Text Strip

The Text strip allows you to directly display text in the Sequence editor. The strip will display the text inserted in its text field on the final sequence.

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Text effect.

Suggerimento

All Text strips in a video sequence can be exported as a SubRip file. This is useful when using Text strips as subtitles.

Opzioni

Testo

The actual text displayed. Text is limited to 512 characters.

Wrap Width

Wraps the text by the percentage of the frame width, setting this to zero disables word wrapping.

Style

Carattere

Menu Blocco dati to choose which font-file is used to render the text.

(Bold)

Use a bold font face with a strong/thick visual appearance.

(Italic)

Use an italicized font face with a slanted visual appearance.

Dimensione

Size of the text.

Colore

The text color.

Contorno

Creates a line enclosing the shape of the text.

Colore

The color and opacity of the outline.

Width

The thickness of the outline.

Ombra

Creates a shadow under the text.

Colore

The color and opacity of the shadow.

Angolo

Defines the position of the shadow as an angle, 0° being to the right and 90° being below.

Scostamento

Amount to shift the shadow compared to the normal text.

Sfocatura

Amount to blur the shadow.

Scatola

Creates a background for the text to improve the readability and clarity of text in some situations.

Colore

The color and opacity of the box.

Margine

The distance the box boundaries extends from the boundaries of the font glyphs. The distance is measured as a factor of the image’s width.

Roundness

Rounds the corners of the box, defined as a factor of box height.

Layout

Location X, Y

Positions the text on the X, Y axis.

Alignment X, Y

Controls the horizontal positioning of text within the text strip. The text content can be aligned to the left, center, or right.

Anchor X, Y

Horizontal (X) or vertical (Y) «origin» of the text relative to the location.

Text Editing in Preview

Text strips can be edited directly in the Preview window, providing a more intuitive workflow.

  • Enable Editing: Press Tab to enter edit mode. A boundary box and cursor will appear.

  • Disable Editing: Press Tab again to exit edit mode.

Modifica

Riferimento

View Type:

Anteprima

Menù:

Strip ‣ Text

Copy Text Ctrl-C

Copy the selected text.

Paste Text Ctrl-V

Uses the system clipboard, allowing text from external applications to be pasted.

Cut Text Ctrl-X

Cut the selected text.

Delete Character Backspace

Delete the character before the cursor.

Insert Linebreak Return

Insert a new line.

Select All Ctrl-A

Select all the text.

Deselect All Esc

Deselect the text.

Text Selection

Holding Shift while pressing a navigation key enables text selection.

  • Shift-Left – Select the previous character.

  • Shift-Right – Select the next character.

  • Shift-Up – Select the previous line.

  • Shift-Down – Select the next line.

  • Shift-Home – Select from the cursor to the beginning of the line.

  • Shift-End – Select from the cursor to the end of the line.

  • Shift-Ctrl-Left – Select the previous word.

  • Shift-Ctrl-Right – Select the next word.

  • Shift-PageUp – Select from the cursor to the start of the text.

  • Shift-PageDown – Select from the cursor to the end of the text.