Chapter 11. Creating Titles

Lesson Files

Lesson 11 Project

Media

Monk and Yellow folders

Time

This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Goals

Add color bars and slugs

 

Create, edit, and animate text clips

 

Superimpose a title

 

Create a lower third

 

Work with Boris text

 

Add color mattes and render effects

 

Build a composite title

 

Prepare graphic images for editing

 

Add Motion templates

All projects, from the simplest to the most complex, will seem more complete when you add text, titles, and graphics. But in Final Cut Pro you don’t need to capture or import text clips. Titles—along with other items such as color mattes, color bars, and other effects—can be generated within Final Cut Pro and accessed whenever you need them.

In this lesson, you add ...

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