render DV movies of titles and scrolling credits Copyright (c)
2004 David Simmons  NEW - User-contributed patches  Some users
have modified the dvtext code to overcome some of the
shortcomings. I haven't had time to integrate these changes into
the proper dvtext code base, so I'll post the updates and
patches as-is, for now.  What is dvtext?  The dvtext program
generates DV (Digital Video) movie clips of certain text
effects. Currently, two text effects are supported: a fade-
in/fade-out title effect, and a "scrolling text" effect suitable
for closing credits. There is no support for anything fancy like
placing text over your custom video -- text is always rendered
onto a solid black background.  dvtext outputs an AVI file
containing DV video data. This DV file is suitable for including
into your video project if you are using a video editing
software package that understands DV, such as Kino.  I wrote
dvtext so I could place titles and closing credits onto home
videos that I create, when converting footage fr