Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 31)

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Setting Up a Project
The most important step as you begin any LiveType
project is to configure the project properties.
As tempting as it may be to jump right in and start designing, you should define your
output parameters and save the project to disk at the outset, to be sure your titles are
generated at the size and resolution you need.
If you go ahead and generate a titling movie without initially configuring the project,
you’re bound to run into trouble. Although these settings can be changed at any time,
a titling composition created for standard broadcast, for example, will fill only a portion
of the screen if it’s changed to high definition format after the fact.
First, you need to open a new project. You have two options:
 Start with a LiveType template.
 Start with an existing LiveType project you’ve already created.
Templates
LiveType includes dozens of templates, which are LiveType project files organized by
category. You can use templates in several ways:
 As the starting point for your own creations
 As repositories of preconfigured elements you can paste into your own projects
 As a resource for sparking ideas and seeing what’s possible with LiveType
The templates comprise many types of prebuilt projects, all of which you can revise for
your own purposes.