Thanks a million Mike!
It took a few tries to get this one right but the result is exactly what I was looking for. And you're right, with the speed it works out almost as well as the default fonts. A few tips that might be useful to some:
Hi
greaqt work
any chance you could create a video that show that process ? it would be great help
any chance of adding new language fonts and speed up the whole process.
A big thanks Mike,i followed yr instructions and it come to be what i was expecting.
Good continuation for u n yr team
Hi, I am a user and follow the video tutor about how to add text by select the font(F icon)from library.
However, when I add text in the screen, then I choose the "Tradition Chinese text" to import the font, but fail to display. Can someone advise me what is wrong to show the Chinese text? .
Mano chen
can you give me a video, about this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiYFO0nQvXU&list=PL941uNyvzPSFVX7Turb-DCTikB4FwLL55&index=9
i test it ,but the chinese words can not be draw.
i dont know your guide
Hi there,
We currently do not support Chinese characters in VideoScribe.
You can create your text as an SVG and import the text.
We have a tutorial which explains how to do this on our YouTube Channel.
Hi Anke,
Thanks for your question.
We are currently reviewing how text works in VideoScribe, the current system does not allow Chinese characters to be used and the Arabic options does not seem to work that well either.
We do not have a specified time frame for this but we do want to ensure as many languages are incorporated when the feature is updated.
In the meantime we do have a work around where you can import text as SVG's.
If you are using Illustrator CC or the newest inkscape and your SVG has problems in videoscribe, then running your SVG images through SVG Cleaner may correct the problems by stripping out extra code.
I have not tried it myself.
I have Inkscape but don't know much about it. Does this work with just text or also with an image file of text that I want to look like it's drawn like text? I am trying to do this, but it is showing the stroke I did on another layer (and the actual text fills in after it's all written). I am making it transparent but obviously I'm missing something.
Mike Metcalf
QUESTION:
Imported fonts don't draw nicely like the fonts that are included with videoscribe. Is there a way to use a font of my choice and make it draw well?
ANSWER: (this topic was written for version 1.3.26 of videoscribe, but it may work in other versions as well. Version 2 now includes the ability to import fonts from your computer and they may draw better than they did in version 1 without the extra work of making them into an SVG. However if you can't get the results you want by simply typing the text into videoscribe, the following process should work very well.)
In version 1, there is not a built-in way to make imported fonts work the same as videoscribe fonts.. BUT...
with some extra effort, you can make an SVG that will draw your font well. requires a little knowledge of inkscape or illustrator or a little self-teaching and google searching)
1) type your text in illustrator or inkscape. or copy and paste it in. write a word or a sentence or a paragraph in a font of your choice.
2) convert the text to outlines with color fills (black or whatever color you want your text to be) and no strokes. This step prevents the videoscribe hand from trying to draw the outline of each letter.
3) on a new layer, use the pencil tool with a stroke big enough that you can manually trace (quickly and simply without too much precision) over each of the letters and they will be covered by the stroke. you don't have to be precise. You are basically just adding a path for the hand to follow that APPROXIMATES the motion of writing the letters. it can be one continuous curvy/squiggly line. try to cover each letter before moving to the next.
5) set the opacity of the new stroke to zero so it is transparent.
6) export the finished image as an SVG and play it in videoscribe.
It will be more work than just typing in the text into videoscribe, but you can make pretty much any font draw well. The faster the words draw in videoscribe, the less accurate your transparent stroke needs to be, and the less noticeable any inaccuracies will be.
This method should work with Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, mathematical equations, and any other written languages regardless of the direction in which you would like them to be written or read.
-Mike (videoscribe user)
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