Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1286)

Chapter 22 Creating Titles 499
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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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