Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 860)

860 Part IX Effects
4 If you wish, specify additional settings.
Note: Different text generators have different controls.
 Text: Enter your title text in this field.
 Font: Choose a font from the Font pop-up menu.
 Size: Change the font size by entering a value or dragging the slider to the left or right.
 Alignment: Choose the alignment of your title on the screen from this pop-up menu.
Your choices are Left, Center, and Right.
 Font Color: Choose the color of your font by doing one of the following:
 Disclosure triangle: Click to display sliders and number fields corresponding to the
hue, saturation, and brightness of the range of colors available.
 Eyedropper button: Click this button, then click an image in the Viewer or the
Canvas to pick up that color.
 Color picker: Click to choose a color using the standard color picker.
 Hue, Saturation, and Brightness controls (H, S, and B): Hue determines which color is
chosen; saturation determines how vivid the color is. If saturation is 0, the resulting
color is always white. Brightness determines how bright or dark the color is. If
brightness is 0, the resulting color is black; if brightness is 100, the color is the
lightest possible value.
 Origin: Origin refers to the center of the text. The definition of the Origin determines
where the text appears within the screen.You can position the text by clicking the
Point Select (+) button, and then manually adjusting the Origin (shown as a tiny +
indicator) within the Canvas or Viewer. Or, you can enter horizontal and vertical
values in the Origin number fields.
It’s often easiest to make large adjustments manually with the Point Select button
and then fine-tune the position by making numerical changes to the horizontal and
vertical fields. The most visual way to position the text is to tear off the Viewer tab,
click Point Select, and then drag the text to position it in the Viewer.
Note: Once you release the mouse button, you have to click the Point Select button
again if you want to make further manual adjustments.