Paint or draw function at DVinfo.net

Brian Luce · November 11th, 2009, 10:16 PM

Is there a paint or draw function in Vegas? I don't have Photoshop. Am wondering if there's a way to do it within Vegas 9. For example, if I wanted to draw a thought bubble around someone.

Jeff Harper · November 11th, 2009, 10:19 PM

No, there is not.

Tony Spring · November 12th, 2009, 01:16 AM

You might be able to do it with the Prodad Heroglyph plug-in for vegas?

Ian Stark · November 12th, 2009, 01:49 AM

Are you looking to animate drawing the thought bubble, Brian, or do you want to create a static thought bubble you can overlay onto your footage?

Either way, there are thousands to be had at Google Images thought bubble - Google Images

You'll need to get rid of the white background, which you can do by dropping an instance of the Chroma Keyer onto the event and selecting white as the colour to key out (or whatever colour the background is on the image you use).

If you want to simulate it being drawn then you could do that with the careful use of a keyframed mask that reveals the bubble over time. You might even get away with a simple reveal using a wipe transition, depending on how sophisticated you want it to look.

Hope that helps.

Ian . . .

Brian Luce · November 12th, 2009, 01:56 AM

Thanks, seems like it'd be great feature to have, if you could just draw a crude arrow or question mark or something simple and track it with key frames.

Greg Boston · November 12th, 2009, 05:01 AM

You can find arrows and such in the Wingdings character sets. Since those are just text characters, they can be manipulated and animated in the same fashion as normal text characters.

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Steve Renouf · November 12th, 2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Luce

Is there a paint or draw function in Vegas? I don't have Photoshop. Am wondering if there's a way to do it within Vegas 9. For example, if I wanted to draw a thought bubble around someone.

Brian, there is an excellent OpenSource programme called the GIMP (Graphic Image Manipulation Programme) which I use all the time. Using this, you can produce PNG images with Alpha channel which Vegas loves. (And it's free).

You can download it here:

John Wiley · November 12th, 2009, 05:24 PM

I second the use of GIMP. It's free and really good. I've got CS3 now but I still go back to GIMP for some things which are easier to do than in Photoshop.

November 11th, 2009, 10:16 PM	#1
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	Paint or draw function Is there a paint or draw function in Vegas? I don't have Photoshop. Am wondering if there's a way to do it within Vegas 9. For example, if I wanted to draw a thought bubble around someone.

November 12th, 2009, 01:16 AM	#3
Tony Spring Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: london UK Posts: 170	You might be able to do it with the Prodad Heroglyph plug-in for vegas? __________________ www.springproductions.co.uk

November 12th, 2009, 01:49 AM	#4
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Are you looking to animate drawing the thought bubble, Brian, or do you want to create a static thought bubble you can overlay onto your footage? Either way, there are thousands to be had at Google Images thought bubble - Google Images You'll need to get rid of the white background, which you can do by dropping an instance of the Chroma Keyer onto the event and selecting white as the colour to key out (or whatever colour the background is on the image you use). If you want to simulate it being drawn then you could do that with the careful use of a keyframed mask that reveals the bubble over time. You might even get away with a simple reveal using a wipe transition, depending on how sophisticated you want it to look. Hope that helps. Ian . . . __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

November 11th, 2009, 10:19 PM	#2
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	No, there is not.

November 12th, 2009, 01:56 AM	#5
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	Thanks, seems like it'd be great feature to have, if you could just draw a crude arrow or question mark or something simple and track it with key frames.

November 12th, 2009, 05:01 AM	#6
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	You can find arrows and such in the Wingdings character sets. Since those are just text characters, they can be manipulated and animated in the same fashion as normal text characters. -gb-

November 12th, 2009, 05:24 PM	#8
John Wiley Trustee Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Byron Bay, Australia Posts: 1,155	I second the use of GIMP. It's free and really good. I've got CS3 now but I still go back to GIMP for some things which are easier to do than in Photoshop.