Re: [Avid-L2] BORDER on TITLE ??

Richard Harrington's response would probably be to revise the graphic
in Photoshop, but I know not everyone has it. What about installing a
copy of GIMP (free) as a Photoshop substitute?

Otherwise, I have often used the trick that you basically already
described of blowing it up on another track slightly and changing the
fill color to black to create a border or drop shadow.

Boris should also work.

Another thing would be - and I THINK this is still possible - that
you can copy and paste a graphic (though you have to do it out of
something that allows you to get at the alpha or channel or layer,
like Photoshop) into the Title Tool. I know you said you couldn't use
Title Tool because it's a special tet treatment/font, but I'm talking
about copying the image file of the text you want and then going to
the Title Tool and PASTING it into the title tool and then adding your
edge in the Title Tool.

Just some ideas. Not all of them may work. I thought the other
suggestions were also good.

On Nov 2, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Dirk de Jong wrote:

> Are you saying the graphics actually include a black background or
> that they came in with alpha and key to the layer below (if there is
> one) ? If they already key maybe you could try BCC Glow Alpha Edges
> (in the BCC Effects category) ? It's designed more for softer edge
> glows, but it might be able to be tweaked to give a harder edge if
> that's what you're after.
> _________________
>
> Dirk de Jong
> BorisFX
> dirkd@borisfx.com
>
> On Nov 2, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Dave Burke wrote:
>
> > OK - at first, I thought this would be easy.
> > But now, I'm must admit I'm a bit stumped.
> > Here's what I'm trying; we have a graphic - lets say its a name, in
> > white, over a black background, very basic, nothing fancy.
> > The client wants to add an old fashioned BORDER, just like you
> > would've on a GVG switcher, verys 80's looking. I tried it by
> > creating it as a matte key, then promoted to 3D, but I do NOT see
> > any option for a border, drop shadows will not give her what they're
> > looking for. I also tried BCC, but have had no luck there (although
> > I love the drop shadow) - eventually I just double keyed it over
> > itself - making the V2 layer the desired color background and just
> > tweaking the scale a little. That looks just OK, but not great.
> > I thought for sure that there has to be a way to do this....
> > Is there an Avid or BCC supplied effect that will do this ??
> >
> > Also these graphics are already created, in a specific typr face, so
> > I can;t twaek it using Marquee or Title Tool.
> >
> >
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> >
> > BTW - we're running HD Adrenaline vers 2.7 on a pc. (w/NO Sapphire)
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Dave Burke
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