Boris - background for text

Hello! I have Tom Wolsky's DVD and book - read and watched once each, but somehow missed how to do this, if I can.
Using Boris for text - how can I add a rectangle of color behind the text, to help it stand out from the video behind it? Can I adjust the opacity so the video shows through?
I hope I've explained this well enough.
Even if you can tell me where to read in the book "Final Cut Express 4" Editing Workshop - or where to watch on the FCE Made Easy DVD - that would help!
Or do I need to use LiveType for this?
Message was edited by: suchtreasures

Hi -
To do this:
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/BorisRectShow.jpg!
Do this:
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/BorisTextStack.jpg!
Place your background video on V1.
Place your Text on V3.
Get a color background from the Generator button (lower right hand corner of the Viewer, marked with an "A") select Matte>Color and place that color on V2.
Double click the color clip you just placed on V2 and in the viewer click on the motion tab.
Open the Crop pane by clicking on the little triangle next to the word "Crop". Adjust the sliders to get the rectangle cropped the way you want it. You can also adjust the softness of the edge of the rectangle.
Open the Opacity pane by clicking on the little triangle next to the word "Opacity".
Adjust the opacity to your liking.
You will probably have to render the effect to see it play properly.
Hope this helps.

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Background for JButton

Hi all I am doing design a background for JButton and also doing design a metal look and place this as
backgroung rather than using the plain colours eg black, red.
I dont want to use setIcon because I would like to place an Icon on top eg an arrow for previous or next..
Here is my sample code:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class JImageButton extends JButton
Image backgroundImage;
public JImageButton()
super();
public JImageButton( Action a )
super( a );
public JImageButton( Icon icon )
super( icon );
public JImageButton( String text )
super( text );
public JImageButton( String text, Icon icon )
super( text, icon );
public void setBackgroundImage( Image image )
MediaTracker mt = new MediaTracker( this );
mt.addImage( image, 0 );
try
mt.waitForAll();
backgroundImage = image;
catch( InterruptedException x )
System.err.println(
"Specified background image could not be loaded." );
public void paintComponent( Graphics g )
super.paintComponent( g );
Color saved = g.getColor();
g.setColor( getBackground() );
g.fillRect( 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight() );
g.setColor( saved );
if( backgroundImage != null )
int imageX = ( getWidth() - backgroundImage.getWidth( this ) ) / 2;
int imageY = ( getHeight() - backgroundImage.getHeight( this ) ) / 2;
g.drawImage( backgroundImage, imageX, imageY, this );
if( !getText().equals( "" ) )
g.drawString( super.getText(), getWidth() / 2, getHeight() / 2 );
if( getIcon() != null )
Icon icon = getIcon();
icon.paintIcon( this, g, 10, 10 );
public Dimension getpreferredSize()
Dimension oldSize = super.getPreferredSize();
Dimension newSize = new Dimension();
Dimension returnSize = new Dimension();
if( backgroundImage != null )
newSize.width = backgroundImage.getWidth( this ) + 1;
newSize.height = backgroundImage.getHeight( this ) + 1;
if( oldSize.height > newSize.height )
returnSize.height = oldSize.height;
else
returnSize.height = newSize.height;
if( oldSize.width > newSize.width )
returnSize.width = oldSize.width;
else
returnSize.width = newSize.width;
return( returnSize );
And here's a tester to show how it works...
code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class JImageButtonTest extends JFrame
JButton jb1, jb2;
JImageButton jib1, jib2, jib3;
Image backgroundImage;
ImageIcon icon;
public JImageButtonTest()
super( "Test for JImageButton" );
Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaulttoolkit();
// Replace "someImage" and "anotherImage" with your own
// images...
backgroundImage = tk.getImage( "someImage.gif" );
Image iconImage = tk.getImage( "anotherImage.gif" );
icon = new ImageIcon( iconImage );
jib1 = new JImageButton( "Button 1" );
jib2 = new JImageButton( "Button 2" );
jib3 = new JImageButton( "Button 3", icon );
jib2.setBackgroundImage( backgroundImage );
jib3.setBackgroundImage( backgroundImage );
jb1 = new JButton( "JButton 1" );
jb2 = new JButton( "JButton 2", icon );
JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
p1.add( jib1 );
p1.add( jib2 );
p1.add( jib3 );
JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
p2.add( jb1 );
p2.add( jb2 );
getContentPane().add( p1, BorderLayout.SOUTH );
getContentPane().add( p2, BorderLayout.NORTH );
public static void main( String[] args )
JImageButtonTest jibt = new JImageButtonTest();
jibt.addWindowListener( new ExitHandler() );
jibt.pack();
jibt.setVisible( true );
class ExitHandler extends WindowAdapter
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
System.exit( 0 );

Hi noamt3,
Please look this my test case's below it's working fine here.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class JImageButton extends JButton
Image backgroundImage;
public JImageButton()
super();
public JImageButton( Action a )
super( a );
public JImageButton( Icon icon )
super( icon );
public JImageButton( String text )
super( text );
public JImageButton( String text, Icon icon )
super( text, icon );
public void setBackgroundImage( Image image )
MediaTracker mt = new MediaTracker( this );
mt.addImage( image, 0 );
try
mt.waitForAll();
backgroundImage = image;
catch( InterruptedException x )
System.err.println(
"Specified background image could not be loaded." );
public void paintComponent( Graphics g )
super.paintComponent( g );
Color saved = g.getColor();
g.setColor( getBackground() );
g.fillRect( 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight() );
g.setColor( saved );
if( backgroundImage != null )
int imageX = ( getWidth() - backgroundImage.getWidth( this ) ) / 2;
int imageY = ( getHeight() - backgroundImage.getHeight( this ) ) / 2;
g.drawImage( backgroundImage, imageX, imageY, this );
if( !getText().equals( "" ) )
g.drawString( super.getText(), getWidth() / 2, getHeight() / 2 );
if( getIcon() != null )
Icon icon = getIcon();
icon.paintIcon( this, g, 10, 10 );
public Dimension getPreferredSize()
Dimension oldSize = super.getPreferredSize();
Dimension newSize = new Dimension();
Dimension returnSize = new Dimension();
if( backgroundImage != null )
newSize.width = backgroundImage.getWidth( this ) + 1;
newSize.height = backgroundImage.getHeight( this ) + 1;
if( oldSize.height > newSize.height )
returnSize.height = oldSize.height;
else
returnSize.height = newSize.height;
if( oldSize.width > newSize.width )
returnSize.width = oldSize.width;
else
returnSize.width = newSize.width;
return( returnSize );
Here tester testcase:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class JImageButtonTest extends JFrame
JButton jb1, jb2;
JImageButton jib1, jib2, jib3;
Image backgroundImage;
ImageIcon icon;
public JImageButtonTest()
super( "Test for JImageButton" );
Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
// Replace "someImage" and "anotherImage" with your own
// images...
backgroundImage = tk.getImage( "someImage.gif" );
Image iconImage = tk.getImage( "anotherImage.gif" );
icon = new ImageIcon( iconImage );
jib1 = new JImageButton( "Button 1" );
jib2 = new JImageButton( "Button 2" );
jib3 = new JImageButton( "Button 3", icon );
jib2.setBackgroundImage( backgroundImage );
jib3.setBackgroundImage( backgroundImage );
jb1 = new JButton( "JButton 1" );
jb2 = new JButton( "JButton 2", icon );
JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
p1.add( jib1 );
p1.add( jib2 );
p1.add( jib3 );
JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
p2.add( jb1 );
p2.add( jb2 );
getContentPane().add( p1, BorderLayout.SOUTH );
getContentPane().add( p2, BorderLayout.NORTH );
public static void main( String[] args )
JImageButtonTest jibt = new JImageButtonTest();
jibt.addWindowListener( new ExitHandler() );
jibt.pack();
jibt.setVisible( true );
class ExitHandler extends WindowAdapter
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
System.exit( 0 );
I hope this will help you out.
Regards,
Tirumalarao
Developer Technical Support,
Sun Microsystems,
http://www.sun.com/developers/support.

Setting background for safari

I just recently swtiched to Mac and discovered that a few of
my sites are lining up right because they were designed for IE,
etc. This site in particular is a good example:
Jeffrey Lloyd Website
I don't know anything about converting for Safari. Is there
any easy way or does it have to be completely reworked?
Many thanks!
Lori

fourthleaf wrote:
> If I make this 600 wide then the image doesn't take up
the entire browser
> anymore, which is the effect I want. So, if you can
possibly tell me without
> too much trouble, how do I fix the site so that I see
the full background image
> in the full browser no matter which my viewer is using.
>
> I'm not sure I understand why
http://www.chrissmither.com
can be 600 px and
> still fill the entire space.
>
> Forgive my ignorance, but I AM here to learn.
>
If you like
http://www.chrissmither.com,
look at that page code.
and especially the style sheet, which is there:
http://www.chrissmither.com/cs_style.css
In this style sheet, you'll see the style for the background,
applied to the body tag:
body {
font-family: Arial,Helvetica;
font-size:13px;
color: #110000;
margin:0; padding:0;
text-align:center;
background-color:rgb(56,40,24);
background-image:url('images/mainsite_empty_lrg4.jpg');
background-repeat:none;
background-attachment:scroll;
background-position:top center;
compare this to your background style...
The important thing here is:
background-position:top center;
this will center the background horizontally.
But this is just the beginning, because if your background
gets centered, your content will be off,
since your content is not centered (it's in a Layer). Using a
background for page layout is a bad
idea anyways. For example if I increase the text size in my
browser preferences, your text content
goes beyind the bottom limit of your background.
So in short
background image as layout: bad idea
using Layers: bad idea
I suggest you study css and html a little bit, don't use
Layers, use regular divs and tables, use
Design view (no layout view) and look at your code as much as
possible as you go and experiement.
seb ( [email protected])
http://webtrans1.com | high-end web
design
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Need to make a 20 second HD clip with a moving image background and text thats flies in...

Hi all im quite new to after effects and need to make a 20 second HD clip with a moving image background and text thats flies in. I also need to create a basic cross image. If anyone could suggest the best way to go about doing this it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance

Thank you for both of your reponses and I will try and be clearer:
what I want to acheive is a HD motion graphic of text which will almost spin onto the screen letter my letter and then a become static word. Behind this I would like to place a moving image clip.
By 'basic cross image' what im looking to do is use a cruifix shape instead of a 't' on the text.
I hope this makes sense and thanks again!

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