Apple MA261Z/A User Manual - Page 857

IX To display the title safe boundaries, do one of the following: m Choose View > Show Title Safe, so a checkmark appears next to it. m Choose Show Title Safe from the View pop-up menu in the Viewer, so a checkmark appears next to it. To hide the boundaries, do one of the following: m Choose View > Show Title Safe to remove the checkmark. m Choose Show Title Safe from the View pop-up menu in the Viewer to remove the checkmark. Text Generators Available in Final Cut Express HD The table below describes each Text generator and includes tips about settings for each generator. Text generator Crawl Lower 3rd Outline Text Result Tips for making settings Generates a single line  You can adjust the overall spacing of the text of text that moves with the Spacing slider, and the location of the horizontally across the text as it crawls across the screen with the screen. You type the Location slider. The Direction pop-up menu text you want to allows you to set the direction in which the text animate in a text entry moves. field. Carriage returns  By keyframing the spacing and location are ignored and all text parameters, you can animate the width of your appears on a single line, text as well as its horizontal position over time. like a ticker tape display. If no location keyframes are set, then the In and Out points of the generator clip determine the duration of the movement from one edge of the screen to the other. The longer the clip, the slower the movement of the crawl. Generates text in the lower third of the screen. This generator is often used to identify a person or location.  This generator provides two independent text lines placed in the lower third of the screen. It does not allow carriage returns.  The tracking, size, and opacity settings 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. Generates static text with an outline. This generator allows carriage returns.  Text graphic and line graphic clip controls allow you to fill the text or the outline with the image of a clip you apply, rather than a solid color.  You can also modify the size, softness, color, and opacity of the background independently of the text. You can use the back graphic clip control to apply the image from any clip to the background. Chapter 58 Creating Titles 857