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Hello there, and welcome to VisiHow.com. This will be a tutorial on how to add text in Sony Vegas Pro. Sony Vegas Pro comes built in with a "Media Generators" tab, with which we can add text, solid colors, credit rolls, patterns, and anything that would be generated inside of Sony Vegas Pro, instead of using an external video, photo, or audio. For this tutorial, we'll be learning about how to add text into a video.

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Contents

1 Steps
2 Video: Overlay Text on a Video in Sony Vegas Pro
3 Questions and Answers
- 3.1 Layers when adding transparent text?
- 3.2 How to change text media generator property so the text is not just an outline?
- 3.3 Generated text doesn't show up in Sony Vegas Pro 13?
- 3.4 What to do when the text is lying down?
- 3.5 How can I see the preview properly?
- 3.6 Hi, I'm trying to add an overlaying text but it keeps a black background and can't get rid of it?
- 3.7 I'm using Sony Vegas Pro 14.0 and I'm trying to add text?
- 3.8 Can't get the video to move in event pan crop?
- 3.9 The preset default text is part of the plugin and cannot be saved or replaced.please enter a unique name for the custom preset?
- 3.10 How do you add your own font instead of using the ones provided?
- 3.11 How do I make the text visible on a separate track over a video?
- 3.12 I have Vegas Movie Studio 14.0, need help with arrows?
- 3.13 Transparency isn't working with subtitles?? Please Help?
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Now, we first need to find the "Media Generators" tab

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There is a large selection of options in here.
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If we do not see the "Media Generators" tab, go up to "View" at the top of the screen, and click it

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Make sure that "Media Generators" is checked. If it isn't checked, then we won't be able to see it.
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Select the word "Text" on the list at the far left of the screen

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To add the text, we want to find one that we like.
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Try starting out with the "Default Text" option, to get a feel for the way this text generator works

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We could also choose one of the presets. For this tutorial, we are just going to use "Default Text".
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Drag it down to the bottom part of the screen

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Make sure it is on top of all of the layers. It will show the text we just added above the photo. If we put the text below the photo, it will not show it unless the photo isn't there. Let's make sure the text is at the top.
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Click and drag the text until it is about the length of the cat clip, below it

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Now, we can click on the "Generated Media" icon

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It will bring up a very small window. Increase the size of the window. It will say "Sample Text" at first.
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We can delete that, and type in what we want to say

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It will show up in the live preview.
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This text is a little boring, but we can edit it

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We can change the font, the size, make it italicized, bold, align it differently, and some other options as well.
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Now, once we find everything that we like, click the "Placement" tab, in this window

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We can change the location of the text, by dragging it around. We can put it anywhere on the screen. Make sure that it doesn't get cut off. If we put it too low, the text will be cut off.
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Let's leave it right here

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Now, we can go into the "Properties" tab

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Let's change the color of the text. We can make it whatever color we like. I will choose blue.
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We can also choose the color for the background

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It is automatically transparent, but if we wanted text in front of a solid background image, then we can pull this arrow all the way up.
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Let's keep it transparent for now

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Here are our "Text Properties"

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We can choose the "Tracking". This determines how far away each letter is from the next.
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We can choose "Scaling", which determines how far it is zoomed in or out

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We also have "Leading", which doesn't apply here, as we don't have multiple lines of text. It changes the vertical spacing between the lines of text. Since there is only one line here, it doesn't work.
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Now we have our text added into Sony Vegas

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That is all we need to do.
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Layers when adding transparent text?

Hi! I want to know a thing. If I want to add text to a video in Sony Vegas, will the text appear on the same layer as the video? Or will it be on another layer on top of the video layer? What if it is transparent text? Will it still be on another layer or on the same layer as the original video? Thanks

The text, with opacity or without it, is kept as a separate layer on top or behind the video layer. You can drag the layers up and down to sort their preference. If you drag the text up to the tracks, it will come to the foreground. Drag it down to make it go in the background.

Only when you process the video and make a video file, it will be embedded into the video itself.

With the closed captioning feature of Sony Vegas, you can create subtitles that can be stored as a separate file after creating a video file out of your project.

How to change text media generator property so the text is not just an outline?

Hi, I'm using a template for an introduction and the text has an outline property. This is with Vegas Pro 11. I can change the fonts, make it bold, but I cannot seem to make the text solid instead of just an outline. In the video media generators section, the outline property for outline width is set to 0.0. I've played with it, but cannot seem to get a solid text. Any idea on why this might be?. I have tried: I've changed the outline width, tried different fonts, and searched Google but can't find an answer. I think it was caused by: It might have something to do with the template I'm using.