Boris Title Issues

can anyone please tell me if it is possible to fade a title text up from black and fade back to black using the Boris that comes with FCP5.1
Thanks
Rockfort

You can also put a dissolve on either end of clip. I like that better than an opacity ramp as it's easier to change the duration.

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Creating Gutter with Boris Title Crawl

Hello all!
I'm doing the end credits for a DV project and as we all know Boris is better than Final Cut's text generators. Just wondering if there's a feature in Boris a la the * in FCP's Scrolling Text generator. You know, to line up those gaps. I've fidgeted and can't find it.
Michael

*This is very annoying - because the problem comes about at the the tail end of projects when I'm trying to export files to create DVDs, make deadlines, etc.*
Not an answer to your question... I've never used Boris title crawl. But a suggestion that might save you time when trouble shooting... You can just export the title sequence at the end of your show as a test to verify if it's working properly rather than exporting the whole thing only to find you still have an issue.
rh

Perplexing Problem with Boris Title Crawl

This has been an ongoing problem that occurs whenever I use Boris Title Crawl to create very simple titles (i.e lower third, scolling titles, etc). Within the HD sequence, the titles work as intended, but when I down convert the sequence or export the sequence containing the titles to a QT file (whether via QT conversion or compressor) this is where I get the problems. Titles which were once centered become right justified or visa versa. It doesn't occur with all of the titles and there seems to be no recognizable pattern. Sometimes the title will flip back and forth between centered and justified. Sometimes I go back into the sequence and re-edit the title. This may solve it, but then another title will be effected. This is very annoying - because the problem comes about at the the tail end of projects when I'm trying to export files to create DVDs, make deadlines, etc.

*This is very annoying - because the problem comes about at the the tail end of projects when I'm trying to export files to create DVDs, make deadlines, etc.*
Not an answer to your question... I've never used Boris title crawl. But a suggestion that might save you time when trouble shooting... You can just export the title sequence at the end of your show as a test to verify if it's working properly rather than exporting the whole thing only to find you still have an issue.
rh

Boris Title 3d after export....

...looks squeezed and distorted - even to the point that it gets clipped at the top and bottom of the frames on the frames that have a bunch of text.
All updated software, late 2007 MP, sequence is HDV 1080p, 23.98, no field dominance, and I am trying to export the sequence using compressor and the iPhone VGA preset.
This sequence and workflow is the same as several other sequences that I have exported in the past, just different content - but otherwise the settings are all identical and even the titles that are being distorted are simply copies from other sequences that have worked in the past. This is really like one of those "all of a sudden" things.
This is driving me nuts because everything else in the exported quicktime looks great (images, HDV video, imported Motion graphics), but just those Boris 3D titles are squeezing and distorting - and they've never done that before. I read in one thread about someone mentioning that the Boris titles are using square pixels -- true, but still this has never been an issue upon export in the past. Anyone have any ideas - I'm under a mild deadline and this is making me look like a moron - usually not that hard to do though, I admit. Thanks in advance.

I've been having this same problem for years. Exporting a timeline, from FCP version 5 and higher, using compressor to create quicktimes always squeezes/distorts titles created with boris. If I use quicktime conversion in FCP, the titles look fine, so it seems like it must be a compressor issue. I will try exporting a stand alone quicktime then re-importing that into compressor to see if that works. For big batches, it's not really efficient to export a bunch of fullres qt's only to then re-import them into compressor to output web qt's. I'm using fcp 6.0.5 with osX 10.4.11 on a mac pro quad core. Does anyone else have insight into this?

Getting Smooth Text with Boris Title Crawl (Scroll)

Hi, using FCP 5 (Studio) with Boris Title Crawl generator.
It seems to work pretty well, does what it should, renders relatively fast, all that. The only problem is the upward scrolling motion is a little jumpy. Just wondering what things I should be tweaking or some general strategy for getting a smooth text scroll.
The timeline is 10-Bit uncompressed NTSC so there aren't DV text issues here (or so I'd think). I'm trying different fonts, bold and sans-serif. It looks OK, but not broadcast (DVD actually) ready.
Thanks everybody, much appreciated.
Jason

Thanks Jim, makes sense.
To adjust speed, do you mean basically slightly change the length of the clip? I don't see any other place to alter that.
Thanks,
Jason

Applying Boris Title Crawl

Hello,
I'm having a heck of a time getting the scrolling title/credits, that I finally figured out to do in Boris, but am missing a step that's not putting it into the timeline. To start, I clicked on the title icon in the lower right-hand side of the viewer, the chose Boris, Title Crawl, then typed up all my credits. Then it took me to the Controls tab, and then from there, I'm just not getting what's next. Like w/'regular' titles, afterwards, I clicked on the Video Tab, but, nothing was showing up. I also dragged in the blank empty 'box' from the Video Tab, and on the timeline, it is labeled as 'Title Crawl', but again, nothing. Can someone please help, and let me know the step I'm missing? Thank you!

Hey there,
That's what I thought, that when I set everything up, animation/roll, and switch to my video tab in the Viewer - there's nothing there, even when I scrub back and forth bewteen my in and my outpoint, I do not see my text scrolling up and down. I dragged it into my timeline, scrolled through it, but didn't render it - could that be the issue? I didn't render 'cause I didn't see anything there TO render. And, I thought I would have seen it in the Viewer window. Maybe I'll try rendering, and see what happens...
I did originally try it in the FCP scrolling text generator, and yes, all of the scrolling text is there. But the reason I want to put it into Boris is because it's still 'wavy', despite putting on a de-interlacer, and fixing the whiteness, etc...
I haven't tried the Boris Title 3D tool - only Crawl. Thanks!

I recently uploaded OSX 10.6.7 and ever since then, my Boris titler in FCP does not work with all the fonts, notably Avenir. It actually crashes FCP now. It was fine with the previous version. What's up Apple?

I recently uploaded OSX 10.6.7 and ever since then, my Boris titler in FCP does not work with all the fonts, notably Avenir. It actually crashes FCP now. It was fine with the previous version. What's up Apple?

I know what your'e going through, Gary.   OSX 10.6.7 is an absolute disaster.   Since I upgraded, I've had problems in FCP, Logic, Garageband, even issue dealing with peripheral hardware like external monitors.
Before 10.6.7 my system was running fine.
I've brought this up with Apple repeatedly.   They smile and shrug.   They've been helpful resolving the issues, but none of them has been easy to solve. I have spent days, dealing back and forth with tech support, sending logs, etc., before solutions have been found.
I wish I could give you an answer to your question.   My only guess is that Apple has totally dropped the ball on this one.   In the future they should provide a disclaimer when they offer an upgrade. Something like:   "Caution: all of your software may not function after this upgrade. But go ahead, you'll feel cool that your OS is the latest thing."
As someone who has been with Apple for close to 25 years, I'm disturbed by what appears to be an increasing sloppiness in their work.   This is especially disturbing when you depend upon their system to make your living.
Good luck.
david

Problems with Boris Title 3D (Imbedded Software in Final Cut Express 2.0)

Thanks for all your help on my previous problem...I have run into another though.
As I mentioned before, I recently upgrade to OS X Tiger. I am running FInal Cut Express 2.0, as my editing software. (The following problem was not an issue before I upgraded.) Whenever I try to edit or creat on Title 3D graphic, which used the Boris Title 3D software, the software opens, but the editor does not, and therefore I cannot edit or create any graphics using this software.
If you have any ideas on a solution, please let me know!

No longer have FCE 2.0

Can't import .RTF into Boris Title Crawl without crashing

I laid out my titles in Word, saved as an .RTF and then when I clicked import in Boris Title Generator (crawl) and selected the .RTF file, FCP crashes.
I tried opening a new empty project and doing the title there - same problem.
I tried cutting my .RTF into two parts. Same problem.
I've spent hours tonight first trying to layout in columns and better spacing in Boris (leading command made the lines crazy after render), so finally thought to import but is crashing.
Any help very much appreciated.

What format are you working in? If it's DV, simply create a new file in photoshop using the DV preset and then adjust the vertical dimension to whatever is appropriate. Post back if you want, and I'll look at some of the crawls I've done and see what they're dimensions are.
If you want to send me your email address (my email is in my profile) I'll try and put together a small project with a end crawl or two from some recent projects, along with the photoshop files.
The trick is to create a separate sequence for the end crawl with the field dominance set to none. You animate the title crawl in this sequence and then render out a selfcontained qt and bring it in to your complete sequence.

Titles created in Boris title crawl disappear after render

I build a title roll in Boris Title Crawl for a weekly TV show that I edit in HDV 1080i60 (that is how I get the footage) that airs on Dish Network and DirecTV. I build the end credits in Boris Title Crawl using the "Roll" animation style. The roll will appear in the perfect position on the screen. However, sometimes over time and subsequent rendering, the titles will disappear completely from the screen, and I believe they are being positioned far off to the side outside of the viewable area. The wireframe for the roll remains in the correct position, it just appears empty. If I re-open Boris Title Crawl and then click "apply" again, the mispositioning is corrected, at least for a while. If I try to export using quicktime conversion to another format (Quicktime Movie with H.264 compression), the roll might disappear again, and the movie will export without the roll. This has only been happening since upgrading to FCP 7, I don't recall it every happening with FCP 6. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I don't use Boris regularly, but when I have, I never encountered this, and I doubt it's related to upgrading to 7. If I understand correctly what you're describing, the changes could be caused by any number of things – like whatever cutting took place on your TL "over time and subsequent rendering" causing re-renders.
How many v tracks do you have and is the crawl on a separate track? Consider exporting the credits clip as a QT movie and reimport it.
And somewhat off topic, typically I get better (and far more predictable) results by exporting my sequence as a QTMovie (current settings) and do all encoding (e.g., H.264) in Compressor.
Good luck.
Russ

Boris title crawl missing after converting with Compressor

Not sure where to put this, since it involves two applications, FCP and Compressor.
I have my credits done as a Boris title crawl (roll). They roll up just like credits in the average movie. They're quite long, spanning almost 4 minutes. Some videos are also included in the open space during this title crawl.
When I convert the files for use with DVD Studio, I used the DVD Best quality 90 minutes presets. It performed that conversion without a hitch.
Looking at the video, everything looks great (it's interlaced, of course). No apparent problems, until the end, where the credits should be scrolling: there's nothing. The videos show up, but only one small section of the credits actually show, and it's cut-off.
I checked the credits again in FCP, and they all fit 100% within the inner title-safe overlays. I've never had any trouble with these rolling credits, except for this problem now.
Any ideas what could cause them to almost completely disappear? most of the time the screen is pure black with absolutely NO text whatsoever. Only three lines show up, and they are cut off on both sides (they extend beyond the view of the screen on both the right and the left).
Many thanks to whoever can assist me.

So you're saying I should just export one as a test? Or, what I was thinking is, export the title crawl as a self-contained movie, then import it back into FCP and then send it to Compressor; can't mess it up like it does if it's a strait-up video, right?
Still can't figure out why Compressor would mess it up like that though. Looks perfect when I export the whole movie as a self-contained movie, which I already did twice. I then burned a sample DVD Using iDVD as a test to see how my video looked on the TV screen. Everything was perfect, except a small amount of flickering in some text (but it wasn't enough to bother me).
Yet, sending it to Compressor completely destroys the title crawl, leaving the intermixed videos untouched. Just plain weird...

Boris Title - Missing Text After Render

All apologies if this is an ages old bug that everyone worked to fix years ago. I was a daily editor from FCP 1.0 until 2004 or so when a project caused me to walk away from cuts and edits and crashes all together. Like a masochist, I've jumped back in, but without the prior security that came with daily readings of all the proper forums. I've tried to do my due diligence (5 hours here, 2-pop, Cow, etc) but to no avail. So....
FCP 4.5/OS X 10.4.9
Previews of text when using Boris Title Crawl to create a crawl look fine, but after rendering, the beginning and end of each text string, no matter how long, are missing.
So the above sentence would read:
ext when using Boris Title Crawl to create a crawl look fine, but after rendering, the beginning and end of each text string a
Scrolls are no problem. Only a problem with crawls.
Again. Sorry if this has already been settled and I'm just overlooking the thread.
Dual 1.42 GHz G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Welcome (back) to the forum.
Have you tried...
Deleting all renders in Render Manager, then re-rendering?
using the crawl in a different sequence or project?
trashing preferences?
I'm unable to duplicate the behavior. Seems to work fine here, with that sentence.
How are you previewing?
Do you have improperly set 'Margins' in the 'page' tab of Boris...or any crops set in 'Motion' tab of FCP?
Post back,
K
EDIT - BTW, FCP4.5 works best with OS 10.3.9/QT6.5.2

Boris title 3d

Hello, I got a sequence with subtitles made with Boris title 3D and FCP HD. After upgrading my system to FCP studio 5.1 I am not able to open this sequence anymore. It crashes on the Boris plug in. Are the two Boris title 3D versions not compatible?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Rob.

Has anyone bothered to search for an answer?
A quick search for BORIS 3D yielded more than 100
hits n about forty-five threads. Many possible
causes, many different symptoms.
The results were not encouraging because the OPs
rarely came back to close the threads and we just
hate that around here.
Time for you guys to start sifting through the posts
for situations in the threads that resemble your
individual situations.
bogiesan
I also spend a lot of time going through threads to make sure my problem has not been answered before, I really do hate to waste peoples time.
Michael,
thanks for your reply, i will try and find a program for corrupt fonts and post my findings.
Cheers.

Boris Title Crawl

Hi all,
did some looking around and couldn't find anything this specific.
I am able to get the "Text window" when using the Boris Title 3D. But when I go to use the Boris Title Crawl and click on the "banner" for the Text window, nothing happens. I do get a new menu for Title Crawl but no real working options. I am not able to use it at all.
Has anyone else seen this problem?
Thanks!
--Tim

Could it be a corrupt font?
To validate fonts:
Open Font Book and select one or more installed fonts to check.
Choose File > Validate Font.
In the Font Validation window, review the fonts listed for warnings or errors. Use the pop-up menu to display warnings and errors separately, if necessary.
For fonts with warnings or errors, click the disclosure triangle next to the font to see which validation rules show errors.
To remove a corrupted font, click the checkbox next to the font. Make sure fonts you want to keep are not checked. Then click the Remove Checked button.
Dual 1Ghz G4 Quicksilver Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Boris Title 3D freezing?

Greetings
Sometimes when I open up Boris Title 3D to copy the text box and put it into a word document,
it freezes on me.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Have you updated Boris Title 3D to the latest version (2.2)?
Boris Title 3D is actually Boris Calligraphy, if you need to update go to
www.borisfx.com
and click on Support > Updates > Calligraphy
You will need to register on the site to download.
This fixed a problem Boris Title 3D had with some Microsoft Office installed fonts.
MtD

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