Maniphest T69569

No way to set alignment of a Text Effect Strip object in the Video Editing Sequencer
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Brecht Van Lommel (brecht)
Authored By
Warwick Molloy (WazzaM)
Sep 6 2019, 5:04 AM
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  • BF Blender
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Brecht Van Lommel (brecht)
Clint Hobson (Domarius)
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii)
Telmo Silva (nottelmo)
Warwick Molloy (WazzaM)

Description

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 436.02

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.80 (sub 75), branch: master, commit date: 2019-07-29 14:47, hash: rBf6cb5f54494e
Worked: (optional)

Short description of error
There is no auto-center option for the Text effect strip in 2.80 but there was in 2.76. (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-qMPzhFNwg - see time 3:31)

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
To Repro:

File | New Video Editing
Add Text Strip

See the strip properties for "Effect Strip" will be:

  • Text
  • Size
  • Color
  • Shadow
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical

etc.
The Horizontal and Vertical properties look like they should control the positioning of the Text but they don't, they control the pivot point of the Text object.
The alignment of the text is always left and there's no way to change it but a better way would be to have a new property...
Alignment: Center | Left | Right | Justified

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Warwick Molloy (WazzaM) created this task.Sep 6 2019, 5:04 AM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to 30.Sep 25 2019, 5:27 PM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) added a subscriber: Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii).

Can you provide a simple file demonstrating the problem?
Also, the steps to reproduce it are a bit confusing.
At first you refer to a "Effect Strip", then you refer to a Text object with pivot point.
Both are different things.

Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Unknown Status.Oct 7 2019, 11:35 PM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) claimed this task.
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added a subscriber: Brecht Van Lommel (brecht).

Closing due to lack of information to investigate the issue further, we can reopen the report if more information is provided.

Ahurasim (Ahurasim) added a subscriber: Ahurasim (Ahurasim).EditedNov 6 2019, 5:28 AM

I have run into this issue as well while trying to make a simple lyric video, I found that using text wrap caused the text to align to the left of the text wrap space and not centered and found no way to fix it.

As you can see the first text strip "You probably.." has no word wrap and is centered as it needs no word wrap and thus is centered by it's positioning, However after adjusting the word wrap width of the second text strip "Don't know that little part of me" the text is aligned to the left of the word wrap space.

Ahurasim (Ahurasim) raised the priority of this task from 30 to 90.Nov 6 2019, 5:44 AM
Clint Hobson (Domarius) added a subscriber: Clint Hobson (Domarius).Dec 23 2019, 1:19 AM

This is what I want

This is what I get

Telmo Silva (nottelmo) added a subscriber: Telmo Silva (nottelmo).Apr 1 2020, 10:21 PM

Thumbs up for the "feature"

Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) added a comment.Apr 1 2020, 10:31 PM

It looks like the same issue as T71082 which was closed since it works as intended.
I know this is a good feature to have, but we don't deal with feature requests in the bug tracker.
For user requests and feedback, please use other channels: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Communication/Contact#User_Feedback_and_Requests

Ahurasim (Ahurasim) removed a subscriber: Ahurasim (Ahurasim).Nov 26 2021, 8:08 AM