Steve Pomerantz
Senior Editor
Digital Ranch Productions
Sherman Oaks, CA
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
>
> I don't want it replaced, I just want it to work.
>
> On Mac, if you 'recreate title media,' the titles shift several lines
> - even if you don't make any changes. Recreate the title again?
> Moves back to its original position. But, it doesn't do this EVERY
> time. Just most of the time... Often, if you open a title that was
> built on one machine - with the EXACT same font, and the original
> system has the same version of software and graphics cards - the title
> will have completely different kerning and line spacing. Same
> font. And that's to say nothing of a title that was designed in
> offline on a PC and brought forward to a Mac for online.
>
> Then, there's the what-you-see-isn't-quite-what-you-get problem. The
> background image comes up in the title generator out of position. Not
> always, but sometimes, (75% of the time) shifted far to the left-
> enough that you have to ignore the background that you're trying to
> build titles over - and focus on using the grid for positioning -
>
> Don't get me wrong - way easier to use than Final Cut's title
> generator, but it just needs to be consistent and repeatable. Why
> is this a pet peeve of mine? We do a boatload of electronic press
> kits - and all they are is endless slates. We spend WAY too much time
> retyping and re-tweaking slates just because they didn't render (or
> come up in the title editor) the same way twice. For most users, who
> are doing a lower third or two, maybe a slate at the top, a full
> screen graphic here or there... this is merely a petty annoyance. For
> us, as we now flat-bid a lot of our work, it literally costs me money.
>
> Marquee is too cumbersome for us to use for building slates - though
> I've often considered 'forcing' the staff to move over to Marquee.
>
>
> gh
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Greg Huson
> Secret Headquarters, Inc
> Post Production / Production
> Culver City, CA
> 323 677 2092
> 323 677 2096 F
> www.DigitalServiceStation.com
> greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> www.SecretHQ.com
>
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