Apple QuickTime 6.4 - Manual (Page 25)

Chapter 3 Making and Editing QuickTime Movies With QuickTime Pro 25
Specifying Font Styles for Text Tracks
To change font attributes of a text track already in a movie, you export the track, make
changes, then reimport the track.
Note: You must have QuickTime Pro to edit individual tracks.
To change font styles for the text track:
1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export.
2 In the Export dialog, choose “Text to Text” from the Export pop-up menu.
3 Click Options and select “Show Text, Descriptors, and Time.”
4 Use a text editor to alter the values after the {QTtext} tag.
5 Import the text track back into your movie.
In Windows, click Convert. To import the text with the default settings, click Save. To
select different settings (such as font attributes), click Options.
You can also insert tags throughout the text to change values while the movie plays.
For information on the text track descriptors, see the Developer section of the
QuickTime website (www.apple.com/quicktime).
Overlaying a Movie With Text
If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use QuickTime Player to overlay (superimpose) text
on a specific part of an existing movie.
To overlay text:
1 Import a text file.
2 Choose Edit > Select All and then Edit > Copy. (In Windows, click Options, select the
Keyed Text checkbox, and copy the track).
3 Select the part of the movie on which you want the text overlaid.
4 Choose Edit > Add Scaled.
5 Save as a self-contained movie.
Setting the Frame Duration of a Text Track
To set the duration of each frame in an existing text track to a value other than 2
seconds, you export the track, make changes, then reimport the track.
Note: You must have QuickTime Pro to edit individual tracks.
To change the current text frame information:
1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export and choose “Text to Text” from the Export
pop-up menu.
2 Click Options and select “Show Text, Descriptors, and Time.”
3 Edit the information in the text file and then import the track back into the movie.
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