Changing Backgound of Titles and Credits

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I have two students who are using MovieMaker to produce a game show. They
have used a custom animation (news video, inset) and are trying to change the
background color. The default color is blue and it will not change. When
they choose to change the background color, it only changes the color of the
red bar behind the text. Can anyone help us find a way to change the
background color of this animation?
 
Teach said:
They have used a custom animation (news video, inset) and are trying
to change the background color. The default color is blue and
it will not change.
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What color do you require for the background? Lets say if you want the
background to be a gradation from green to yellow, you can use the
following code to make a new title.


<TransitionsAndEffects Version="1.0">
<Titles>
<TitleDLL guid="{353359C1-39E1-491B-9951-464FD8AB071C}">
<Title name="News Video, Inset (Green/Yellow)" iconid="13">
<Param name="InternalName" value="TitleStandard" />
<Param name="Description" value="Video news with a background" />
<Param name="MainVideoRect" value="0.1 0.1 0.55 0.55" />
<Param name="BackgroundColor1" value="green" />
<Param name="BackgroundColor2" value="yellow" />
<Paragraph>
<Param name="IsOneLine" value="true" />
<Param name="EntranceEffect" value="EffectFade" />
<Param name="ExitEffect" value="EffectFade" />
<Param name="EntranceDuration" value="1.0" />
<Param name="ExitDuration" value="1.0" />
<Param name="BoundingRect" value="0.15 0.7 0.7 0.2" />
<Param name="BannerType" value="LeftFlood" />
<Param name="ShadowOutline" value="Shadow" />
<Param name="FontSize" value="20.0" />
<Param name="MaxCharacterCount" value="32" />
</Paragraph>
</Title>
</TitleDLL>
</Titles>
</TransitionsAndEffects>



Instructions to use the above code:
Copy paste into notepad and save as newsvideo.xml in folder C:\Program
Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX folder. Create the AddOnTFX folder if
not there. Restart WMM. Afterwards find the new title in the titles list
in movie maker.


Note the BackgroundColor1 and BackgroundColor2 parameters. You can
specify the color value as a name or HTML hex code #RRGGBB. If you dont
want the gradient of two colors then just skip the BackgroundColor2 or
use the same color value for both.

For more info and details of other parameters have a look at the article
on on my website about custom titles and credits:
http://www.rehanfx.org/customtc.htm
 
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