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does anyone have any solution builtin in the software that wraps long text instead of going through the screen it wraps around borders like hitfilm and premier pro, Why for YEARS Blackmagic team didn't implement such a simple yet essential feature?

Hi,

Yes, however every time I post on this forum someone jumps in with BM should add it as a feature. Which I am not opposed to, if they do great but it isn't required as Resolve already does text wrapping

1. What page are you entering the text on (Cut, Edit, or Fusion)?
2. What tool are you using (Text, Text+)?
3. How are you entering the text (Typing, Pasting, or Expression form external file)?


Another factor when working with a client would be how does the client supply the copy?
A simple script can be used to import client-provided copy based on their formatting criteria.

Happy to help further but await the barrage of comments about this post.

John

You've got me curious, John.

Let's say it Pasted into a Text clip on the Edit page.

yep. its pretty shocking that this isn't added yet for the Edit Page. Text or Text+
On top of that, having a small text window to try and format that has no relative size to the picture resolution doesn't help.

scripts are a hack. the UI should have a check box for Text Wrap.

brediknight wrote:the UI should have a check box for Text Wrap.

Which responds in real time to changes in the bounding box.

Jim Simon wrote:You've got me curious, John.

Let's say it Pasted into a Text clip on the Edit page.

Hi Jim

Busy day!

Paste it from where, as if I "Paste" text into either a Text or Text+ it is already wrapped and formatted.

John

Copy your own text from your first reply above and Paste it into a Text clip on Edit.

Looks a mess here. Doesn't wrap at all.

+1 that a text word wrapping option is pretty basic and expected. Davinci Resolve is behind the curve on everything text related. From closed captions to text presets and copying attributes.

Erik

Code: Select all

import textwrap
myText = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."
wrapped = textwrap.fill(myText, 40)
print(wrapped)

Try pasting that into PY3 console. Unfortunately, you can't copy/paste text out of console, so you'll have to adopt it to your fusion comps.

+1
Only swapped from Premiere to Resolve recently, for most things it excels but it seems to miss out on some of the more basic ease of life functions like this

But at least it doesn't crash constantly

John Holt wrote:Hi,

Yes, however every time I post on this forum someone jumps in with BM should add it as a feature. Which I am not opposed to, if they do great but it isn't required as Resolve already does text wrapping

1. What page are you entering the text on (Cut, Edit, or Fusion)?
2. What tool are you using (Text, Text+)?
3. How are you entering the text (Typing, Pasting, or Expression form external file)?


Another factor when working with a client would be how does the client supply the copy?
A simple script can be used to import client-provided copy based on their formatting criteria.

Happy to help further but await the barrage of comments about this post.

John

"as Resolve already does text wrapping"
how do you do it?
i use the edit page and text tool, and i paste the text

Subtitles support text wrapping, other text tools don't. Someone had an OpenFX textwrap plugin around here somewhere, but it was quite limited in features as I recall..

atmosfar wrote:Subtitles support text wrapping, other text tools don't. Someone had an OpenFX textwrap plugin around here somewhere, but it was quite limited in features as I recall..

I recall it does, but here is the problem, first it's not the purpose for the tool, if you use a tool for a purpose other than its intended usage then there is a problem
second, I have to reposition it to work

JarJarBings wrote:

atmosfar wrote:Subtitles support text wrapping, other text tools don't. Someone had an OpenFX textwrap plugin around here somewhere, but it was quite limited in features as I recall..

I recall it does, but here is the problem, first it's not the purpose for the tool, if you use a tool for a purpose other than its intended usage then there is a problem
second, I have to reposition it to work

Yes, I don't think using subtitles is a solution for complex titling. But they have the code available for text-wrapping, obviously, since it's already present in DR!

on top off all this, we only get a small 5 line small window for layout.

Makes formatting small legal copy real fun!