Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 858)

858 Part IX Effects
Creating and Adding a Title Clip
When you’re creating a title clip for a sequence, you can create a basic title or specify
more options, including the font, size, alignment, and more advanced specifics such as
auto kerning. Once you create the title clip, you add it the same way you would edit
any clip into your sequence.
Note: Generated text clips always adopt the frame size of the sequences they’re
edited into.
Scrolling Text Generates text that
scrolls up the screen,
like credits at the end of
a movie. The Scrolling
Text generator allows
carriage returns. Â The Indent slider works only with left- or right-
aligned text and moves the entire scrolling
column to the left or right.
 The Gap Width slider works only with center-
aligned text, and lets you define a space
between two pieces of text on a single line that
are separated by an asterisk (*). For example, if
the first line of your scrolling text is “Sally
Grey*Director” then moving the slider farther to
the right produces results like
this: “Sally Grey Director”. This is useful if
you want to create center-aligned, two-column
scrolls.
 The Fade Size slider narrows the vertical display
area of your scrolling text in the frame, fading
the text in and out at the bottom and the top.
 The In and Out points of the edited generator
clip determine the duration of the scroll from
the bottom to the top of the screen (or vice
versa). The longer the clip, the slower the
movement of the scroll.
Text Creates a static element
of text. This generator
allows carriage returns. Â The font, size, style, alignment, and color of the
generated text can be modified. These controls
modify the entire text element at once.
Tracking, Leading, and Aspect sliders allow you
to control the layout of the generated text and
can be keyframed to create interesting effects.
 Select the Auto Kerning checkbox to kern your
text automatically so that the spacing between
the individual letters of your text is correct. Use
the Use Subpixel control to render your text
with subpixel accuracy.
Typewriter Generates text that
appears as if typed onto
the screen, one
character at a time. This
generator allows
carriage returns. Â The Location slider moves the text element up
and down in the frame, and the indent slider
moves it from side to side.
 The Pause slider increases or decreases the
amount of time it takes for each character to
appear onscreen.
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