie Maker you can do it.
>
> 1. Create your slide show with images that are free on any captions
> since anything in the way of text already part of the image will
> end up looking like crap.
>
> 2. Switch to Timeline View so you can see things better.
>
> 3. Move the scrubber so it positions the image you want to add a
> caption to so it appears in the preview window.
>
> 4. Under Edit, select Titles and Credits, then Tile on selected clip
> then type what you want in the way of a caption.
>
> 5. Click Add Title and it should show up on the timeline on the Title
> Overlay track.
>
> Play to see if it gives the effect you want. My main beef with Movie
> Maker is it behaves more like a toy than a real video editor offering
> little if any control at least not without a lot of tweaking and
> repeated tries before you get it close to how you want it to look.
>
> For example in writing this I tested how involved in would be to put a
> caption at the bottom of a picture.
>
> I had to first pick subtitle under Title animation, then in the text
> box that popped up click it several time to drop the line of text to
> the bottom then fiddle with font size and type so it takes several
> passes to get it the way you want. I still didn't like it since the
> text was too big, Movie Makers doesn't show what the actual text size
> is, just crude buttons to increase or decrease and no indication of
> where the text appears until you test play. All a lot of extra steps
> that can get to be a real pain if you're making a longer slide show.
> Still you can also add animation effects if you carefully work your
> way through the menu choices.
>
>
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