Videonics TM-2000 Instruction Manual page 79

VIDEONICS TITLEMAKER 2000
Titles and Video Editing
Titles greatly enhance an edited video. For instance, they can be used to
help tell the story, to introduce changes of time or place, to identify people or
settings, and to add credits. The TitleMaker 2000 is the ideal companion for
editing equipment of all kinds. You can add top-quality titles as you copy or
edit your original videotapes.
How Titles are Added to a Production
Titles are never added to a tape that has already been recorded. Instead
they are added as the original tape is being copied to a new tape. The original
tape remains as it was and the titles (as well as special effects and other
modifications) are placed on the new tape along with the original footage.
This means you can use the same original tape for many different produc-
tions, with different titles added to each production.
Titles can be combined with the video or created as separate, standalone
titles.
• The most common example of titles combined with video is when they are
superimposed over video, as with subtitles or when video used as a
pattern choice. Another example is where a screen of titles fades or wipes
to the running video — video and titles are combined during the fade or
wipe.
Be sure to read Chapter 18. It tells how to superimpose titles and explains
how to make superimposed titles come and go.
• Standalone titles are independent of any video footage. They appear over
the TitleMaker 2000's own colored or patterned backgrounds and no
video footage is involved.
Connections
To use the TitleMaker in an editing setup, simply connect it between the
VCR or camcorder that will be playing your original tapes, and the recorder,
as described in Chapters 3 and 4.
Concept
You can create a page of titles and record it immediately, then create the
next page and record that. But generally, it is more efficient to create a
sequence of pages ahead of time. As the production is recorded, you trigger
each page at the appropriate moment, displaying the page designed for that
point in the production. Blank pages are added to the sequence anywhere the
production calls for untitled video to be displayed.
If you are using an automated edit controller with a "GPI trigger" output
(such as Videonics Thumbs Up), the controller can automatically trigger each
page of titles at the right moments (as explained later).
Here are the steps for defining and using a sequence:
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