Chapter 6

Titling Tools and Text Techniques

You can’t have a video project without titles. Titles in Vegas Movie Studio can be very creative and fun, and the more interesting your titles are, the more interested your audience will remain.

Basic Titles

Vegas Movie Studio provides several built-in media generators: colors, gradients, credit rolls, and text. Switch to the Media Generators tab in the window docking area and scroll through the options. Notice that there are several text styles available.

If you draw a time selection before adding a title, its duration will be the selected length.

To insert a title on a video track, select Text from the Text and Backdrops pane, and drag and drop Default Text to the Timeline. Set the default duration ...

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