Selecting the title font and colors

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Selecting the title font and colors

This page lets you choose the font and colors for your title or credits. By changing the font and colors, you can change the appearance of the title to enhance your movie.

The following options appear on this page.

Font

Specifies the font face for the title. The list of fonts that appears depends on the fonts you have installed on your computer.

Bold Bold image

Click to apply bold formatting for the title text.

Italic Italic image

Click to apply italic formatting for the title text.

Underline Underline image

Click to apply an underline below the title text.

Font color Font color image

Click to choose the font color for the title text. When choosing the font color, be sure to choose a color that contrasts with the selected background color so the title text can be seen in your movie.

Background color Background color image

Click to choose the background color for the title in your movie. When choosing the background color, be sure to choose a color that contrasts with the selected font color so the title text can be seen in your movie.

Transparency

Drag the slider to the left to decrease the transparency and make the title text is opaque and easy to read. Drag the slider to the right to increase the transparency and make the title text appear faded.

Increase font size Increase font size image

Click to increase the font size for the title text.

Decrease font size Decrease font size image

Click to decrease the font size for the title text.

Position, align left Align text left image

Click to align text on the left side.

Position, center Center text image

Click to align text in the center.

Position, align right Align text right image

Click to align text on the right side.

Edit the title text

Click to go to the Enter Text for Title page, and then type the new text for the title.

Change the title animation

Click to go to the Choose a Title Animation page, and then choose a new title animation.

Note image Note

  • The formatting you choose for the title text is applied to the entire title, regardless of what text is selected on the Enter Text for Title page.

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