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Creating a background for text

  • 1.  Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-22-2025 15:31

    Hello everyone,

    I would like to create the background of the text.

    Do you have any ideas on how to achieve this effect in Xpression with automatic adaptation based on the text?

    Thank you in advance for your help.



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    Hervé Wintz
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    France Télévision
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  • 2.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-23-2025 07:01

    Hi,

    Did you try Visual Logic for this to follow with width? And how many lines were you locking for this?



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    [Wajahat] [Ali]
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  • 3.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 03:33

    Hi, 

    I can track the width and I have a maximum of four lines, but what I haven't figured out is how to put the rounded corners on the white background.

    This is because there are outer rounded corners, but also inner rounded corners that need to be managed according to the length of the text.

    Thank you.



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    Hervé Wintz
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    France Télévision
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  • 4.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 08:06

    Hey, Hervé 

    for the available resources and cheat, you can achieve this by using the border option with font. Rest the other way; you know already, and by the way

    Your screenshot is from Illustrator, Photoshop. the feature you were comparing is different from what you have in XPression.



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    [Wajahat] [Ali]
    [Team Lead]
    [Hum News] [Islamabad] [Pakistan]
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  • 5.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 08:46

    Thanks Ali for the tip, but I found another way using the slab object.

    Now I just need to figure out how to reverse the curve based on the text.

    If you have any ideas, please let me know.

    the screenshot is from After Effects.



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    Hervé Wintz
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    France Télévision
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  • 6.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 09:19
    Yes slab is the main thing and i don't think that can be. Else other way then AI texture where you have to code.

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  • 7.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 09:36

    Hi,
    You should use Slab and not Quad to do this kind of rounded corners background.



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    Alrik Prevel
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  • 8.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 10:17
    In that case you will a hive only upper corner curves. Not exactly what you want.

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  • 9.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 10:33

    Hi,
    If you have a better look at the screenshot I sent, you can see the case "Lock All Corners" is ticked.
    This setting means all corners will have the same parameters as the Upper corner.



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    Alrik Prevel
    Demo Artist & Trainer
    Ross Video
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  • 10.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 10:33

    thanks Alrick

    That's what I'm already using, but I need to make inverse curves. 



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    France Télévision
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  • 11.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-25-2025 12:27

    Got it working with some Visual Logic and Slab Masks.
    I still need to work on the scene to clean everything and adapt on every situation but I am going close to it.


    same for line 2







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  • 12.  RE: Creating a background for text

    Posted 08-31-2025 03:46

    Hello Alrick,

    Thank you for this tip. I have finished making the synthesiser, adjusting the length of the white background and the curvature of the rounded edges.



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    Hervé Wintz
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    France Télévision
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