Titles

Adobe Title Designer window

Upper left toolbar (left and right)

• Selection tool (left); Rotation tool (right)
• Horizontal type tool (left); Vertical type tool (right)
• Area Type tool (left); Vertical Area Type tool (right)
• Path text tools; Delete Anchor Point Tool
• Add anchor point tool; Convert Anchor Point tool
• Rectangle tool (left); Rounded-corner rectangle tool (right)
• Clipped-corner rectangle tool (left); Round rectangle tool
• Wedge tool (left); arc tool (right)
• Ellipse tool (left); Line tool (right)
• Display of Title Style

Title Actions panel

• includes buttons to arrange objects in the drawing area.
• Align, center, and distribute objects along horizontal or vertical axes
  • Horizontal alignment buttons
  • Vertical centering button
  • Horizontal distribution buttons
  • Vertical alignment buttons
  • Horizontal centering button
  • Vertical distribution buttons
  • Sync to Timeline button
  • Output to Monitor button
  • New Style button
  • Delete Style button

Center Title Panel

• Displays information about current title
• Can show background video to be sure title contrasts and is visible
• Shows title presets that can be used and modified.

Title Properties (in right panel)

• Text and other display properties can be altered using sliders

Design a Title

• When you create a titles, it is saved as a still image within the Project Window.
• Drag the title file onto the timeline
• Lengthen the duration of the title by
  • right-clicking it and selecting Speed/Duration and lowering the speed number or
  • Selecting the title clip in the timeline with the selection tool (to the right of the timeline) and clicking on the right edge of the title clip (the selection tool turns red and changes shape) and dragging it to the right.
• Existing styles can be imported into the Title designer window for modification by double-clicking them in Project window
• Click Title>New Title>Based on Current Title in menu bar to build a new title with different text that will have the same styling as the existing title

Create opening title for movie:

• In the Timeline, locate the Timeline marker at the point where you want the title to start, so you can see the video that will display behind it.
• To open the Title window to create a new Title,
  • click File>New>title or
  • click the New file button on the Project window (looks like a file) and select Title or
  • Click Title>New Title on the menu bar
• The Title window that opens has text tools and a drawing area and is the same size as the video (see image above)
• Select the text tool and type some text in the window.
• With the text selected, change the properties of the text object by selecting a preset text style from the ceter window or adjust the controls in the right window.
  • Many of these property controls are scrubbable,
  • Scrubbable properties are ones that display a little hand when the mouse cursor rolls over them.
  • change the text property by clicking on the control and dragging the control to the right or left.
  • Dragging to the left decreases the value, and to the right increases the value of the property

Try some adjustments to see effects:

• Font size
• aspect
• leading - sets spacing between lines of text
• kerning - sets spacing between characters (selected ones)
• slant
• Distort - both x and y axes
• Fill type
• highlight color
• shadow color

save new style for reuse

• Highlight your text (select text tool)
• Click right arrow on styles window
• Select New Style on popup window and type in name of style.

Insert title into Video 2

• Select the type tool and type an appropriate title for movie opening
  • Under Title menu can adjust font, font size, bold, color, etc.
  • Elect to have shadow
  • Type in your title
• Save title (ctrl>s) with an appropriate name in same folder as you saved movie project
• Title now appears in Project window -- drag title down into Video 2 track at beginning of movie
• Extend duration of title by dragging its right border to the right.
• Save Project
• Create another title for the end of the movie and drag into Track 2 at the movie's end
• Press Enter key to build preview
• If you want to have an opaque background for title at end to extend movie until sound is finished.
• Open the twistie on the Video 2 track. The red rubber band lets you fade the image in and out.

Animating Titles

• Drag a title file into Video 2 track OVER the segment of the movie to which it belongs.
• Select the title in the Title Box of in the Video 2 Track.
• Clip>Video>Motion to animate the title, according to the motion you want