Title Designer

Adobe Title Designer window

Title toolbar (upper left)

• Selection tool
• Rotation tool lets you rotate text
• Horizontal type tool - select to type across the title
• Vertical type tool --select to type down the title
• Horizontal Area Type tool -- select to type wrapped text horizontally
• Vertical Area Type tool-- select to type wrapped text vertically
• Pen tools -- creates curved shapes using Bezieer curves
• Add anchor point tool -- adds anchor points to a path
• Delete Anchor Point Tool - deletes anchor points
• Convert Anchor Point tool - changes curved point to a corner point or vice versa
• Rectangle tool - creates rectangles
• Clipped-corner rectangle tool--creates dog-eared rectangles
• Rounded-corner rectangle tool -- created round-cornered rectangles
• Wedge tool -- creates triangles
• arc tool - creates curved shapes
• Ellipse tool -- creates ellipses
• Line tool -- creates lines
• Displays Title Style at bottom of toolbar

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, once the text is selected with one of the text tools
• Transform
• Properties
• Fill
• Strokes
• Shadow