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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
Chapter 5 Working With Text 73
6 Choose Background from the “Matte to” pop-up menu.
The background image appears to fill the foreground element.
To create a window into a transparent background:
1 Create a texture or any combination of elements that covers the Canvas.
For information about placing textures and other elements in the Canvas, see
Chapter 3, “Adding a Background,” on page 41 and Chapter 6, “Working With Objects,
Textures, and Imported Elements,” on page 79.
2 Create a foreground element, that is, the text or object that defines the shape of
your window.
3 If any elements are below the background bar in the Timeline, drag the bar below all
elements.
4 With the foreground track selected, click the Attributes tab of the Inspector, then click
the Matte button.
5 Choose Background from the “Matte to” pop-up menu.