Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 223)

218 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Creating titles
Last updated 8/12/2010
Create a still title
The titling tools in Adobe Premiere Elements are powerful, yet easy to use. You can use any font installed on your
computer, and create graphic objects by using the shape creation tools. You can also use an included template, preset
text style, or image. Title text can run horizontally or vertically. You can stretch or shrink titles, or give them a color
or shadow.
Choosing horizontal or vertical type for titles
1 In the Sceneline or Timeline, do one of the following:
• To superimpose the new title on a video clip, select the clip.
• To add a title without underlying video, select the first clip in the Sceneline or Timeline. In the Organize view of the
Tasks panel, click Project, and then click the New Item button
, and choose Black Video. In the Sceneline or
Timeline, drag the new black video clip to the beginning of the movie.
2 With the superimposed clip or the black video clip selected, choose Organize > Project, and then click the New Item
button. Select Title from the context menu.
Adobe Premiere Elements places default text in the Monitor panel, in title-editing mode.
3 Do either of the following:
• To add horizontal type, double-click the default text, and type to replace it.
• To add vertical type, click and hold the Type Tool button . Then choose Vertical Type Tool. Click in the
Monitor panel, and type your title.
4 In the Monitor panel, click the Selection Tool , and reposition the text as desired.
The title is saved and added to the Project view of the Tasks panel, and to the Sceneline or Timeline.
More Help topics
“ Create a title from a template ” on page 222
“ Export a title file ” on page 237
“ Editing and formatting text ” on page 223
“ Applying styles to text and graphics ” on page 227
Create a title with animated text
You can easily apply a preset animation to any still title. Text animation presets quickly and easily animate the
characters in your title so that they fade or pop characters into view, or fly in from the top or bottom of the screen. For
example, using the Fade In By Characters preset instantly makes each separate character in your title fade into view
until the title is complete.
To preview an animation, position the pointer on the animation thumbnail in the Text Animation section of the Tasks
panel. (To see the Text Animation section, you must select a title so that the Tasks panel is in Title Editing view.)