Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 239)

234 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Creating titles
Last updated 8/12/2010
2 Select an object that contains a fill. (If necessary, click a style in the Text Styles section of the Tasks panel to apply
it to the object.)
Note: All preset styles in Title Styles contain a fill except the one in the upper-left corner of the panel.
3 In the Monitor panel, click the Color Properties button .
4 In the Color Properties dialog box, select the Fill box .
5 From the Gradient menu, select a gradient type for your fill.
Note: If you select Linear Gradient, Radial Gradient, or 4-Color Gradient, color stop controls appear. You can click each
stop and select a separate color for each.
6 Do any of the following to set the color:
• To make the fill transparent, click the No Color box.
• To set the color to 100% white, click the white box.
• To set the color to 100% black, click the black box.
• To set the hue, click the color you want in the rectangular color spectrum, and then specify the exact color by
clicking in the color picker above the spectrum.
• To sample a color from the screen, select the Eyedropper tool and then click any point on the screen.
• To set the color numerically, set the R, G, and B values by dragging the value or clicking and entering a number.
Set the stroke
You use the Color Properties dialog box to set an object’s stroke, or outline if you’ve applied a style containing a stroke.
Note: The Stroke box in the Color Properties dialog box is enabled only if you‘ve applied a preset style from Text Styles in
the Tasks panel to the object.
1 If necessary, double-click the title in the Timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
2 Select an object that contains a stroke. (If necessary, click a style in the Text Styles section of the Tasks panel.)
Note: All preset styles in Styles contain a stroke except the one in the upper-left corner of the panel.
3 In the Monitor panel, click the Color Properties button or right-click the object and choose Color Properties.
4 Select the Stroke box .
5 From the Stroke menu, select the stroke you want to use. (Not all strokes have multiple Stroke options.)
6 For Stroke Weight, specify the stroke’s thickness, in pixels.
7 From the Gradient menu, select a gradient type for your fill.
Note: If you select Linear Gradient, Radial Gradient, or 4-Color Gradient, color stop controls appear. You can click each
stop and select a separate color for each.
8 Do any of the following to set the color:
• To make the stroke transparent, click the No Color box.
• To set the color to 100% white, click the white box.
• To set the color to 100% black, click the black box.
• To set the hue, click the color you want in the rectangular color spectrum, and then specify the exact color by
clicking in the color picker box above the spectrum.
• To sample a color from the screen, select the Eyedropper tool , and then click any point on the screen.