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849Final Cut Pro User Guide
Text kerning
When you tap the Text Kerning button in the text editing controls, the Text Kerning
slider appears in the Touch Bar. Drag the slider to adjust the space between text
characters.
Note: For the slider to be available, the insertion point (a blinking bar) must be positioned
between text characters in the viewer.
To close the Text Kerning slider and return to the text editing controls, tap the close
button
.
Text color
When you tap the Text Color button in the text editing controls, the text color controls
appear in the Touch Bar. Either the color swatches or the hue controls appear, depending
on which controls were open last.
To switch between the color swatches and the hue controls, tap the Hue/Color Swatch
button on the right end of the Touch Bar.
To change the color of text, select it in the viewer, then tap a color swatch, or drag the Hue
slider.
Item Name Description
Close Close the text color controls.
Active Color Displays the active color (hue),
based on your current color
settings.
Hue/Color Swatch Switch between displaying color
swatches and hue controls.
Brightness Display the Brightness control. Tap
or drag to change the brightness of
the text selected in the viewer.
Saturation Display the Saturation control. Tap
or drag to change the saturation of
the text selected in the viewer.