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Fading in & out
Another incredibly useful, easy, and effective method of displaying your titles is to fade your
text in from invisible to crisp and clear and then back to invisible again. This works especially
well for opening credits with a slow fade, or as captions with a quicker fade.
Cross fade title animation options.
The default duration of a title clip is about three seconds, but you can adjust this to make it
longer or shorter by dragging the handles on the title clip on the Timeline, or by entering a
value in the Options panel.
Putting it all together
To create a long list of credits in a production, it is necessary to insert a series of title clips
into the Timeline.
Extended credits
1. Start by creating one clip with multiple lines of text.
2. Drag a copy of the Title clip from the Timeline to the Library. This is
the easiest way to maintain consistency on each title's attributes.
3. Drag title copies from the Library back to the Timeline to create new
titles.
4. Modify the text in the copied title.
5. Now repeat this procedure until you have credited the whole gang.
You'll end up with a number of separate, sequential title clips on the Timeline. Try adding a
small space between clips for a brief pause. Anyway you do it, test your titles to insure that
they are readable in the final version of your movie (see page 51 for information about pre-
viewing parts of a movie).
Fading titles
1. Start by creating a new Title or click on an existing one.
2. Click on the yellow Title motion button.
3. Select the last button, the Cross fade button.
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