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Star Wars opening scrolls in 3d Studio Max

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Hi, guys. I was just wondering if anyone could provide help or point me into a direction where I can find a dummy-proof tutorial on how to create a Star Wars opening crawl (with correct formatting, font, color, etc.) for 3d Studio Max. I was very hopeful when I came across this: Opening Crawl, but the link to the tutorial is broken.

Just wondering if anyone can help me out or if anyone knows where I can find this info, to point me in the right direction. I'm working on a re-edit of Episode II and I need to redo the opening crawl, but I don't use this program very often and I haven't got Adobe AfterEffects.

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

Emperor Jar-Jar
“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

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I made mine in combustion - don't know about 3D Studio. Sorry.

If I ever figure out how to convert it to XVID, I'll post it for people to see.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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But does it receed properly? I've seen many of these fan made crawls and it doesn't 'stay in view' the whole time as it does in the Star Wars films.
The Jedi are all but extinct.......
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I overlayed it with the video from the Empire of Dreams documentary to get the same exact timing.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
I made mine in combustion - don't know about 3D Studio. Sorry.

If I ever figure out how to convert it to XVID, I'll post it for people to see.


Making an mgeg4 conversion, such as Xvid could not be easier. All you have to do is download and install the Xvid codec, then load your movie into VirtualDub.
Select the part of the movie you wish to encode using the 2 black arrow buttons on the low-right.
then go to Video -> Full processing mode, Video -> Compression. Select the Xvid codec and then press configure. 700kbps should be sufficient.
Remember that your video width and height should be a multiple of 4 or 2 (depends on your codec).
then goto file -> Save as..
If you wish to conpress the audio too, you can do the same thing for the audio stream (full processing mode etc...)

If on the other hand you have a whole DVD to encode, try using DVDx 2.2
It is freeware, and will do EVERYTHING.
And now, for your feature presentation:
The Classic Re-re-re-release of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back.
In this version the word "WOOKIE" has been changed to "HAIR CHALLENGED ANIMAL" and the entire cast has been digitally replaced by Ewoks.
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I'll give it a shot. I've always gotten green or purple or stretched video everytime I've tried it.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>