Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #26
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In Calligraphy
To do this effect using Title 3D, you set it up slightly differently.[an error occurred while processing this directive]Open Title Crawl. In the upper left hand corner of the screen you should see a little bracket that sets justification.
Drag this icon to the place on the screen where you want your center gutter to start. If you repeatedly click on this icon, it will cycle between Left, Right, and Center justification. For the left column, you should use Right Justification.
Drag another justification icon to the point where the gutter should end. Click on this icon and change it to Left Justification.
The Tab key controls where the text will begin. To enter text in the left column of the credits, press the Tab key first and then type the title.
Press the Tab key again to shift to the second column, and enter your text.
If you have multiple entries for a title, press the Tab key a second time. Even though the cursor will jump to the beginning of the next line, when you enter a name, it will line up in the second column.
To add a new title/name, press the Return key.
Set up this roll like you would any other rolling graphic.
There you have the secret behind creating a center gutter end credit roll.
Now you may be asking yourself, “Stephen, Calligraphy and Text Creator are OK, but didn’t Final Cut Pro 4 ship with LiveType, a great title creation tool? How come you aren’t covering that?” Well dear reader the answer is this – LiveType is great for Titles (Full Page Graphics, OTS, Supers/Lower Thirds, etc), but it absolutely horrendous for creating a rolling credit. Everything has to be done with keyframes perfectly timed, etc.
Bottom line: LiveType great for title graphics, awful for credit rolls.
Here is a current list of the Final Cut Pro Quick Tips to date:
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #1: Texture Treatments to Enhance Video Productions
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #2: Using Markers to Quickly Edit a Music Video
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #3: Import Your Music the Right Way
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #4: Nesting Helps Manage Longer Projects
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #5: Keying Explained
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #6: Configuring Your Scratch Disk
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #7: My Favorite Effects
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #8: De-Interlacing
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #9: Color Correction workflow tips
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #10: Locating files in the Timeline
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #11: Backing up at project end
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #12: Exporting to After Effects
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #13: When is title safe, not title safe?
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #14: Storyboard your edits and then edit in an instant
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #15: Join Through Edits
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #16: Exporting to Pinnacle Thunder XL
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #17: Marking Clips
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #18: Color Correction Freebie
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #19: Importing Image Sequence
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #20: Time lapse^2 with Fit to Fill
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #21: Time Remapping in Final Cut Pro 4.0
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #22: Fixing Boris Calligraphy in Final Cut Pro 4.0
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #23: Smoothing keyed edges
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #24: There and Back Again – Working with LiveType in Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #25: Adding additional samples in SoundTrack
When not working deep in the labs of the DMN Central Division testing the latest and greatest software/hardware products Stephen Schleicher can be found at the local university teaching a few courses on video and web production. He can be reached at schleicher@mindspring.com. You can also visit him on the web at www.mindspring.com/~schleicherPrev 1 2
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