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• View your original tape and visualize where titles will go. A "storyboard"
(diagrams on paper that show how scenes, titles, and effects unfold) is a
helpful aid.
• Design the titles and create the pages you will
need, in the order they will have in the final
production.
• Where scenes will play without titles, add a blank
page with a plain VIDEO background. To do
this, position the cursor at the end of a page and
press NEW PAGE to create a new, blank page.
Press BACKGROUND PATTERN and use the
top sub-menu to choose VIDEO.
If you know exactly when each page of titles will
be needed in the production, you can set the dura-
tion of each page and simply press PLAY and let
the titles run. Alternatively, you can set the dura-
tion of all pages to be infinite and as the production
is recorded, trigger each new page as required.
Projects
The project capability is a convenient way to hold many titling jobs at
once. You can keep standard titles (such as your introductory titles, credits,
and copyright information) in project 1 and copy then to each new produc-
tion.
Triggering the Titles Manually
If your edit controller does not have a GPI output (described below), you
trigger titles manually by watching the controller and using the PLAY key to
trigger each page at the correct moment.
It is sometimes convenient to set the edit controller to pause on scenes that
require titles, or to make a scene at a time, to make it easier to be there when
a title needs to be triggered.
GPI Trigger
If your edit controller is automatic and has GPI ("General Purpose Inter-
face") trigger, the entire process can be automated, with each page of titles
automatically triggered by the controller. A special cable is needed to connect
the GPI jacks on the two devices. Chapter 3 describes how to buy or make
one.
Here's how to automatically trigger titles using Videonics Thumbs Up.
• First, you will need to connect the GPI jacks together using the appropriate
cable (Chapter 3).
Warning: Always turn off power before plugging anything into GPI jack.
• As you mark scenes, press the "T" button where titles are to be triggered.
You can trigger titles between scenes or anywhere in the middle of a scene.
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