Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Add titles to your project
You add titles to clips in your project using the Titles Browser. Once you have added text, you can 
modify the title’s text style.
Add a title to a project clip
 1 Drag the playhead in the Timeline to the point where you want to add the title.
 2 Click the Titles button in the toolbar (or press Command-5).
 3 Do any of the following:
 •To add a title from the Titles Browser: Double-click the title.
A title...

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 3 In the Viewer, double-click the title text, and type text for your title.
Double-click the text box 
to type text for the title.Next Text Layer button
Previous Text Layer button
 4 To select a different text object, do one of the following:
 •Click the Previous Text Layer or Next Text Layer button.
 •Double-click a different text object.
 5 Type new text as necessary.
 6 To exit text editing, press Command-Return.
Note:  The Previous...

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 3 Do one of the following:
 •In the Viewer, drag the text object to the new position.
 •Double-click the text object and drag the position button to the new position.
Click the position button (the small circle) and drag 
the title to the new position.
Adjust a title clip’s opacity
If you’re placing a title over an existing clip, you can adjust the title clip’s transparency.
 1 Double-click a title clip in the Timeline.
 2 Choose...

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 1 Select a title clip in the Timeline.
 2 Choose Window > Show Inspector (or press Command-4), and click the Title button at the top of 
the pane that appears.
 3 Adjust the available settings as needed.
Note:  You can also keyframe many of the settings in both the Title and Text inspectors.
Modify a title’s text style
You can modify the text style for a title.
 1 Double-click a title clip in the Timeline.
The title appears in the...

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 •Outline: Sets the text outline color, opacity, blur, and width.
 •Glow : Sets the text glow color, opacity, blur, and radius.
 •Drop Shadow: Sets the text drop-shadow color, opacity, distance, and angle.
 4 To exit text editing, press Command-Return.
Note:  You can also keyframe many of the settings in both the Title and Text inspectors.
Adjust multiple text objects in a title clip at once
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Apply preset text styles
Final Cut Pro comes with a set of preset text styles that you can apply to text. A text style is 
a group of style settings. You can also create your own custom text styles and save them as 
presets. You apply preset text styles using the pop-up menu at the top of the Text inspector.
Choose a preset text style 
from the pop-up menu.
Apply preset text styles to titles
 1 Double-click a title clip in the...

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 5 In the Save Preset to Library window, type a name for your new custom preset.
The custom text style is saved and appears in alphabetical order in the pop-up menu at the top 
of the Text inspector.
Custom preset
 6 To apply the new preset to another title, select the title in the Timeline and choose the preset 
from the pop-up menu at the top of the Text inspector.
Remove titles from your project
You can remove a title from your...

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 5 Do any of the following:
 •To match how letters are capitalized in your search string: Select the “Match case” checkbox.
 •To locate whole words rather than a group of letters within words: Select the “Whole words” 
checkbox.
 •To have the search start over from the beginning of the searched item once it’s reached the end: 
Select the “Loop search” checkbox.
 6 Do one of the following:
 •To replace all instances of the text at once:...

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 2 To access the Transform controls, do one of the following:
 •Choose Transform from the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the Viewer (or press Shift-T ).
 •Control-click in the Viewer and choose Transform from the shortcut menu.
 3 To adjust the effect using the onscreen controls:
 •Blue handles at each corner: Drag these to adjust the image’s size while maintaining its current 
aspect ratio.
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 5 When you are finished adjusting the effect and no longer need the onscreen controls, click Done. 
You can animate the effect and have it appear over a background. For details on working with 
built-in effects, see Work with built-in effects
 on page 235.
Trim clips
Trim controls allow you to independently trim each of the image edges, creating a window look. 
This effect, often used along with the Transform effect, is commonly used...