Click and drag your title over to the timeline and place it on video track 2, directly over your black video. If you move the playhead over the clip your monitor will show your title for the duration that the clip has been set. As the title is also a still frame you can make it any duration you like. Top tip It is important to know that when you make a title the background is always an alpha – channel, meaning that it is transparent. The black you can see here is the black clip you have placed below. If you want the title to appear over an image or a clip, place it over the selected position on the timeline and the text will appear as part of your clip. The duration of your clip and title are very much a matter of personal choice, but there are some ground rules, If the title appears on the first frame this can seem abrupt for the audience, and dosent give you much time to settle after clicking If there is too much black it looks unprofessional and “play”. the sequence gets off to a slow start. Top tip one thing which can really help to get your reel off is music. We will be talking about – audio later on in the guide, but it is a good idea to place your music track on the audio timeline as soon as you begin, and time your opening titles to the beat, (leaving three seconds of silent black video) Top tip Titling, black video and cross fades are all tools that can be used by the director to – communicate to an audience. How and when they are used are pretty much a matter of choice, however, here are two vital bits of information in the context of your level 1 semester 2 hand in If I want to make the text fade in and out, I need to adjust the opacity of the clip over time. This means that I will need to set key frames. There is an entire window called Controls” which allows me “Effect to set keys and make fine adjustments to my footage, but there is an alternative and very easy and intuitive to set ramps” (cross fades) which is very similar to the way we can adjust and mix “opacity audio levels, and well worth learning.
Click and drag your title over to the timeline and place it on video track 2, directly over your black video. If you move the playhead over the clip your monitor will show your title for the duration that the clip has been set. As the title is also a still frame you can make it any duration you like. Top tip – It is important to know that when you make a title the background is always an alpha channel, meaning that it is transparent. The black you can see here is the black clip you have placed below. If you want the title to appear over an image or a clip, place it over the selected position on the timeline and the text will appear as part of your clip. The duration of your clip and title are very much a matter of personal choice, but there are some ground rules, If the title appears on the first frame this can seem abrupt for the audience, and dosent give you much time to settle after clicking “play”. If there is too much black it looks unprofessional and the sequence gets off to a slow start. Top tip – one thing which can really help to get your reel off is music. We will be talking about audio later on in the guide, but it is a good idea to place your music track on the audio timeline as soon as you begin, and time your opening titles to the beat, (leaving three seconds of silent black video) Top tip – Titling, black video and cross fades are all tools that can be used by the director to communicate to an audience. How and when they are used are pretty much a matter of choice, however, here are two vital bits of information in the context of your level 1 semester 2 hand in If I want to make the text fade in and out, I need to adjust the opacity of the clip over time. This means that I will need to set key frames. There is an entire window called “Effect Controls” which allows me to set keys and make fine adjustments to my footage, but there is an alternative and very easy and intuitive to set “opacity ramps” (cross fades) which is very similar to the way we can adjust and mix audio levels, and well worth learning.