So I tried to follow a guide for text overlays and this is what I put into my script:
@overlay AMBULANCE create text Jolie Beaumonte
But I must be doing something wrong because no text or anything is showing up on screen so I’m not sure what needs to be fixed. Any advice would be much appreciated!
Hi! Welcome back, I’m confused as to why you wrote, “create text Jolie Beaumonte.” I believe to add an overlay to a scene, you put @overlay OVERLAYNAME create. If “Jolie Beaumonte” is a separate overlay than ambulance, I would do:
@overlay AMBULANCE create
and
@overlay Jolie Beaumonte create
I am following this format from the guide by Dara Amarie:
@overlay OVERLAY_NAME create text Your text here
I’m still confused, is “text Jolie Beaumonte” an overlay?
This is for turning a normal overlay into text through the script. It’s not a pre-created overlay. I’m trying to turn the overlay AMBULANCE into the text “Jolie Beaumonte”. Here’s the guide link: https://www.dara-amarie.com/text-overlays
Omg LMAO IM SO DUMB im sorry, are you sure that you put it in the correct zone?
Did you turn on the opacity and put it in the correct zone?
Text overlays are just like regular overlays. You need to add the opacity to make it appear.
Here’s what I have now:
INT. WALKINCLOSET - DAY with AMBULANCE in zone 2
&cut to zone 2
@overlay AMBULANCE create text Jolie Beaumonte
@overlay AMBULANCE opacity 1 in 0
@zoom on 450 328 to 192% in 0
@JOLIE stands screen center in zone 2 AND JOLIE faces right
The ambulance shows up normally as would be expected but it’s not turning into text.
Remove it from the background name
INT. WALKINCLOSET - DAY with AMBULANCE in zone 2
You have to use the shifts command to place it in zone 2
Ok, I got it to appear but then when I tried to move it and change the color it stopped showing up.
INT. WALKINCLOSET - DAY
@overlay AMBULANCE shifts to 86 425 in zone 2
@overlay AMBULANCE scales to 2.818 2.818
@overlay AMBULANCE create text |color:white, underline , outline:white| Welcome
@overlay AMBULANCE opacity 1 in 0
Thank you for all the help so far btw!
The create command needs to go before all the other commands.
Also, you placed the overlay in zone 2 but haven’t cut to zone 2.
INT. WALKINCLOSET - DAY
@overlay AMBULANCE create text |color:white, underline , outline:white| Welcome
@overlay AMBULANCE shifts to 86 425 in zone 2
@overlay AMBULANCE scales to 2.818 2.818
@overlay AMBULANCE opacity 1 in 0
Got it, thank you!
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