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27 Jan 2023 21:22 #123865 by BIllF
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Highlight text only highlights first word or none at all. Dunno why this is not working. Can anybody help me?

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27 Jan 2023 21:29 #123867 by Tom Wolsky
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Could you give more information about what text you’re trying to highlight and where you’re trying to highlight it.

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27 Jan 2023 21:37 #123868 by BIllF
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Just a line of copy I want to stress at the end of a video. Builds in (no build out) and that's it!
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27 Jan 2023 23:05 #123870 by Tom Wolsky
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If you want to select the whole line, The Future of Eye Health, triple click the text in the Viewer.

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28 Jan 2023 16:22 #123872 by BIllF
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Under Titles there is a text effect called Highlight. I want to use on The Future of Eye Health. It's not working properly. I get the effect briefly on the first word then nothing. Well aware of how to select a line of text.

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28 Jan 2023 16:34 #123873 by Tom Wolsky
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Highlight is a title. I can't reproduce the problem with the title using the default settings with build out checked off. You might try rebooting and trashing your preferences.

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28 Jan 2023 22:55 #123878 by VTC
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Maybe:
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28 Jan 2023 23:19 #123879 by BIllF
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Just trashed preferences and projects disappeared. Where are they? Days worth of work gone!

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29 Jan 2023 00:17 #123881 by Tom Wolsky
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Trashing the preferences opens the application to its default state with the Untitled library. Your library probably had a name. If you were working in Untitled library, expand the library Smart Collections and look in Projects.

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30 Jan 2023 21:39 - 30 Jan 2023 21:39 #123896 by dmetz
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If you didn't create a new library for your project, have a look in your home folder's Movies folder (Mac HD / Users / your name / Movies) - Final Cut creates a default 'Untitled' library in there.

If you could, post a shot of the generator's settings in the Inspector and we can go from there.
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30 Jan 2023 21:45 #123897 by BIllF
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Attached is a screen shot of what I'm dealing with
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30 Jan 2023 22:01 #123898 by Tom Wolsky
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The Highlight title only seem to work properly if the text is a single color.

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30 Jan 2023 22:06 #123899 by BIllF
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Doesn't work when one color either.

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30 Jan 2023 22:13 #123901 by dmetz
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Thanks! With those settings on my rig, the whole line fades in from the beginning by character, and it takes just under half a second for the whole thing to come on. The yellow highlight is barely noticeable.

With that said, I've got 2 questions:
1. You mentioned it isn't working properly - have you used it before?
2. How would you like the line to build on?

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30 Jan 2023 22:14 #123902 by Tom Wolsky
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Replace the title with a new copy. Type in the text. Change the color of all the text. Unless you've changed a parameter in the title it should work.

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30 Jan 2023 22:17 #123903 by BIllF
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Yes, I have used it before.

It comes in character by character which should be followed by a sequential glow on each letter. No glow that I can see. Are my settings off?

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30 Jan 2023 22:24 #123904 by BIllF
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Glow happens, but takes 3 seconds to appear. Anyway to make happen sooner?

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30 Jan 2023 22:25 - 30 Jan 2023 22:26 #123905 by dmetz
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What I'm seeing is the fade up and glow are happening to each character simultaneously, so with a yellow highlight, it's barely noticeable.

EDIT: I saw your reply, and hadn't scrubbed down that far before - now I see it!
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30 Jan 2023 22:29 #123906 by BIllF
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It's on a black background and very visible when it appears, just takes too long to happen.

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30 Jan 2023 22:38 #123907 by dmetz
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Yeah, looks like all the controls are for the text animating on. With Build In unchecked, the highlight happens at about 1 second in. I think this is all by design, so a workaround might be in order.

Duplicate the text generator, and have one short instance that animates the letters onscreen, with the second instance doing no build in/out - just the glow.

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