Last summer gg created the "flaming text" tutorial explaining how to set fire to a title displayed over a black background. But one of our readers wants to do the same thing with a video... So why not?

You know that the Boris Graffiti styles palette is very broad. It includes many fonts, many colors, gradients, and various motifs and you can make any kind of title. But one of our readers would like a transparent title ... No, this is not a joke ...

This is a recurring question: "How to apply a continuous Boris Graffiti effect on two clips that you can not combine because they are not adjacent?" As usual, there is no one answer, and consequently there are several solutions.

In a previous tutorial (adaptation of an existing Boris Graffiti effect into a text transition), we saw how to create a text transition effect starting from an existing effect in the Library Browser of Boris Graffiti. Now, I will show you how to create a text transition effect from scratch. Creating this effect won't take very long and it is not difficult, but it does require a good knowledge of keyframe manipulation that we detailed in our previous tutorials.

You know the principle of most Boris Graffiti effects : an effect reveals in one way or another a text on the screen and makes it disappear in the same reverse way or otherwise. In its library, "Library Browser", Boris Graffiti also features 8 effects "Animated text transitions". These effects show a first text, make it disappear then display a second text to finally make it disappear. Such an effect is actually a transition between two texts but can also be likened, in some cases, to morphing.

On several occasions, we have made freely available files. GRF in our Download-Tutorials page.

Each time, I had stated in the tutorial : "This file contains no preview or animation, unlike files. GRF that are provided in the library of Boris Graffiti. It is therefore not advisable to copy in the library of Boris Graffiti, you would have neither the preview nor the animation of the effect". So this tutorial will allow you to create your own preview and your animations in order to include your effects in the library of Boris Graffiti.

If you're tempted to map a video onto a text, follow step by step this new tutorial which helps you to create a fashionable effect, where letters in large extruded type appear to be carved from a block of stainless steel and reflect a video during their displacement...

On several occasions I had the opportunity to explain that the plugin Boris Graffiti integrated in Studio does not allow to map an image on a text. By forcing Studio to work with Boris Graffiti, I had demonstrated in a tutorial they could still do so. This stage reached, it was the final step, namely to get a map image or a video on an object. He had to go to the obvious : it was not possible. Not possible, unless you happen to find a tip...

At the very beginning when we tested the Boris Graffiti plugin, we noticed that it was impossible to use one feature mentionned by the user manual: it is impossible to map an image onto a 3D text extrusion because Studio does not support this feature. I told myself that one solution should exist.... Here it is !

Today, I will talk to you about creating a scrolling credit. You know the vertical one that you usually see towards the end of the film?

You think that Title Deko already makes one that way and you are absolutely right. But the credits that I am suggesting are somewhat out of the ordinary and have some features that Title Deko cannot make. In particular, these credits will not be centered, will be on a colored rectangular background with rounded corners, will not emerge from the bottom of the screen and will disappear before the top of the screen and finally, it will include a blurred area at the beginning and end of the text.

Previous Boris Graffiti tutorials were designed to be playful while illustrating the basic concepts and vocabulary of the software. Here, we return to the main use of Boris Graffiti which is to produce a title. If you really want to use titles that nobody has even thought of yet - let alone integrated into a video, then there is a solution ... create your own title effects.

It seems I have said to you that Boris Graffiti was much more than a titler. However, the first tutorials were all devoted to animated titles with some special effects. So it's time to show you some creative uses of this titler.

I propose this time to awaken a pride of lions in the early morning, on the savannah ...
The spotlight on your 4x4 vehicle will accomplish this feat.

This tutorial explain how to make a banner and the shimmering iridescent colors to be inserted at the bottom of a video. On this strip, two pieces, one on the left and one on the right side of the screen will join at the center of the screen. All of this text, consisting of two pieces, will then disappear to the right of the screen. Of course this does not exist in the Boris graffiti library, this is YOUR effect...

In the previous tutorial, "Boris Graffiti - The Beginning", we discovered the interface and the "Advanced Mode". With this tutorial we will explore one step further by creating a customized text animation. The goal is to discover the various capabilities of this software and simulate the effect of a "Typewriter".

If you have gotten Studio 12 Ultimate, you must add the Boris Graffiti plug-in included in the video effects. Graffiti is more than just a titler. Obviously it can make static and animated titles of all types, both 2D and 3D, but it can also add filters, film that burns, writing styles like Star Wars, ripple effects, spirals, ... In short, many things.