Font color must be editied in the properties window. Adjust each of these properties to taste under the Text Object Settings and Brush sub menus in the Properties window.įont color control does not work in the Font Window. To adjust font, size, and color, left-click on the text box, and then open the propertis window in the far right column. To type your text, right-click on the text box on the mat, and select "Edit Text". Then drag to size the text box on the mat.Īdjust the time that the text is displayed by adjusting the length of the text bar in the timeline. Next place the text object on the mat by left-clicking and holding the button. Under the Editor menu, click on "Add Object / Text".Ĭlick OK to place the text object at the cursor starting position.
Drag the timeline cursor to the time point in your video where you wish to place your text object. This is the best way to learn this software.Īnd here's the transcript of this video tutorial, with links to the specific spots in the video. If you don't like what a feature does, just hit the Undo button to remove it. Then preview the effect using the project preview feature.
When setting up your own project, please remember to experiment with the all of the features that can be added to your video, and edited in the properties window. The speed of this zoom can also be adjusted by shortening or lengthening the zoom effect bar in the timeline (shorter = faster, longer = slower). This gives the illusion of the text appearing from nothing and expanding with time to its full size.
For example, the video shows the text expanding from 0% for Zoom X and Y values to 100% X and Y. Starting and ending values can also be set to allow changing zoom with time. Transparency and zoom effects can be adjusted in this window. Click on this block to select it, and then click on the properties window in the far right column. Click on OK to place a Zoom effect block within the Text tab timeline. Then in the Editor menu click on "Video Effects / Transforms / Zoom". To add a zoom effect to the text, again click on the "Text" tab located above the timeline.