Creating an authentic looking crawl

Author: SweHanzon
Date: 5-Oct-2006, 5:47 PM

Author: SweHanzon
Time: 5-Oct-2006 5:47 PM
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Hi all. I'm currently a few weeks into what is essentially a very extensive and carefully planned re-cut version of Episode II with some deleted scenes and incorporated music from the OT. I've nearly completed the editing process, what I need now is to make a new crawl.

I've been looking around a lot on the web for guides on doing this but haven't really been pleased with what I've found. I'm wondering if any of you can help direct me towards a good guide on doing this crawl. Alternatively, if you've got a bit of spare time, write down a quick guide yourself. I'm sure this would be useful for several others beside myself, and I would be most grateful. Thanks.

Author: DarthBalls1138
Time: 5-Oct-2006 10:58 PM
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I know certain people like mebejedi are great at doing crawls and would PROBABLY (not volunteering anyone here) be willing to do it if you asked them nicely. You would think after all this time they would get tired of it though and just write a good guide for the rest of us, but alas, perhaps having a monopoly outweighs the work!

Author: Trooperman
Time: 6-Oct-2006 12:30 PM
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If you can ever get hold of Rebel1138, his crawls are outstanding as well.

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

“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

Author: Zion
Time: 6-Oct-2006 12:43 PM
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I've been asked a few times in the past to write a guide using After Effects, though I've always had to brush it aside because I'm working on other projects. Perhaps one of these days it will become a reality, though as you may know by now, nothing I do is ever quick or easy.

My Projects:
[Holiday Special Hybrid DVD v2]
[X0 Project]
[Backstroke of the West DVD]
[ROTS Theatrical DVD]

Author: SweHanzon
Time: 7-Oct-2006 6:21 AM
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Thank you guys, I will ask around some.

Zion, if you could find the time to do this guide that would be awesome. Being able to do a crawl myself would be the best way, since I tend to change my mind fairly often. I'm already using After Effects in my failing attempts and so a guide using this program would be truly great.

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 12-Apr-2007 6:17 PM
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Has anyone done a tutorial for a crawl, I could really use some help with one

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: MeBeJedi
Time: 13-Apr-2007 10:16 AM
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My method uses Combustion, Vegas, Photoshop and MS Word.

MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.

MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.

JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 13-Apr-2007 10:47 AM
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Hmm yeah Im still stuck

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: MeBeJedi
Time: 13-Apr-2007 2:55 PM
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Well, what software are you trying to use?

MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.

MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.

JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 13-Apr-2007 3:24 PM
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I sent you a PM

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 15-May-2007 1:47 PM
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OK I think my source fell through..so I was still hoping someone had a tutorial for a crawl.

Thanks guys

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: Sluggo
Time: 15-May-2007 6:41 PM
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I usually make the title and text as a png or a tiff file. This way, I can get it exactly the way I want it. Then I have to con somebody else into animating it. At least I'm saving them from some of the work.

Author: MeBeJedi
Time: 16-May-2007 12:06 AM
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Crap, I didn't send the file yet. Sorry, hard drive problems, and I had to yank my X0 drive out (it's okay - I'm having problems with the others.)

I'll try to get that back in ASAP.

MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.

MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.

JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 17-May-2007 1:30 AM
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Thanks Id appreciate that

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: SweHanzon
Time: 17-May-2007 5:32 AM
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I've now got a pretty solid way of doing crawls using nothing but Adobe After Effects. I could write a simple tutorial for this if anyone's interested.

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 17-May-2007 12:36 PM
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Yeah I would love to have a go with your method, especially since it only uses one program.

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: Marvolo
Time: 17-May-2007 7:09 PM
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Please do write a tutorial.

Author: caligulathegod
Time: 18-May-2007 1:22 AM
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I never could get Adobe AE to justify the text on both sides, like the official crawls. Your method fix that?

Author: Zion
Time: 18-May-2007 2:57 AM
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Do the text in photoshop and import the layer into AE. You can justify it perfectly in photoshop.

My Projects:
[Holiday Special Hybrid DVD v2]
[X0 Project]
[Backstroke of the West DVD]
[ROTS Theatrical DVD]

Author: caligulathegod
Time: 18-May-2007 8:27 AM
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Thanks. Why didn't I think of that?

Author: MeBeJedi
Time: 18-May-2007 10:54 PM
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Actually, I create it in Word first. That allows me to alter character spacing between each letter. (Yes...Anal...I know.

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MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.

MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.

JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 19-May-2007 12:18 PM
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Alright I love this talk about what works best, I'd just love even more a tutorial to try to put these methods into practice

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: SweHanzon
Time: 19-May-2007 12:41 PM
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You can format the text pretty much as you want it in AE as well, but I think I had to search a little to find all the settings and such. I just love the simplicity of seeing the change immediately.

Author: GhostAlpha26
Time: 19-May-2007 1:03 PM
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I just dont have a clue where to start, how do I make it "crawl" up. What do I use as a background? I just have no clue what to do when trying to do this in any aspect of it.

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author: Marvolo
Time: 19-May-2007 2:23 PM
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Originally posted by: GhostAlpha26
I just dont have a clue where to start, how do I make it "crawl" up. What do I use as a background? I just have no clue what to do when trying to do this in any aspect of it.

I am the same way. No clue where to begin.