Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing - Second Edition

15 A Few Words: Titles and Generators

“FCP not only changed the lives of editors who use it in post-production, it also changed the way those editors interact with directors/story-producers like me. I use it every day.”

— Cirina Catania: filmmaker, host of OWC RADiO, a partner in Lumberjack System and most known for co-founding the Sundance Film Festival (cirinacatania.com)

Words are an important part of many videos, especially today. As more of us consume more video online, we’re doing so in more places, often without audio, and augmenting the audio with words is a great way to compensate. Titles can be purely informational or can bring extra emphasis to important points, while captions allow anyone who can’t hear your audio to understand what’s ...