Chapter 4: Creating Your Story

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Adding Shadows to Title Text

You can add a shadow around the text in a title effect. Available options allow you 
to change the shadow’s color and size, distance from the text, and add a 
transparency or blur effect. To add a shadow to a title effect, click the text 
properties tab and then click 

.

Adding Borders to Title Text

You can add a border around the text in a title effect. Available options allow you 
to change the border’s color, size, and add a transparency or blur effect. When 
adding a border to a title effect, click the text properties

tab and then click 

.

Applying Animation to a Title Effect

You can apply animations to a title effect, such as text fades, movements or wipes. 
You can also edit any imported images in the animation properties tab.
To apply animation to text, click on the animation properties tab, select the text 
object you wish to animate in the list, or click on the object in the preview window. 
You can then:

•

click 

Starting Effect

 and select a starting animation effect from the available 

list.

•

click 

Ending Effect

 and select an ending animation effect from the available 

list.

To edit an imported image, select the image object in the list or click on the object 
in the preview window. You can then add a chroma key effect on the image, or flip 
the image upside down or left to right.

Customizing the Speed of Title Effect Animation

You can modify the speed of a title effect’s animation. The following two factors 
determine the speed for the animation to complete.

Duration of the title effect clip in the timeline

The longer the duration of the title effect clip in your project’s timeline, the longer 
it will take for the title effect animation to complete. For example, if the title effect 
clip is 20 seconds, it will take the title effect 20 seconds to complete the beginning 
and ending animation.

Keyframe timeline