Text with video background

Help/How To
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  1. Put your video on V1.
  2. Put a TRANSPARENT clip (Open Other -> Colour, Alpha-channel: 0) on V2.
  3. Put Text:Simple filter on V2, with: Background TRANSPARENT (Alpha-channel: 0), Outline colour BLACK, Font clolour: WHITE. Use a thck font like “Arial Black Bold” with the text you desire.
  4. Put a Size & Position filter on V2 to get the text where you want it.
  5. Switch off V1 by clicking the “Eye” symbol.
  6. Use File -> Export Frame to save the text frame to a PNG file.
  7. Switch on V1 and off V2 using the “Eye” symbol.
  8. Create another track V3 the colour you want with Alpha-channel: 255.
  9. Put a Mask from File filter on V3, choosing the PNG you saved earlier.
  10. Switch V1 back on (“Eye” symbol et voila!