Re: Changing Backgound of Titles and Credits



Teach wrote:
They have used a custom animation (news video, inset) and are trying
> to change the background color.  The default color is blue and
> it will not change.

What color do you require for the background? Lets say if you want the background to be a gradation from green to yellow, you can use the following code to make a new title.


<TransitionsAndEffects Version="1.0"> <Titles> <TitleDLL guid="{353359C1-39E1-491B-9951-464FD8AB071C}"> <Title name="News Video, Inset (Green/Yellow)" iconid="13"> <Param name="InternalName" value="TitleStandard" /> <Param name="Description" value="Video news with a background" /> <Param name="MainVideoRect" value="0.1 0.1 0.55 0.55" /> <Param name="BackgroundColor1" value="green" /> <Param name="BackgroundColor2" value="yellow" /> <Paragraph> <Param name="IsOneLine" value="true" /> <Param name="EntranceEffect" value="EffectFade" /> <Param name="ExitEffect" value="EffectFade" /> <Param name="EntranceDuration" value="1.0" /> <Param name="ExitDuration" value="1.0" /> <Param name="BoundingRect" value="0.15 0.7 0.7 0.2" /> <Param name="BannerType" value="LeftFlood" /> <Param name="ShadowOutline" value="Shadow" /> <Param name="FontSize" value="20.0" /> <Param name="MaxCharacterCount" value="32" /> </Paragraph> </Title> </TitleDLL> </Titles> </TransitionsAndEffects>



Instructions to use the above code:
Copy paste into notepad and save as newsvideo.xml in folder C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX folder. Create the AddOnTFX folder if not there. Restart WMM. Afterwards find the new title in the titles list in movie maker.



Note the BackgroundColor1 and BackgroundColor2 parameters. You can specify the color value as a name or HTML hex code #RRGGBB. If you dont want the gradient of two colors then just skip the BackgroundColor2 or use the same color value for both.


For more info and details of other parameters have a look at the article on on my website about custom titles and credits:
http://www.rehanfx.org/customtc.htm


--
Rehan
MS MVP (Digital Media)
www.rehanfx.org -- get effects & transitions for MM2
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