System information
1. From the View menu, choose Media Generators to display the Media Generators window.
2. In the left pane, select the ProType Titler plug-in. The available presets are displayed in the right
pane.
3. Drag a preset to a position on the timeline to create a generated media event.
If you want text to appear as an overlay, add it to a track above the video you want to overlay
and use a transparent background. For more information, see see "Compositing and Masks" on
page 385.
4. Use the Pro Type Titler plug-in controls to edit the appearance of your text.
You can use animation in the ProType Titler to create scrolling and crawling credits.
Inserting text with the Text plug-in
1. From the View menu, choose Media Generators to display the Media Generators window.
2. In the left pane, select the Text plug-in. The available presets are displayed in the right pane.
3. Drag a preset to a position on the timeline to create a generated media event.
If you want text to appear as an overlay, add it to a track above the video you want to overlay
and use a transparent background. For more information, see "Compositing and Masks" on
page 385.
4. Use the Text plug-in controls to edit the appearance of your text.
Creating a title from a graphic
Title images can be created in almost any editing program. The following general procedure explains how
to create titles with a transparent background.
You can use track motion to animate titles created from still images. For more information, see
"Editing Track Motion" on page 286.
1. Start your image-editing application.
2. Create a new image and set the dimensions of the new image to be the same as the frame size for
the project.
3. Make the default canvas (background) transparent.
4. Select the Text tool and type the text for your title.
Size and position your titles carefully to fit within the Title Safe Area, or the titles may extend
beyond the edges of your television. For more information, see "Using the Video Preview
Window" on page 465.
5. Save the file as a PNG, PSD, or TGA file (PNG is recommended). Make sure that you save the alpha
channel information, which will be used for transparency.
6. Add the image as an event to the track above the track containing the background.
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