how do I add a multiline typewriter text?

liormessinger

so far i managed to only find single line effects

thanks!!

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You can't since I think its meant to be used like a "ticker tape" and there is only a single line. You can make it as long as you wish but only the last screen width will appear. It would be better if it scrolled left when the screen was filled (and had sound)

BTW the Space entry problem is odd as I am trying to find the conditions when it happens. So far it has behaved correctly. But it definitively occurred.

Nat

liormessinger

B)thanks

c_major_2

You can have a typewriter clip for each line. Use "Position" effect to move the line in to place. Change "Animation Duration" to get the right speed. Extent "Clip Duration" so the text stay still after the animation finished. And then the second line start at where the first line animation ends...etc..

[deleted]

Hi C-Major

Where are "Animation Duration" setting and the "Clip Duration" settings?

To make the animation play faster or slower It's logical to use the "Change Clip Speed" setting but this doesn't work correctly with these animated texts e.g.

Create animated typewriter with text "1234567890" Default image duration set at 5 seconds. Text lasts 5 seconds
Change clip speed to 200%. Text sequence shortens to 2.5 seconds.
The animation now does NOT change speed to twice as fast, it now only counts up to 5.

Is this a bug?

Nat

borate

Nationalsolo said:

Where are "Animation Duration" setting and the "Clip Duration" settings?

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Hi Borate

Ah. Right! Thanks. I hadn't really noticed them :o Doh!

Nat

c_major_2

c_major wrote:

You can have a typewriter clip for each line. Use "Position" effect to move the line in to place. Change "Animation Duration" to get the right speed. Extent "Clip Duration" so the text stay still after the animation finished. And then the second line start at where the first line animation ends...etc..

This is just a work around. I've added multi-line capability to our todo list.

Thanks!

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Example

Set default image duration to 4 seconds
Placed a black blank on the timeline as a background and drag it out to 8 seconds
Create a typewriter clip of "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS" This will go on the overlay track (Track 2) with an automatic duration of 4 seconds.
Select the clip and use Edit clip duration button under the clip preview window and change it to 8 seconds. The text duration will now be 8 seconds long on the timeline but the animation will still finish at 4 seconds .
Click the FX button and use Position effect to place the text at the required upper line position.
Create a second Typewriter text of "OVER THE LAZY DOG" (Typewriter(1))
Drag Typewriter (1) clip from the clip bin (It will have a duration of 4 seconds) and place it on the timeline to start at 4 seconds
Use the Position FX again to move the text below the first text line. Display and sequence preview should then look a bit like this (with cursor at the end of the sequence).....

When the timeline is played the first line of text will animate, finish and stay visible whilst second line of text beneath will appear and animate. As c-major says it is a workaround for double lines of animated text although it is a bit involved and not so intuitive. The first thing is to notice there some controls!! 😃

Nat