Creating Titles in FCP
by Eric Holzapfel
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Dec 4, 2008 at 9:02:08 pm
Hello Forum,
Question on FCP and titles. I would like to have text titles move across the screen (in title safe area). Currently I have one title crawl (apple not Boris) with one line that can march from left to right and stop. I would then like to have a title march a little lower than the first one, but come in from right to left. I can do this with another video track and another title crawl. Is there a more "elegant" way to handle this type of thing? It does not look like I can have two different directions on one crawling title (this is horizontal action).
Any suggestions on this one? I do not have a problem using multiple tracks, but was wondering if there is another way.
Re: Creating Titles in FCP by Mark Suszko on Dec 4, 2008 at 10:45:38 pm
Well, you could try the Boris titler that is in the drop-down menu, or you could use LiveType, which really is nothing to fear. If you have any experience with keyframign at all ( and you might if you've used the simple Apple titler's motion tab), You'll figure this out. Plus, it already has many useful pre-canned moves you can just apply.
If your settings are all correct, the live type output will show up in your FCP bin and be ready to go without further rendering. Updates in Livetype should also update in FCP.
I *think* they do, It's been a while since I needed to do that step.
Re: Creating Titles in FCP by Eric Holzapfel on Dec 5, 2008 at 5:01:56 pm
Hello There,
Thanks for the info. I took an FCP workshop a while back, and the
instructor, Kevin (forgot his last name!) mentioned motion as a good way to do titles as well.
I will check out motion, thanks for the tip,
