Titles

Enter the TITLE module (top menu)

Switch to Timeline mode.(switch mode button)

Locate the frame in your movie where you want the title to appear. Use 'small blue' pointer above the video track to navigate your movie.

Click inside the 'Preview Window'.

Type in your title in the Preview window and customize it as you would in an ordinary word processor.

Options Panel

Two settings are available on the Options panel.

Option Tab 1: Editing

Depending on the text you highlight, it can apply to the whole text title, or part of it.

Duration
Sets the length of time for the title clip. You can also modify the duration by using the two yellow
Trim handles on the Timeline.

Alignment
Left, center or right justification.

Font style
Bold, italic and underline.

Font face
Selects any True Type font installed on your computer.

Font size
Sets the size of the text in points.

Line spacing
Sets the spacing, or leading, between
lines of text.

Color
Sets the color of the selected text.

When you press the Border and Shadow button you see this window pop up giving you more options.

Border :
Width:Sets the extent of the border around each character in a text
Color:Sets the border color of the whole text title.


Transparency
Sets how visible the title is over your video.

Soft edge
Sets how smoothly a text title blends into the video clip.

Shadow styles
Determines the shadow type. Available detailed settings vary depending on the shadow style you choose.

Shadow color
Sets the shadow color.

Intensity
Sets the extent of the shadow.

Transparency
Sets how visible the shadow is over your video.

Soft edge
Sets how smoothly the shadow blends into the video clip.

Option page 2: Animation

Each option here applies to the whole text title.

Motion style
Selects a type of animation for your title. Click to display animation styles.

The speed of scrolling is directly determined by the length of the clip: very slow title animations take longer to play. So if you need a scrolling title that lasts for less than a second, the speed of scrolling is going to necessarily be quite rapid.

Apply changes :Click to the checkmark to apply your changes to the selected clip.

If the checkmark is dimmed, then no changes have been made to the options.

Reset :Reverts to original settings.

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When you are finished simply click on the left arrow key next to the word Index at the top of the exercise to return to the tutorial.

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