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Table Of Contents
- LiveType User Manual
- Contents
- An Introduction to LiveType
- The LiveType Interface
- Setting Up a Project
- Adding a Background
- Working With Tracks
- Working With Text
- Working With Objects, Textures, and Imported Elements
- Working With Effects and Keyframe Animation
- Previewing and Fully Rendering Your Titling Movie
- Advanced Design Techniques
- Solutions to Common Problems and Customer Support
- Creating and Editing EffectScripts
- Glossary
- Index
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5 Working With Text
Titles can incorporate all kinds of visual elements, but
their traditional function is to display text. This chapter
describes how to insert and format text, including
manipulating individual characters on the same track.
Adding movement to text—that is, beyond the inherent animation of LiveFonts—is
covered in Chapter 7, “Working With Effects and Keyframe Animation,” on page 87.
Inserting Text
Like any Canvas element, text must reside on a track. There are three approaches to
adding text, in a particular font, to the Canvas:
 Create a track, select a font, and then add text to the track.
 Create a track, add text to it, and then apply a font.
 Choose a font first, click the Apply To New Track button in the Media Browser, and
type in the text.