Boris FX Boris Calligraphy Version 2.0 - Manual (Page 76)

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Exercise Three: Creating a Credit Roll
Upon completion of the exercise in the section you should be able to:
• Create and format credit rolls using a text page.
• Import text into the Text window.
• Adjust the speed of credit rolls.
• Mask the edges of credit rolls.
Importing and Formatting the Text
In this exercise you will import text to create a title page then save the styles from the page
and apply them to other pages. Then you will create a credit roll using a the Title Crawl
Generator.
This exercise requires that you create a credit list in a word processor and save it as
Simple Text. The examples use a 25 line credit roll. If you want, you can also adapt
this exercise by typing text directly in the Text window.
1. Double-click a clip that you will add to your sequence and play it in the Viewer. The
clip should be about ten seconds in duration and will be used as the background for an
animated tracking effect. The illustrations use a black background.
2. Drag the image from the Viewer to the Canvas. When the Edit Overlay appears,
position the image in the Overwrite section and release the mouse button. The clip
appears in the Timeline.
3. Choose Title Crawl from the Generator menu in the Viewer.
4. Click the Title Crawl Banner to open the Text window.
The Text window opens where you can import your text.
5. Click the Import File button at the bottom of the Text
window. In the dialog box that opens, navigate to your “Credits” Þle and
click OK.
6. Press Command-A to select all the text.
7. In the Style tab in the Text window, use the Font and Font Size menus to set the font size
to 36 Points and to center justify the text.
Generator menu