Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 117)

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Advanced Design Techniques
The key to designing great titles is to combine the
capabilities and media in LiveType in creative ways. A few
“recipes” for interesting looks are included in this chapter.
The following examples assume a general familiarity with the basic functions of
LiveType. Because each step is not explained in great detail, you may need to refer to
earlier chapters to perform some of the tasks.
Words Within Words
The Matte to Background option can be used to create some very interesting titling
compositions. Unlike Matte to Texture and Matte to Movie or Image, this matting
option creates a “window” into any background—even backgrounds composed of
several elements.
For example, you can create words inside of words. In this case, foreground text defines
a window into background text, which slides right to left behind it. Follow these steps:
1 Create the foreground text to define the shape of the matte.
a Add a text track in a heavy system font such as Helvetica Bold.
b Type a word onto the track, then set the size so the word fills the width of the Canvas.
2 Create an intermediate layer to obscure the background.
a Choose a texture from the Media Browser, then click Apply To New Track.