Suggested Settings for TitleFactory

The following are suggested and required settings for DVD and video use.  Video use means that the intension is to place the subtitles or captions directly onto the video as is done on video tape.

 

 

 

Required setting for DVD

 

Suggested setting for DVD

 

Required setting for Video

 

Suggested setting for Video

 

Max Lines per Image

 

2

 

2

Image size

Same as video

 

Same as video

 

Background color

 

{blue, green}

 

{blue, green}

Colorspace

 

RGB

 

RGB

Antialias

unchecked (off)

 

 

checked (on)

Shadow

unchecked (off)

 

 

checked (on)

Shadow Distance

 

 

 

1

Shadow Direction

 

 

 

SE

Stroke   checked (on)   unchecked (off)

Font Color

 

{white, yellow}

 

{white, yellow}

Align

 

center

 

center

when caption is specified:

 

 

 

 

   Caption ADJ

 

8

 

8

   Caption Color

 

black

 

black

   Case

     Conversion

 

checked (on)

 

checked (on)

File Type

BMP for Impression

TIF for SONIC

 

check video editing software requirements

 

Product Specific

Impression DVD Pro:  the output  file type must be bmp and the indexed? flag  must be checked.

RealDVD, Scenarist DVD Pro:  the output  file type must be tif  and the indexed? flag  must be checked.

Adobe Encore DVS:  the output  file type should be bmp  and the indexed? flag  must be NOT be checked.

Other

Justify down should checked if the text is placed at the bottom of the image or unchecked if the text is placed at the top of the image.

Shadow (not stroke) is best used for video.

Product limitations:

Stroke is never antialiased and CAN be used for DVD authoring.   Stroke provides a 1 pixel non-antialiased outline around text.

Transparency is currently only support for gif .  Gif images, however, do not include alpha channels and not suited for use in video or DVD.

TitleFactory provides the ability to create a massive amount of images based on scripts or other text files.  It is not an image manipulation program like Adobe Photoshop nor is it a general title editing program like TitleDeko Pro.   The ability to view and manipulate images within the product is not currently supported although the ability to view test images is being considered for a future version of the product.  In the meantime, however, images created with TitleFactory can be viewed and edited by other image editing products. 

Suggestions for product enhancements are always welcome.  Please use the contact page to submit suggestions.

 

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