Text Width Limitation, Plus Hanging Line Indentation?

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Text Width Limitation, Plus Hanging Line Indentation?

PostWed May 23, 2018 6:02 pm

I'm having the hardest time with this. I've provided an example below of the Fusion Comp. On the left screen, which is Media3 is the After Effects Comp, where I'm able to accomplish what I'm looking to do in Fusion.

I have text that goes to far on one line, and want it to be limited by text box width and the hanging line to have an indentation. I can't seem to figure out how to accomplish this in Fusion. However, in After Effects it's easy to accomplish. I want to do this in Fusion however.

Either this is possible, or a limitation of Fusion that should be updated. Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Text Width Limitation, Plus Hanging Line Indentation?

PostWed May 23, 2018 10:38 pm

That's been a long-time limitation of Text+. There's a Frame mode in the Layout tab, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

I don't know if it will work in Resolve, but there's a Fuse available that does text wrapping:
https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckl ... 8543#p8241

I've never used it, so I don't know if it will do indentation.
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Re: Text Width Limitation, Plus Hanging Line Indentation?

PostThu May 24, 2018 6:23 am

Bryan Ray wrote:That's been a long-time limitation of Text+. There's a Frame mode in the Layout tab, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

I don't know if it will work in Resolve, but there's a Fuse available that does text wrapping:
https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckl ... 8543#p8241

I've never used it, so I don't know if it will do indentation.

I’ll give this a try. Since the client has updated the drink menu there is only one instance now of a drink overflowing the desired width. So, I’ve used a new line and the tab function to get the desired result.

This is now a mandatory feature request. Text needs this. Since After Effects has had it for years I think it is key for Resolve and Fusion that this get improved. Text is the most common function of graphics. So implementing this functionality is pivotal for a competitive edge.


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